maxx life at t.j.maxx g, good mornin thedynasty. touchdown! it for the >> the new england patriots hold off the rams to win the super bowl for aecord sixth time. star quarterback tom brady adding to his legacy. >> tell me exactly what you're feeling. >> complete coverage live from atlanta, and our chat with the game's mvp julian edelman. breaking overnight, virinia's embattled governo l holds an urgent meeting with staff today amid growing pressure t resign over that racist yearbook photo. after apologizing at first, the democrat now n claiming it's him. >> i am not either of the people in that photo. >> what happens next straight ahead. fire in the sky issue the

death toll rising to at least five overnight after a small plane breaks apart midair plummeting into a california neighbor hod. >> it cave been in my living room just as easy as those people's living room. >> dramatic images of the crash as the ntsb investigates. president trump in a new int interview on whether the mueller report will become public. back on stage, "eire" star jussie smollett makes his first public appearance sce his alleged attack. >> there's been a lot of stuff that's been said about me that's ot true. y >> this morning his message to anyone whobt dou his story. and half dressed at halftime. ♪ >> adam levine and maroon 5 move with swagge but what viewers are saying about this super bowl performance today, monday february 4th, 2019.

>> announcer: from nbc ne this is "today" with savannah guthr guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good urning, thank or being with us on a monday morning especially after a late super bl night. >> that was quite the halftime show, a little worried about what els was coming off. >> really? i hasn't noti sd. the halftiw is one thing. let's talk about the game first, the new england patriots, tom brady adding to this unprecedented dynasty winning their sixth super bowl exactly 17 years after their first. ust a going to talk to the gamen moment first craig is down in atlanta. hey, craig, good morning. >> reporter: ladies, good morning to you. so you hadomady, patriot's quarterback, one of the most prolific passers in nfl history, and then you had the l.a. rams, the third highest scoring offense in the regular season. it should have been an exciting

game to watch. it was not. it was the lowest scoring super bowl in nfl history. in fact, this morning, some folks are calling it the sleeper bowl. >> and there it is, t dynasty continues. >> tom brady and the patriots reclaiming their throneennd ying the party. >> look at. th how could this not motivate you? this is what it's allabout. >> outlasting the l.a.ams in a low-scoring defense slug fest, 13-3 to win their sixth super bowl. overnight in new england, overjoyed fans taking to the streets to celebrate the victory. perhers adowing the action on the field, the game's halftime show. halftime headliners maroon 5 facing backlashnd criticism before the performance for accepting the gig instead of heeding calls to boycott because of the colin kaepernick controversy. but the band, including front

man adam levine letting their music do the talking ♪ i have no choe but i won't say good-bye anymore ♪ >>e levin notably losing layers throhout the performance. another music legend gladys knight getting the spectacle started. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm good. >> we have to have butterflies. >> you don't have butterflies. >> yes, you do. >> knock 'em dead. >> the empress of soul doing just that, divering a powerfulal nati anthem. once the game kicked off, both offenses struggled to movehe t ball. >> ball in the air, and it's intercepted! >> reporter: the patriots leading the ramsme 3-0 at half finally getting in a groove in the fourth quarter. with fans chanting his name, tom brady finding the game's mvp edelman.

>> who else? edelman. >> reporter: brady launching another pinpointass in crunch time. >> down the field it gronkowski has it. >> gisele bund chuniving her seal of approval as sony michel put the patriots ahead for good following last year's super bowl heartbreak, new england back on top. >> we were going up and down, biggest roller coaster throughout the wholeseason, but we stuck together and we pulled it off. >> congratulations to him't the di do anything. i just pray. >> exactly what you would feel. >> reporter: the ram's 33-year-old head coach sean mcvay admitting he was out coached by bill belchick, brady and his wife celebrating in style. as a legendary quarterback adds yet another chapter to a career for the ages. last night gisele also told me that six was extra special for

them because that's the age of their dahehter. an first last night, bill belichick, patriot's head coach at 66 years old, becomes the oldest coach to ever win a super bowl, tom a brady 41 the oldest quarterback to ever win a super bowl. i asked robt kraft, the owner of the patriots if his quarterback would definitely be returning, he a but guaranteed that brady would be back for another season. >> maybe number seven. >> the legend grows. thank you somuch. it was julian edelman's night. earlier thisorning we talked to him, we asked him when he woke up did this all seem real? >> i didn't go to bed. it still doesn't seem tt real. >> well, i mean, it's one thing to win the super bowl. it's anothero be the mvp of the super bowl. in y r wildedreams, i mean, this moment, this night, what does it mean to you? >> honestly i haven't had a real

moment to sit barack and kind o think about it. i was out hanging out with family and,ou ynow, the grind of a football season is so ly mental physically, and emotionally exhausting, especially after playing a game like that. i mean, i'm really just kind of tired and just want to g and relax on the couch. >> a lot of people may beou looking at yight now and not realizing that when you were drafted out of kent state, you were a seventh round pick. you were pickehi number, i it was 232. today you're sitting there holding the mvp kind of trophy in your hand. when you were a little boy, did you ever imagine that that kind of thing wld have been possible? >> i mean when you're 12 years old, you're probably dreaming of it, but, youknow, i've been very blessed and fortunate to get to golaut and p a game for my job, and you know, this is all just icing othe cake.

you know, it's pretty awesome. i'm not going to lie. it's pretty unbelievable. >> tom brady has a couple of these rings himself. he's bee mvp a time or two. he calls you his little brother. you seem to have a realnd connection a real bond. what has that working relationship and that meant to you? lot.t's meant a it's meant a whole lot to me. you know, he's kindf shaped me, you know, with how he led by example, honestly. he just kind of goes and he prepares hard, and he works hard. you know, he's allowed me to gok out and wor out with him in the off-season here and there, and e you know, it's a privilege watch one of the -- one of sport's greatest athletes, you know, prepare and get to play with himst ho. it's pretty cool. it's a dream, i mean, i remember being in 8th grade saying i'm tom brady on the asphalt at

recess. >> wow. >> playing, you know, football. >> wow. >> sot's pretty cool. >> there's an awesome image, julian of you and tom hugging on the field, swarmed by tons of people, cameras and the st. at were you guys saying to one another in that moment? w ahole lot of i love you's, a couple lfgs, just, you know, emotions flying, you know. two bay getting to play with each other and go out and win super bowls. it's kind of what we wereyi . kind of blacked out during the whole thing. there was too much excitent. >> it i exciting. julian edelman, thank you so mu. we're so happy for you. there's a couch with your name. so just get some sleep and enjoy. >> congratulations.ci >> i appe you guys having

me. >> what a sweet guy. how about the 8th grade revelation that we wanted to be tom brady. >> he wants to be tom brady, and now it's tom brady h hugging on the football field having won the super bowl. >> that was >>incredible. hat dreams are made. we're going to have more on the game, the halftime show, the commercials, all of it's coming rn this g. virginia's governor is facing mounting pressure to resign over a racist photo on his med al school yearboo page. so far he has ignored those calls and given shifting explanations for that image. nbc's geoff bennettri is in mond with the latest on this. >> reporter: i'm told the governor convened an urgent meeting of top aides and administration officials of color to talk about his path forward. democrats say that path should begin with ralph northam's resignation. the governor so far is digging in. >> this morning virginia governor ralph north am faces a growing cho of calls for his

resignation over that racist yearbook photo even as he says it's not him and he won't quit. >> i believe then and now that i am not either of e people in that photo. >> you're saying that you had no idea this racist photo existed before it edsurfac >> that's correct. i was in the united states army while i was in medical school. i was doing rotations out of the state. i had nothing to do with the yearbook, norf the did i buy one. >> it's a reversal for the virginia democrat who less than 24 hours earlier apologized for appearing in the picture. >> i am deeply sorry. t >> at t press conference, northam admitted he did wear black face when he dressed up as michael jackson in 1984 to compete in a dance ntest. >> you said that the competition n san antonio was a dance competition? >> yes. >> and it was that you danced the moon walk? >> thas right. >> are you still able to moon walk? >> my wife says inappropriate

ances. >> northam standing his ground as a long list of people arengow satep aside. democrats including 2020 pe presidential ls, the virginia democratic and dpublican parties, the state's formerocratic governors, even president trump weighing in with a tweet calling it unforgivable. but for some of his constituents it's not as cle cut. >> he's an honest, hardworking man who's worke hard for the state for my years. we've all done things we are not proud of. we all have >> i do like the fact that the democratic party is standing up for what they truly believe. i just thinkt' thats the wrong direction, and i don't think that we should be throwing people away for 35 years ago. but elected virginiats democ fear northam could cost them. >> you have seen the long list of people who have asked him to step aside.

how many times do people have to tell you it's time to go? ow this whole ow thing is going to turn out. tell us a little bit more about the lieutenant governor justin fairfax who would be next in line. >> reporter: right. and one of the reasons why democrats are saying northam should stepaside because of the who is set to replace him. 's a 39-year-old african-american lawyer who's seen as a rising star within party politics. interesting bit about him, he is a direct descendant of a freed virginia slave and when he was sworn in he had his great, great, great grandfather's freedom papers tucitd into his ocket. >> geoff, thank you. the president gave a wide ranging interview that aired during tpregame of the super bowl. he touched on the mueller investigationfi to hit for a border wall and the question of whether he would let his young son barron play football. hallie jackson has got it cover covered. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, when

president trump delivers his state of the union address tomorrow, it will be a big platform to push his message on immigration, on foreign policy and bmore, he is already making headlines this morning on anher high profile platform, the presidential super bowl interview. with washington waiting for robert mueller's russia report, presidentrump won't say whether he thinks everyone should be able to see it. >> totally up to theney general. >> what would you want them to do? you wouldn't have a problem it f it became public. >> that's up to the araorney ge i have no idea what it's going to say. >> the president's defending his decision to withdraw u.s. troops iafrom s and afghanistan, though he stayed away from specifics on whether thawould happen. >> i think everybody's tgeed. we got t out of these endless wars and bring our folks back home. >> reporter: at the same time he says some kind of militeny presce should remain in iraqp to kn eye on its neighbor. >> i want to be able to watch oman. >> reporter: ontic policy, the president is refusing to rule out a second government

shutdooi. >> we're g to have to see what happens on february 15th. >> you're not taking it off the table? >> i don'tinake anyth off the table. >> reporter: for the first thee rtede t last shutdown s the president traveled to his mar-a-lago resort this weekend, tweeting tiger woods played great during their gol outing with jack nicklaus. after a super bowl watch party in florida, he left for the ite house during the biggest football game in the country, but like many parents he grapples with whether he'don le his barron play. >> it'sy a vugh question, and it's a very good question. if he wanted to, yes. iuld i steer him that way, no wouldn't. >> why? >> he actually plays a lot of soccer i've heard nfl players say they wouldn't let their sons play football. so it's not totally unique. i would have a hard time with it. >> reporter: and there's other news this morning, a white house source has leaked nearly every day of the president's private schedule over the last few months to "axios."

the schedules shownt the presi has spent about 60% of his time in unstructured executive time. th press secretary tells nbcss news that igid schedule is part of different leadership style than past presidents saying there's time to allow for a more creative environment, she says, that has helped make president trump the mospr uctive president in modern history. savannah, hoda. >> hallie jackson at the white house, tnk you, and a ogramming note. nbc news will have live coverage of the president's state of the union address tomorro it starts at 9 eastern, 6c. paci now to a tragic scene in southern california where a small plane crashed into a homi ki at least five people and injuring two others. nbc's morgan chesky is on the scene. good morning, what have you leard overnight? >> reporter: good morning.in we're still wato figure out why this plane went down. what we have learned is this debris field isex nsive. just in this home's front yard behind me, you can see pieces of that vy plane, including one of its engines. just part of the evidences

investigat are now pouring over in a debris field spanning four blocks in this neighborhood. an unfamili sound before an unbelievable impact. something in the sky cing down in pieces. >> got a report of a possible plane crash. >> reporter: a residential neighborhood in flames. >> the whole house shook. >> when i came outside the door, my neighbor said watch out, there's still stuff coming from the sky, but i had not put two and two together that it could have been an airplane. >> reporter: an airplane crashing through a home, a wing landing on a street, the engine on a front porch. >> scared the heck out of me. >> reporter: a home security camera capring the plane's fiery fall in the final seconds before impact. the wild scene on sunday sent the entire neighborhood outside. as everyone watched flames tear through the home of one of their own. more than 70 refighters doing

their best to keep flames from spreading to nearby homes.ed two people injn the ground taken to a nearby hospital. crews found the cabin of the small twin engine plane, a cessna 414-a nearby confirming the aircraft had just taken off from nearby fullerton, municipal airport. >> we have now confirmed five individuals deceased. one is the pilot, male. four were in the residence, two males andwo females. >> reporter: within an hour, federal investigators d to look into the biggest question. what caused the plane to break apart from above? a close call not lost on anyone s community. >> it's like one heartbeat away. it could have been in my room just as easy as those people's living room. i'm thankful for it, but it's a bad day for other people. >> reporter: right n investigators say it doesn't appear that pilot made any distress call prior to that plane coming down, and ase for

four people killed inside that home, we have learned two of them were homeowners, the other two friends invited over. savannah, hoda. >> morgan, thank you. we turn to mr. roker,ch fir k of the weather. a lot warmer this week, al, good morning. >> it is here, but out west, a mess. this is out in thesierra. traffic at a standstill with feet of snow being measured. wre is on the way. in fact,re also worried about flooding as well throughout southern california. take ak l at this. they have had mudflows, debris flows, more heavy rain is coming. take a look at the radar. you'll see we have strong storms firing up, even snow for seattle which is unusual this time of year. heavy rain burn scar, mendocino complex aswell. storm system from the midwest, snow andhunderstorms for forfornia, continues down heavy rain, moving spoke parts of the rockies. rainfall amounts awhere 3 to

4" locally. upwards of 6 and heavy snow through the sierra. 3 in some elevations. we'll get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 sends. good morning, everybody. skies were clear overnight and has allowed temperatures to drop in most suburbs below freezing. a little fog outside early this morning as well. a thisa of storms well to our south today so we'll be left with a little fog givingay to plenty of sunshine later in the afternoon. right now 20s in most of the suburbs to low 30sown and

close to the bay. afternoon temperatures today easilyaking it into the mid and upper 50s, even milder for tomorrow. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. coming up, "empire" star jussie smollett returns to the stage and shares new details about his alleged attack, plus what police are saying about their investigation. and then stunt surprises and humor. we're going to break down the best of the best when it comes to super bowl commercials. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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layup gettingby. route 1 is a good alternate. >> "limitless," melissa, thank you. imagine growing up in the u.s. with american pseents le to find decades later you are not an american citizen. the i-team explains the gap in the law congress has yet to fix. >> we' take a break and check your forecast when we kcome bac. stay with us.

good morning, everybody. a typically coldr start to y monday morning, 25 in manassas, 28 in fairfax, 27 in gaithersburg and 34 s degreert this morning. but sun is coming up now on a monday morning and we will get plenty of sunshine today. afternool temperatures w have no trouble getting into the middle and upper 50s. 59 downtown for a high tomorrow even warmer. temperatures in the low- to mid-60s tomorrow and staying mild at least through the rest of the wor and school week turning colder by the weekend.

>> all right, chuck. thank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to the "today show" after the shork. have a great day.

♪ a the home of the brave >> rewind and play it again. >> right? i think that, gladys knight singing that stunning rendition of the national anthem to open super bowl liii was pretty close to perfectment welco. welcome back, last she she told us that she hoped that this mont would bring people together, and we'd like to say

ion accomplished, righ >> it was absolutely stunning. she's still got it in a big, big way. just ahead we're going to have a lot more on the game. that had to be one of the best moments. >> no kidding, right? >> and the best commercials. first let's get to the headlines. virginia's governor ralph northam istanding his ground amid rising calls within his own party to resign. the controversy surrounds a photo of somebody in black face that was in his 1984 medical school yearbook on his page. northam denies being that person, even though he apologized on friday and said he was in. >> i had no idea that racist photo was in there. >> i was in the united states while i was in medical schong. i was d rotations out of the state. i had nothing to do with the preparation of the yearbook nor did i buy one. >>am norcknowledged he did wear black face when he dressed up as mhael jackson in 1984 to compete in a dance contest. theentagonnnounced it will deploy more than 3,700

additional u.s. forces to the u.s./mexico border. they'll provide support to customs andorder protection. the move raises the totaenumber of actuty forces to more than 4,300. it comes as another so-called caravan of asylum seekers from central america has been making its way to the u.s. border. the troop deployment i expected an last for 90 days. pope s opened his historic visit to the united arab emirates by meeting a group elders.im this evening he will address a gathering of faith leaders in a region kno for its restrictions on religious freedom. pope francis is the first pontiff to set foot on the arabian peninsula. we do begin this half hour with "empire" star jussie smollett speaking out over the weekend in his first public appearance since his allned attack chicago. nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer has the on this story. good morning. reporter: good morning, jussie smollett is opening up and sharing new details about

the alleged attack. the actor and singer performing r a sold out crowd here in los angeles as questions swirl about the. persons of interest >> i'm okay. >> singing proud and speaking out. >> i have so many words on my heart that iant to say. >> an emotional jussie smollett on stage and opening up about his ordeal. >> i'm not fully head yet, but i'm going to, and i'm going to stand strong withal you >> reporter: this photo taken tuesday shows smollett hours after he says m two attacked him shouting racist and homophobic slurs. werewas bruised by my rib not cracked. >> smollett addressing his supporters and the o choruf doubters who have questioned hissin bthe. >> jusause there's been a lot of stuff said that's not

true. >> reporter: chicago police releasing this image showing two people of interest around the time smollett says he was attacked. authorities say smollett told them two men wearing ski masks assaultem, poured a chemical substance on him, and placed a rope around his neck. detectives say security cameras insidett smol building showed a rope around his neck, but he otherwise appeared normal and didn't tell security about an assault. >> for now iro going totect you. >> did you find a monster? >> especially from the monsters. >> reporter: police say smollett declined to let them examine his phone, which the actor says he was using at the time of the incident. >> he's been very cooperatse. our job i to investigate the allegations and bring the individuals in. we have n reason to think he's not being genuine. >> reporter: ahorities have t to uncover surveillance video of the alleged attack, but the investigation is ongoing. at the concert, smollett had f

this messa his fans. >> you have to take love back because it's the only thing that we have, and i really genuinely mean that from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: jussie smollett back on stage andmbracing the spotlight. >> no arrests have been made in this case, but chicago police kay their investigation remains open as they l for those two people of interest. back to you. >> thank you. just ahead we're going to talk to smollett'sst co- on "empire". okay. we had the polar vortex. we're going "back to the futurefo we're goingard. take a look at these temperatures. dallas, a high today 79 degrees, average high 50. when do you think that would show up c on theera normally. >> only because it says april at the top, i'd say april? >> when? aprilth 29. how about that? st. louis, high today 66 erage 42. look at this, april, boom, 11th.

cleveland is the last one, save theest for last. hello, cleveland, we love you, channel 3. high 62 averageigh 36. what do you think? >> april 1st. >> april 19th. >> savannah is closer. it's april 23rd. so we are doing well. look at the rest of the this warm gulf air is pushing north. stretching from dallas,9 memphis, 71, st. louis 68. louisville is going to see a high 64 degrees. 20 above average. boston today 51. of course 35 they wouldn't care5 in new york. pittsburgh. hs we're talking midweek, cool temperatures althot does cool down in new york. 55 in minneapolis, 71 in memphis. at's what going on around the country, here is wha > good morning. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell right here in the ta nation's ca the sun is rising and a partly cloudy sky out there, fog this

morning. it is you'll certainly need your jacket and coat out the door. most of the suburbs in the upper 20s to ng. that bsaid, theres a big warm-up on the way. sunshine returns, upper 40s noon. mid to upper 50s for highs today. we will be in the low- to mid-60s coming up tomorrow again with plenty of sunshine. >> and that's your latest weather. ladies. >> al, thank you so much. still ahead, facebook 15. in-depth ng to have an look at the social network's rise, its controversies and goes. t and "this is us" star mandy moore will be here with the show's upcoming twists and the story behind her secret >weddin. and could oprah get any be her? what hader handing out tequila shots in pajamas? i le it. first we are going to play monday morning quarterback with the super bowl commercials. the super bowl commercials. which ads scored, and which o

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shouldn't bother. this year we had a lot of ads that stood out either because we loved them, we hated them. there were a lot of splashes. >> one you said stood out above all else is the one we're about to watch now for bud light. take a look. ♪ >> a lot of destruction in that. >> this ad isar rble and very rare, you have two brands, hbo and budolightborating on a super bowl ad. that almost never happens. >> right. >> and it really was the one out of the entire game where you asre like, wait, what'd i just see? itincredibly shocking. the shock and awe of that ad.

ifis all press good pres they had a really bad spot but everybody's talking about it, is that good? an example of that would be the corn growers associationla ba against bud light with corn syrup. the corn grower's association not happy but uthimately all conversation is going to drive pr for both of them.s >> you g liked the bud light ad. hoda's favorite is now my favorio, i didn't see it last night because i went to bed. >> it's the jason bateman. >> this is bad. >> this stop jury duty. remember, innocent until eoven -- well, did it. can we all agree he did it? six aisle flight, who's got vitamin c? this floor the talk. >> your body's changing. my body changed. even grandma's body >> vegan dinner party. is that even a thing?

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quarterback who had a great rookie year with t brady who saysd here, h my rings. this is great. >> this is the nfl trying to recapture the humor and history behind the league. they've had a tough couple of yes. this was a remarkable storm of cameos. this is the one ad i watched over and over again because there's so many people in this ad. it's remarkable. there's one you like, it pulls the heart strings. >> my name is owen, and i am 9.5 years old. >> owen was born with a rare geneticer diso >> my hfriends, myfamily, and again video games. >> it's his way of interacting with his friends when he can't it.ally other side do >> what i like about the adaptive controller is now everyone can play. they will just say, all right, that's thatbu tton. that's that button. that's thatt buon.

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happy monday. kind of a foggy sky ovein waon here this morning. that will burn away and we'll be left with plenty of sunshine for theaf rnoon. sunshine and a little bit of a breeze will help bring temperatures out of the 20s to around 30 now all the way up into the mid and upper 50s easily making it co55uld be as warms 58 or 9 in downtown washington. for comorrow audy start but milder finish. highs in the 50s tomorrow. afternoon showers keep us in the 50s. however, thursday and friday, 60s once again. >> all right, chuck. looking good. back to the "today show." have a great day.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up,s p off, folks. >> there it is, the diynasty continueng >> the newland patriots do it again as tom brady takes home a record sixth ser bowl ring. >> how's numr six feel? >> exactly what you would feel like l >> craig'sive in atlanta withov complete cerage from the big game from the barely there front man to the celebrations overnight. then, expanding her empire. >> today is not the day for downers. today is the day that the family are reunite. >> oscar nominated actress tae gee p. henson, what she's saying as he's now speaking outa

>>nd the more you know, fresh off her screen actor's guild award, mandy moore is here to tell us about her hit show, "this is us". >> hi. >> i'm proud of you. >> and her surprise backyard wedding, today, monday february 4th, 2019. >> up late for the super bowl. >> up early for "today"! >> good morning, from surrey, virginia.y >> to m brother dylan in houston, we love you! >> from terre haute, indiana, hi family and friends. >>ood morning, hodand savannah. watching the "today" show from steamboat spngs, colorado. >> hi to our kids in lucasville, ohio. >> congrats to the pats, super howl champs! >> t are some happy fans. goodrowd out there. some folks getting up early

after staying up late. >> i see some pats' fans in the house, too.to we'll them as well in just a bit. >> lots to get to, and t super bowl's at the top of it all. here's the news at 8:00. the new england patriots have done it again beating the l.a. rams t w their sixth super bowl. craig's been in atlanta taking in the festivities. hey, craig, good morning. >> good rning to you again. so much history made last night. tom brady at 41 years old becoming the oldest quarterback to ever win a super bowl. bill belichick at 66, the oldest coach to w a super bowl, and the game its 13-3, the lowest b scoring supl in nfl history. >> and there it is, the dynasty continues. >> tom bdy and the patriots reclaiming their throne and enjoying the party. >> look at this, how could this not motivat this is what it's all about. >> outlastinghe l.a. rams in ang low sco defensive slug fest,

13-3 to win their sixth super bowl. overnight ingl new enand, overjoyed fans taking to the streets to celebrate the victory. perhaps overshadowing the action on the field the game's halftime ow. halftime headliners maroon 5 facing backlash and criticism before the performance for accepting the gig instead of heeding calls to boycott because of the colin kaepernick controversy, but the band including front man adam levine letting their music do the talking ♪ i have noau choice b i won't say good-bye anymore ♪ >> levine notably losing layers throughoutrfhe mance. >> once the game kicked off, both offenses struggled to move the ball. >> ball in the air, and it's intercepted! >> the patriots leading the rams just 3-0 at halftime finally

getting in a groove in the fourth arter. with fans chanting his name, tom brady's finding the game's mvp julian edelman. >> who else, edelman. >> edelman spoke to us earlier on "today." >> i've been very blessed and fortunate to get to go out and play a game for my job, and you kn, this is all just icinge on th cake. >> reporter: brady launching another pinpoint pass in crunch time. >> downhe field it goes! >> gizelle bundchen brady's wife giving her seal of approval asl sony miche put the patriotsea ah for good. >> exactly what you would feel lick. >> the rams' 33-year-old head coach sean mcvay admitting he was out coached by bill belichick, brady and his family celebrating in style as a legendary quarterback adds yet another chapter to a career for the ages.

>> reporter: brady's wife gisele bundchen told me after the game this one was extrabe special use six, the number of rings he now has, six is also their daughter's age. i also talked to robert kraft, and i asked him about the future of his beloved quarterback, tom brady of course saidast week that no matter what he was going to be around next season. bob craft echoing that sentiment saying he had every reason to believe that he would b turning. meanwhile, rob gronkowski, the famous tig end, i asked him whether he would be returning. there had been some talk that gro gronk might hang up the cleats. he didn't say definitively he would be back. he wanted to take some time to think about it. shat remains to be seen. the p making history once again. >> hope you had a good time, thank you so much. investigators a still trying to figure out what caused a small plane to go down in southern california on sunday. the pilot and four people inside

a home were killed in the crash. two other people were tako t the hospital with moderate injuries. the plane had taken off from a nearby airport just minutes earlier. virginia's governor ralph northam is clinging to office amid risin h calls for to step down from his own party. northam dnsists he not appear in a 1984 yearbook photo that showed a manckn b face and another in a ku klux klan costume that was on hispage. this contradicts his earlier remarks on friday when he apologized for that photo, but northam has acknowledged he did wear black face when he dressed up as michael jackson in 1984. the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus said on sundayhat norilam quote, stl does not understand the seriousness of his action. we've got the news covered. how about a little morning boost. a beautiful moment at a wedding in brazil that left everybody ere in tears. ♪ >> here you can see newlyweds hugo and cynthia enjoying their first dance.

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we are welcome k taraji p henson to studio 1a. she's knownor her star role on the hite. series "emp taraji just received her star on the hollywood walk of fame. looking good. gh, she's is not en starring in a new movie out this week called "what men want." she plays a sports agent whodd ly realizes she can hear men's thoughts. >> stop doing that. >> stop doing what? >> talking without moving your mouth and sayingou things shouldn't say to your boss. >> i swear on my life i woul never say anything disrespectful or inappropriate to you ever. >> which is more then i could say for you. i hrd you say it. >> can you hear my inner thoughr ? >> i can hur inner thoughts! i'm screaming. >> [ laughter ] >> taraji, good morning. >> good morning. >> you are so perfect, perfect, perfect, for this role. >> thank you. >> it's really fun.

>> thank you. >> we have so much to talk about the movie. we wereust talking about your co-star jussie smollett. of course you play cookie o "empire" and you're his mom in the show. he just made his first public appearance over the weekend. we bl play a little of it. >> i was bruised but my ribs were not cracked. just because there's been a lot of stuff that has been said about me that's absolutely not true. >> he's already back and performing. i know you've said how mh your heart goes out to him. what's your reaction? >>ifou know, is spiritual warfare and we're seeing it right before our very eyes. you just have to stay close to what you know. jussie is love. that's who he is, and that's all he knows, so in this situation, hate won't win. it will not. >> what kind o words of encouragement did you give him? >> i just told him to walk in his truth, you know.

ndst stay the jussie that everybody loves you saw the outpour of love that he had, so he has touched a lotf people, you know, in his career. i just told him just walkur in truth, baby. no one can take that from you. >> you have so much going on in your life right now, and all of it. is go let's talk about this movie, "what men want." i remember an old movie cled "what women want." i guess thaft was the jumping of point. now we get to hear men's internal thoughts. >> terrifying. >> it's not wi t you think. ink women's misconception is that they're driven by sex and money. i think that's an important part of every huma you want to successful, and we like to feel good, right? but i think we handled it well. i think we handled the guys really well in the film. i don't thinks anyone that attached to this project, certainly we didn't want to male bash. i love the men in my life. i'm the mother of a son, and you

know, we need each other, so i think we handled the men really we in thisstory. >> you are so funny in this. yourpo timing ison. i got to see it and was laughing through so much of it. then i was surprised to learn that comedy was your first love. that's what you wanted to do. >> that's what i set off to l.a. for. i thought i was going to book a sitcom. i was a singl mother, i certainly could use those working hours. they're sitcoms. i started off on sister, sister. smart guy, parenthood,ed sy the bell. i was like yes, i'm going to book a sitcom. and then i booked babyboy. after that it was serious role after serious role. e day i'll be funny, i guess. 20 years later. >> you're like literally having the last laugh now. it's so cool, i was saying to you during t break that i saw what you said at the hollywood walk of fame when you got your star, and what a moment to kind of sitak and measure of

everything that you've t accomplished anking about you coming out to hollywood with a 1-year-old little boy and just going for it. that took a lot of guts. >> it did, but you know when fearless., you're in your 20s you're like fearless. if i had to do it again now, i probably would.ot it'd take me af encouragement from family and friends. back then i had the whole world ahead of me. >> weren't people saying to youa tarajiare you doing, you're going to l.a. you have a >> people will always do that. my dad gave me --y parents -- i knew i had a safety net so i wasn't afraid to take that i just wasn't. i was trained. i went to college. i feltike i had all the tools for success, and then i had this kid looking at me like mom, you know, so it's like i have to succeed for him because if i fail, then what am i teaching him, y know? >> a did it come easy?

did you get the first gig? >> no, nothing in life. is ea >> how long did it take you? >> it took a while. like was working odd you know, jobs here and there. i was a temp agent. iorked for a temporary agency, and then i turned inthat into a full-time position at an accounting firmnd then after that i was a substitute teacher and so it wasn't easy. one year i made candles. that was my income, yeah. >> i was reading there was a moment where you'd booked a role. you had done well, and it got a will the of acclaim, and yhi were like is the moment. this is the moment it's like happening for me, and even then it took time, which i think is just so true about life. >> yeah. i don't think p really understand that there really is no overnight succeas. therey isn't. there's always a story before ba you see the bi, you know. it's always a struggle before that. so you know, i know it seems like oh, it happened overnight, but i didn't. it really didn't. >> didt just set in on that

hollywood walk of fame day when you were sitting thereith your star? >> i still -- i have to go back to make sure it's still there.em you know, iber when i sat down to take that picture, the first thing i did was i made sure it was stuck. i was like it's not going to move, is it? everyone laughed. i've been getting a couple fans have been going by taking pictures standing over it, so that's real. i need to go back and see for myself. >> so "what men want" hoda saw it over the weekend and was cracking up. do you think you havenore comedy your future now that people have rediscovered this? >> that's all i want to do, another comedy. th's okay i'm not complaining. i just would love to laugh some more. >> iever thought there would be such great comedy in some sec es, but i have to tell you, taraji, just watch for those. they're too much. thank you so much for being with us. >> congratulations and "what men

want" hits theaters on friday. we're going to go to mr. roker for nto the storm coming pacific northwest, northern california, southern california makes i way east. right now we're watching the system come across the plains. heavy downpours from chicago t cleveland. freezing rain into northern michigan. it makes its way through the northeast tomorrow with some light showers. rain will end by early evening. really hea rain as you get to the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. anywhere fro 2 t 3" but could be isolated 5"otal before it's over. hat going on around the country, here is what's happen woods. sunshine and temperatures still below freezing for most of the suburbs this morning but nowhere near as cold as last week. 30 montgomery, 25 manassas, 29 upperrl ro. forecast for today, all that sunshine will have a great impact on our day. we should be in the mid to upper 50s for afternoon highs today. how about low- to mid-60s

tomorrow. that sounds like a winner. more days in the 6da on thu and friday. each of those days also comes along with a chance for rain before cold air returns this weekend. carson daily, you got a little pop start. >> i got pop start, whether you like it or not. bradley cooler oedsaturday johe director's guild panel. he directed that movie and he was among some other greatdi ctors. once upon a time cooper auditioned for one of spike's films. >> you c get ance to read for spike lee you're never going to forget that. i still rememberou sat there, you said hello, how are you? asked me about philly and then i d the thing, and you said thank you, and you know, youot me out quick. [ laughter ] >> spike didn't recall the audition, but as you can see there he thought the story was really funny. up next, tori spelling, 28 years ago she stepped into the

role of donna martin. the ng for ten season show became a cult favorite. recently the cast was seen hangin out together spurring rumors as to whether the show was coming back or not. on friday spelling addressed these rumors on "access." let's see what she said. >> you were having coffee in between meetings with nearorks. >> wha you meeting with networks? >> it's confiede're doing a new 90210. so it is the og cw back together, and we're playing heightened versions of ourselves, so the ans will be pleasantly surprised, though, because we will intercut that with scenes from the show. >> wait, what >> dream sequence going back to their old days? and spellin said almost the entire original cast will be back for the reboot. i don't know when this is going to air, but nobody's more excitedhan our own dylan dreyer. i said i was going to read this on pop stare ame running out curlers in her hair, what? donna martin?

dylan's at the peach pit waiting for the whole crew. >> the peach pit is the diner. in other news -- it's like your ofce. it's whe we all hangout. oprah had a great weekend hosting a three-day girls get away cruise. she made a special appearance passing out tequila shots in her pj's. >> yes. that looks like good times right there. >> who wldn't want that? >> can you imagine that, oprah, captioned the video tequila anyone? i'm not throwing away my shot. little hamilton reference there. pass out the drinks as a thank you to all the women who joined the trip. toy sto 4, a long time fans have been waiting for the franchise, in a neweaser for the film we get to see what the gang is up. >> wow. this place is amazing.

>> wasn't buzz going to meet us re? >> he must be held up somewhere. >> up here astro boy. >> if you think you can takeur top prize spot you're wrong. >> dead wrong. >> it looks like woody is going to have to rescue buzz. that teaser during last night's super bowl game.o comingeaters june 21st. thank you so much.st raight ahead, she's here, "this is us star mandy moore. >> and our hot list of sweet gifts for valentine's day. but firsthis is "today" on nbc. >> hi, mandy. >> mandy!

>> announcer: this is "news4 today" newsbreak. good morning, everybody. 8:26 monday february 4th, i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get to melissa mollet with a look at first4traffic. >> left lane blocked by a crash, still slow inner loop from tafford bridge from an earlier accident. stafford 95 quantico, truck fire. nes open, delays hanging around headed northbound. 0, montrose take a look at poor air quality. left side is blocked on the shoulder main lanes. >> melissa, thank you. we'll have a look at our fo

good morning, everybody. cold start but sunshine out there for now. a little bit of fog as well. temp 2atures in the and low 30s now. we'll have no trouble climbing upnto the 5 today. keep in mind, 45 is an ample

hi temperature, nearly 15 degrees warmer than average today and 20 warmer than average >> all right, chuck. thank you. of course you can get the latest news and weather any time, just open the nbc washington app.

hi, everything. lcome back. it is 8:30 on this monday morning, fourth day february 2019. look at our plaza. fa i see a pats fan right here. welcome in. >> it's 8:30, andt is a beautiful morning. >> it's gorgeous. >> look at how blue the >> such a gorgeous day. >> it was so cold last week. guys, i'mooking for my friend kiki. where are you? >> hi kiki, how are you? >> are you celebrating a birthday today? i. >> iam. the big 5-0. >> happy birthday. as i understandou own a restaurant, right? >> we do. and we closed it so we could be here today with the crew. >> i think we actually have a sign, and it says the restaurant

is closed, right? >> yes. wedo. we put up a sign. >> i love it. i loveit. we're closed and our employees are watching. our custongrs are watc our family. >> can we all say happy birthday to kiki? one, two, three, happy birthday! >> thank you so much. so nice to have it. >> and she brought baklava for you guys. >> knew loved you kiki. i knew it, we love you. >> i want a picture when it's done. i want a picture. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, happy birthday, honey. i hope the restaurant's open tomorrow. people need the baklava. >> who doesn't? >> yes. >> coming up, man moore. we'll see what secrets we can get her to reveal about her hit show "this is us." >> love mandy. so glad she's here. coming up, our editors are going to reveal their hot liste for vne's day gifts. if you think it's chocolate and flowers think again. craig melvin is down at the

super bowl, plus, we've gotca os winner christoph waltz to talk about his futuristic new film "elita battle angel". >> l your s take a look at week ahead and see what we've got weather wise for you. starting o the ek, it's going to be wet and snowy, western third of the country. ice storm across great lakes, a few showers in the missihiippi and river valleys. for wednesday a wintry mix moving through the upper ohio and mississippi river valley. heavy rain in the mississippi river valley wit a flood risk there. heavy snow through the rockies. then as we head intoay fr we end up the week with wet weatr. bitterly cold weather returns to the plains. it will make its wayss ac the country through the weekend. look for more rain and mountain

snows, central california into the pacific northwest. that's what going on around the r untry, here is what's >> good moing. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. still some ice on themootomac thising. friendly reminder, do not go out on the ice no matter where it is across the area unless an isk ing rink. the ice is too thin to support you. temperatures in 20s and 30s w, headed in the 50s to near 60 today. mid-60s comingur way tomorrow. in fact, the whole week ahead is going to be warmer than average. rain chances hit and miss wednesday and thursday, a chance of rain friday ath colder for e weekend. >> that is your latest weather. oh, guys. : a t > and that is your lat weather. thank you. facebook is celebrating a milestone today, 15 years since that site launched. >> and here with a look at where it's been and where it's going is nbc issa van's savannah seli >> it's impacted nearly every aspect of human society from

uniting long lost friends and family to giving a voice to the voiceless. here's a look back ats 15 ye of facebook. >> what is the facebook exactly? >> it's an onlin directory that connects people throughnd universities colleges through their social networks there. >> that's mark zuckerberg in one n camera rst interviews. the then 19-year-oldre ced "the facebook" in his harvard dorm room. >> this is where i programmed faceok. >> are y surprised at how much this h caught onn that time? >> it's really cool. but i mean, who knew. >> after expanding from college students to virtually the entire world, zuckerberg and facebook forever alted theay we communicate and connect wit each other. the same way amazon changed the way we shop and google changed the way we search. >> it's been an amazing journey. it's so rare to have the opportunity to touch a billion people lorifrs. >> repter: facebook from fashion to popculture, zuckerberg and his story

dramatized in the movie "the social network". >> talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online. >> h the word frie become a verb and like has taken on a new meaning. >> what's that called when you're telling people what you're doing every minute? >> status updates. >> to become one of the most ever. sful startups >> you're low maintenance, i can see. you really are. hu haven't changed w all this money. >> there's no money iyet. >> have a feeling there will be some coming down the pike soon. >> zuckerberg and his company have grown up before our eyes. >> is it hard to be in the otlight? >>yeah, but i think some of i'ese things actually help. s nur thate has this kind of an impact on so many people without them knowing who y g are and justting to know what you care about. >> reporter: he became the youngest self-made billionaire at 23 and married pediatrician priscilla chan. together the power couple has created an initiate tose technology to try to eradicate

disease, irove education and reform the justice system. >> i think what's important to us is to actuallnvest now to work towards a future where our childrening in a better world. >> reporter: in 2008, facebook introduced us to former google exec sheryl sandberg. zuckerberg made her chief operating officer of the company giving the social network more street cred this silicon valley turning facebook into a multibillion dol brs business ecoming the public face of facebook during some of its biggest controversies. >> we know we ould have done more to protect people, and we're taking real steps, but everyone takes it seriously and personally. >> reporter: today the siteth connects mor 2 billion users on every continent making it the most used social networking platform in the world. o one-thir humanity uses facebook at least once a month. if facebook were a country, it would be the largest in the world. it's been used to help victims during natural disasters and to organizeevolutions like the

arab spring, but with that great reach comes great responsibility. questions about privacy have plague facebook and zuckerber from nearly the start. >> our intent is that people own their own information. that's one of the things that makes facebook really special. it gives you great controls over who you shares your information with. >> ithe 15 years since its inception all those photos, articles andnterests you've shared are part of theworld's largest databases of personal information. >> i think its long history of sloppiness with data has serious repercussions. >> reporter: wheres the social network go from here? >> two years ago everybody trusted facebook. i think that they lost trust. >> reporter: how can they earn that trust back or is the better question with revenues and their user base growing, do they even need to?s 15 years certainly a milestone worth celebrating, but even facebook wl admit there ve been some major missteps in recent y difficult to recover from. >> are they still growing? >> they are still growing. in the fourth quarter their

users were up. there are still these big questions for people. they own instagram, the own whatsapp. if you were to delete your facebook does it help anything as far as privacy concerns go. >> yeah it's huge. we'll see. and i know you've got more adtomorrow? >> will actually be back with more tomorrow. >> your better half. >> gadi schwartz tomorrow. >> what's your show on snapchat? >> stay tuned. >> coming up next, we cannot wait for this. >> mandy! >> we love mandy moore so much, and here she is. first thiss "today" on nbc. i

we are back with our girl moore. >> we can't take it. to catch you up, we are more than halfwayn through seaso three now, and we just foundth t jack's brother, who was said to have died in vietnam actually is alive. rebecca had no idea, so how is

she going to handle it? here's a sneak peek. >> you knowwhat? i'm mad at dad. i'm -- he's been gone 2 years. he had a brother this whole time. i had an uncle i could have known. i'm sorry. >> no, no, i'm mad too. >> yeah? >> yeah. and it's hard to be mad at someone who's t here anymore. there's nothing you can do with those feelings. >> mandy, good morning. >> good morning. we're going to cry in a minute. can we just live in a happy placeor one second? >> sure. >> you got married. >> congratulations. >> thank you, thank au. >> it wa surprise to us, but it wasn't a surprise to you. but you did kind i of kee under wraps right? >> we kept it on the dl. yeah, people are so kind obviously when you get engaged, everyone wantso know how the wedding planning is going and what is happening. we were pretty tight-lipped about it. we got married at our house just

family and a few friends, so we wanted to kind of keep the dayr us. >> i think your love story is so awesome. not everybody meets on instagram, not everyboan say that they may have actually loved their partnerefore they kissed or held hands. >> held hands, i know. >> explain that. we --okay, so he's in a band, and i heard them on the radio, and i went on itunes and found they had a new record coming out, and i posted a picture on instagram. this was a few years ago before i knew the rules of like tagging people and stuff, but somehow he found this little message that i ft and sent a message through his folks to my folks, and we sort of started through e-mail. first date, on a and it was the most epic like three-hour first date. we just didn't stop talking, and then he lefhe next day to go on tour for six weeks. we basically got to know each other and fall in love without -- >> like old fashioned. >> we just had to rely on that foundation of gettiw to k each other as friends and learn as much as we could about each her, like face timing and

whatnot. >> it's so sweet. you guys play scrabble together. >> just a boring couple. >> if you can play scrabble tother, you can do anything in life together. >> exactly. >> so exciting. >> one of the cool things you all did together is you sang a little bit at your wedding that we got to see on insta. that was such a beaiful moment. >> music is such a huge part of both of our lives. and we were so lucky to have all of our friends play with us. and then the show sort of culminated that evening with us singing a little duet together. it was fun. >> it's so beautiful. i just want to say i love trhat dress. i also love your pink wedding dress. >> thank yo w could talk about your wedding this whole time. nbc news network executive would come down and beat us. we're supposed to be talking about "this is 'rus." right in it now, we're learning about jack's brother who we thought was dead, but he's no >> yes. >> so what happens now? >> it's been a mystery. i love that this show obviously,

like, it sort of examines life in so many different facets, and this season for milo's character, for jack, we've really sort of gone back in time and seen him in vietnam and his relatiroship with his bther who he told us throughout our entire lives and our marriage his bther died in the war. and kevin, justin heartley is going on this journeynd found out his brother was actually still alive and they were really st estranged. we're delving deeper into that why they were estranged. in this next episode next week you'll see rebecca and her brother-in-law kind of meet each other for the fst time. >> your show has gotten so many accolad accolades. >> ah, you just got theag award. >> do you sit at home like we do withtissues? >> yes. >> you do, you watch? >> oftentimes, i'm just one tiny part of the equation. and we're on a text chain and

it's like, fam, that episode blew my mind. >> yeah. >> it's like you're watching it in realtime with theaudience, and you're proud of the work people are doing. ng to say, it must be different to have read it on a script. you kind of know what the are but to see it all woven together. >> it's still mind blowing to all of us. >> we love you. >> i love you guys too. >> it was so nice of you tng coe ith us. >> congratulations. bring the mister next time. >> i will. t you're going stay with hoda on the fourth hour. >> kathie lee is back. >> then the return of "this is us" tuesday february 12th, 9/8 central right heren nbc. just ahead, consider your valentine's day pblems solved. 're going to reveal today's hot gift list. but first this is "today" on nbc. a presidency under siege. coming undone. donald trump can't be trusted to govern within the law. and his lies are hurting the country. congress should begin impeachment hearings now

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list. valentine's day is just around the corner, and i'm struggling to find the perfect gitr. it's . our editors at today.com they've got you covered. >> they hacoed the internet for the best items to eethearts. here with the highlights is emily share. hi emily. >> help otus. >> we you covered. don't worry about it. there is a hot jacket,s everybodalking about it. savannah guthrie is trying it on. >> i'm going to call it right now, ts is the coat of 2019. look at our beautiful model here. >> looks great. >> y'll see this everywhere. they call this the amazon coat. it literally has a million pockets in it. moms love it, it's cooler than your regular puffer jacket, per warm, lightweight. people love it. >> price point. >> $130 for a down jack. >> it's flattering. >> it comes in nice colors. >> i like it. >> maybe the i navy like even better. em. hanks, >> what do i do? >> come and hang out.

>> nice talking to you. >> what's our next one? >> next up, first of all, after theiday season, the most -- the biggest time to buy jewelry is valentine's day, but the biggest trend right now, it's dainty personalized jewelry. you do fortune.o spend a this is from bobble bar, 34 to $36. you can get your own initials, maybe a child's initials, same thing for you hoda. >> i like that. i think those are sweet. >> you can mix and ma'sh. iteally just something you can play around, maybe new initials for newlyweds. >> and the price point's good, too. >> just something fun to wear every day. >> what's next on our hot list? >> so flowers are traditional valentine's day. >> oh, a plant? >> why not plants? everyone's very into plants, plant lady is a trending hash g hashtag. these are heart shaped valentine's day succulents. they ship nationwide. and what's great about that company is they'll really walk you through it. if you don't have a green thumb,

they will explain everything to you. really low maintenance. ou'reat does it say if giving someone a prickly cactus on valentine's day? >> it says i love >> there's your mic. thank you. oh, that will help. all ght, let's see what else we got. >> savannah, come on out. >> we'll start over. >> is this for the guys >> carson, i think you might like this one especially. this is for beer actually. what's really cool about this company is it has this vacuu sealed double walled. it keeps it cold and carbonated. >> what do you mean? for how long? >> they say almost 24 hours. >> i don't believe you. >> it's like i tell my kid. go along, keep going. oh, there's beer in here. need it after last night. >> keep the super bowl going. >> that's cold. >> is there really beer in there? >> it's ghtweight. it's great to carry around. >> how much is this? >> $45. >> that's the 32 ounce, they also have the 64 ounce. >> and it keeps cold cold and hot hot? >> the carbonation is an added

touch. >> next on our hot list. now these -- everyone's been walking by and touching these. they are so soft. cozy gift the sales have grown double-digits every year. >> look at our next model. >> i feel like somebody should be count >> how soft is that? >> i love that. >> too bad adam levine sn't wearing this yesterday. >> i think it's cool. >> what's great about these isa they're mhine washable. >> do they stay that soft? >> i wouldust air dry it. >> how much is that? >> this is $72. >> nice. >> i think that's cool this is a great gift women can give to men and then borrow. >> and then can borrow. nice nice. >> he's got a real big one. next on our hot list is? >> what do we have here? >> chocolates. so you can always go to the drugstore and buy chocolate. these are hand painted chocolates. maggie louise was a law student,

and she completely took a left turn and changed her career. love you a latte. these are my favorite, i love carbs chocolates. this is adorable. >> these are so sweet. there's different flavors, milk character, darkchocolate. >> my wife's obsessed with ttle things. >> tiny little things. >> you can't resist them. >> we're going to get to our last two. what do we have here? >> you know who that is. >> is it a calendar? what is it? >> aifact uprising is a website, colorado based. super ey to use, and you can create personalized. ite they use recyclable materials as well. that's something you can feel good about when you purchase ethem. they hhese calendars. this is in brass. they use reclaimed wood. a just really cool company. >> and you can get it in plenty of te for >> yes.ine's day. let's get to our last one. what do we got? >> whiskey? >> it's valentine's day. >> oh, my gosh. so this is from a company called me undies.

and the ky'nownor using this material. it's micromodal. it's soft. >> put these on and come back out. no, no, no. >> i don't know. >> are you and joel -- would you do matching underwear? >> no, never. are these girls underwear? >> these are matching un >> match with your sweetie. >> emily, thank you. o find out more about these products, head to today's hot list, today.com/shop. coming up, how hoda celebrated the end of her ten-day stupid challenge. first this is "today" on nbc. first this is "today" on nbc. with al rer.>>

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well how was the big -- >> oh, the end of j.lo's ten-day challenge. went to rokes. we had a great feast. joe and i were off of it. you mad a delicious spread. >> look at that. >> lookhat's happening there. >> yeah, it was good., anyway it was awesome. so i>>hank you.

it was the chs, it was that, it was everything. the coconut cake >> it was good. >>. it all sounds good. >> it was great. >> really proud of you. >> guys, today a day. day.com/allday. we've got bridget nielsen talking about giving birth at age 54. ang should not define what you do. and beth stern openg her home with howard >> announcer: this is a "news4 8:56 is your time now on 2019monday february 4th good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. right now we want to check on your commute with melissa mollet and first4traffic. how is it >>looking? brand-new problem in germantown looking better than it was. southbound lanes we did have one closure on the left that's because of an earlier crash. looks like it's going to get out

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sunshine has finally brought most of the area above the freezing markg.his morn now 35 at dulles, 39 gaithersburg, 38ere in washington. on our way to highs in the mid to upper 50s. todayhat is something to celebrate. above average all week long, then of course turning colder. at least it will be dry for the weekend. >> all right, chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any team on nbc washington app. have a great day.

. from nbc news,his is "today" live from studioel 1a i rockr plaza. good morning, everybody. i'm al. we got dylan, sheinelle, our buddy craig is downn atlanta ving been there the whole time for the game. obviously you watched.ta >> id up for the whole game. that never happens for me. >> it was a great gam for you. for everybody else, i think it was kind of a snooze fest. >> even as a pats' oan it was kia snooze fest. i mean, it took until the fourth quarter before anything exciting happened game wise. the halftime show was a little -- but. but they won. >> i think after gladys knight. >> you're like that's enough. >> she was amazing. >> we had le aittle last mi