. good morning, better late good morning. better late than never. delad by shutdown, president trump set to deliver his state of the union address to a divided congress a country. >> this is the defining moment of his presidency. >> who knows wt he'll come out with >> the white house promising a messag of unity amid the ongoin battle overunding for a border wall. we've got it all covered including who the president and what tody have invited, watch for during the speech and what to expect from the democratic response. capitol chaos.ci fang new pressure to step down, virginia's embattled governor digs in, while the man who is next in line facesco roversy of his own.

>> does anybody think it's any coincidence that on the eve of potentially my being elevated, that's when this uncorroborated smear comes out. searching for clues, federat officialing to piece together why that plate broke apart mid air,we sng a california neighborhood with fiery. debris >> the alternator broke free and shot through that window and went through that wall into the bathroom. >> reporter: the latest on the pilot, the victims and thein vestigation. all that plus racist revenge. actor liam neeson facing backlash after this bizarre mment during an interview. >> --ome black beep beep would come out of a pub and have a go at me so i could kill him. lindsay vaughn, the most decoted skier in history prepares for the final racehef legendary career. so what's next for the olympic

legion? our good frid andy cohen introduces the world to his brand new baby boy saying he's already in love and for once, speechless. today tuesday, february 5th, 20 2019. welcome to n"today" this tuesday morning. thank you for joining us. we do have a very busy day. r top story, president trsmp just hou away from delivering the state of the union address, delayed one week by the longest goves.ment shutdown in history. it comes with the deadline for nother potential shutdown fast approaching. we'll get chuck todd's take in just ad. sec first, nbc's peter alexander is on capitol hill. hey,peter. good morning. >> good morning to you. tonighthe white house says president trump will be delivering a unifying and optimistic message. for the first , he'll be facing a chamber that is not

fully controlled by republica and one that may one day try to impeach him. here many aren't buying the president's bid for bipartisanship. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! >> president trump in prime time tonight aing a deeply divided congress and country. his aides promising he'll try to unify americans. >> the president is calling for an end of resis fans and retribution politics and calling for cooperation and coepromise. >> rorter: but the president will be addressing a skeptical chamber, including house speaker nancy pelosi who will be seated right behind him. a week and a half ahead ofhe next funding deadline, president trump expected to reup his demand for a border wall under threats he'll soon declare a national emergency if congress doesn't deliver. >> we'll have see what happens on february 15th.

>> you're not taking anything off thetable? >> i don't take anything off the ubble. >> even repcans calling it a dangerous precedent that won't succeed. >> i am concerned about it. i tnk it's a dubious constitutionality. >> reporter: also tonight, areas where the parties could work together, infrastructure, trade and the opioid crisis. >> i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out com. n grou >> the time for trivial fights is behind us. >> reporter: as for who the presoent has invited the address, the white house released the guest lt overnigh saying it represents the best of america, including family member of a couple killed by anundocumented immigrant, survivors from lastea yr's synagogue shooting also alice

johnson, the 63-year-old grandmother serving a life sentence, pardoned after kim kardashian lobbied for his release. hu 11-year-old boy bullied over his last name, j trump. f reporter: likely to offer a preview his second summit with kim jong-un. the president insisting north koreans are no longer a nuclear hreat, but intelligence chiefs insisting they're still dedicated toreating a long nge nuclear missile. we bring in chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning. >> the word is the president is going to strikeome kind of unifying tone. what's your take? what do you think? >> su. go for it. i don't know if it's going to be a credible thing to do though. oi think he looks at the state of the union and thinks it's th ornate, an ornamental thing

of the presidency. it won't matter. the next day a tweet comes out. that's a waste o his time. if he uses his speech to start previewing things f 20, if he uses his speech to be realistic and say it's divided government i've campaigned onat immin, let's work on these three issues. if he makes his speech like that, he can do something like that. that isn't what he's going to do. people might actually snicker if he actually makes a plea because he's the wrong person. >> it's a whole new day in washington, nowhere will it be moremptant than with nancy pelosi a house speaker, a divided government. in tell of this area, you'll see people running to be the democraticnominee. how does that factor into this particular state of the union before he had all the lovers of government? >> we can thank the medical gods for that. she - literally not only do the democrats hoefr over his

there she is standing behind his shoulder the entire time, this constant reminder, frankly, for the viewer, that there's a new day in washington. what i'll be curious out, she is like the old roman senate. she's going to decidehen democrats should clap at the president and when democrats shouldn't. she will be the sort of -- the tone setter there. even when he's throwing out a bipartisan attempt, applause line, if she's not applauding, of the is most democrats won't applaud either. >> alwaysf a loteater. >> more theatre this time than normal. >> the state of the union is tonight. we will have life coverage of the speech at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. breaking overnight, federal prosecutors issued a subpoena seeking documentssi from pnt trump's inaugural committee. the u.s. attorney's officene in york is investigating allegations that the committee misspent some of the tensf

millions and that some donors gave money in exchange for influenge. it's regar donations made by or on behalf of foreign nationals. quote.a the committee tends toe cop r with that inquiry. the embattled governor of virginia is still resists calls to resign amid the escalating backlash over a rtoist p on his mediterranecal school yearb page. >> reporter: a political crisis is swirling around now, not just virginia's governor but now the lieutent governor who faces an uncrop rated assault allegation dating back to ai2004, a he vehemently denies. increasing chaos at the virginia capitol, t governor and the man who wouldm replace under

fire. governor ralph northam refusing to design. >> i think we're given a second. chan we're not condemning him as an individual. we're saying he at this time is not fit serve as governor. >> reporter: after multiple meetings with his closest advisers and staff, northam says he needs more time to decide whether he'll stay in office or step down, aording to a source. officials nearly unanimousg demande call it quits, a photo he originally apologized for but lat said was not him. >> i was mad as hell. n >> reporter: wou heard him say he wasn't the man in that d photo, h that make you feel? >> i was evenry more ang because he told me the day before it was him and he apologized. the flip-flop is what bothered me. >> reporter: lawmakers looking for a way out, taking impeachment off the table. >> obviously, impeachment is a very high andard. i think that's why we called for resignation. >> his would be successor,

lieutenant governor justin fairfax stopping short of calling for him to step aside. >> i belve i'm in a unique position, obviously as lieutenant governor and someone who would haveo assume that office in the event he were to resign. i have to be very circumspect. >> reporter: but now fairfax is facing new troubles of his own, aftean uncrop rated sexual assault allegation emerged dating back to the democratic national convention in 2004. >> does anybody think is any coincidence of me potenally being elevated that this c out? >> jeff, as we heard there, virginia's house speaker called for s northam to step dowd he won't try to impeach him. why not? >> reporter: a couple of reasons for rsat, it's extraordinarily difficult to impeach a governor inrg ia. there's no precedent for it. the house speaker says he doesn't think the photo in question meets the state constitutional standards for

remol from office. it's also true the virginia house speaker is a republican. it suits his purposes, his party's purposes, to have a wounded democrat hanging around in the governor's mansioas at for a little while longer. >> geoff bennett,>thanks. ew video emerged of the deadly plane crash into a residential neighborhood in southern california. i nbc's ghwartz has the latest on that investigation, hey, gadi. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. we're learning how msive that debris field was. pieces of the plane strewn over four blocks and 16 homes. the daughter of the pilot says her heart goes out. w details in a horrifying small plane crash in california. >> we have confirmed five individuals deceased. >> reporter: new video apptors show the plane breaking apart before turning this yorba linda ighborhood into a disaster

zone. >> definitely sounded like a missile. >>eporter: nancy mell was at home. >> the alternator broke free t shot thrhis window and went through that wall, into the bathroom. >> reporter: neighbors rushing out to find debris scattered for blocks. a wing on the road, an engine on the porch. th cabin of the small engine cessna in the back yard. residents even using garden hoses to try to douse if flames. we're also learning more about the pilot wholl was . >> the pilot of a cessna plane, a male, positively idea need as antonio, 75 of garnerville, nevada. he's a retired chicago police officer. his family has been notifiedth coroner's office. >> i called him that night and asked him to call me when he got home safely. the only call i got was from ths

sherifdepartment. >> reporter: he had been visiting his daughterie j ackley and his young granddaughter. in tearsok as she overnight. >> our hearts break to all those involved and go out to otheres famihat have been affected by this accident. >> reporter: also killed, four people inside this home after the plane t slammed intohe roof and the house caught fire. >> the condition of the additional four deceased will require the use ofit addnal measures such as dna to obtain officialon identifica >> reporter: the ntsb now investigating what could have caused the plane to break apart mid flight and fall from the sky. officials are n saying the plane was seen on radar at a height of 7,800eet before rapidly losing altitude and breaking up in flight.d still no w on what caused the aircraft to break ap past. the ntsb looking into the pilot's history, medical records, flight experience as well as the environment and the weather. >> gadi, thank you. at least ten people dead,ze

more injured after a fire at a paris apartment building. the fire broke out on the second buildingan eight-stor as people were sleeping overnight. intense flames sent some resi tnts fleeing to roof or climbing out of their windows trmong to escape. than 200 firefighters were called to the scene. ollice suspect arson. a 40-year- female resident has been detained. we'll bring in mr. roker and get a first check of our weather on this tuy. al, good morning. >> good morning, guys. good morning to you. thanks forgetting your firstus weather from early spring. last week about 120 record lows set. look at this. we'll have probably about 200 record high temperatures over the next several da. in fact, from shreveport all the either o caribou, we're going to break records, tie them or come within three degrees. and for the patriots, you're not going to set a rec tday for your high temperature, but for the victory parade, 60 degrees in boston. clouds mixed with sunshine. t look at warm weather.

it lasts into tomorrow. lubbock, texas, 15 degrees above average. mobile, 73, 11 degrees warmer. morrow in philadelphia, 60 degrees at 57, memphis 19 degrees above average at 68. tallahassee 11 degrees warmer at 77. but there is a winter chill just to remind you we're still in february. look at this. on thursday, 11 in omaha on thursday, 2 in minneapolis, chicago 18. that coldir moves to the east, gain, bringing us more down to seasonal conditions. on saturday, boston is 30, 39 in d.c., 50 in raleigh. cincinnati, 34 by satu we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning, everybody. the first slive of sunshine are reaching downtown washington. w sunris about five minutes ago. it's going to be a very pleasant day to spend quality time outsid today. rrent temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. upper 30s around town, 40s across northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. look at these numbers today. sunshine, today's high temperatures in the mid 60s. a little cooler and late day showers tomorrow. much colder for the weekend. >> and happy lunar new year, and to my all my weather brethren, happy national weather person's day. >> is it >>really? well, it's on the calendar.

i don't know if it's real or not. >> we didn't get him anything for national weather person's day. >> that's rightment get him a broken clock. >> how about a sunny, beautiful warm day. >> how about that? >> coming up, actor liam neeson under fire for disturbing comments about race and revenge. >> lindsey vonn is racing in one of the final races of h historic rscareer. fithis 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 so they can gather and preserve evidence. to make sure the american people finally get the truth.

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coming from the north or the south. beltway lookingokay, inner loop crossing the woodrow wilson bridge. beach drive shut down between porter and crock for tree removal. delays are expected. >> thank you,melissa. in this digital age, could your online behavior affect what you pay for car insurance. >> consumer reporter susan hogas working with you for how your digital footprint may somehow determinens yourance rates. >> we'll check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good morning. partly to mostly cloudy. a little chilly outside. temperatures in the 30s and low 40s. 30s around town, 40s to our north and west. everyone gets a mild afternoon today wit m the sunshineing a big-time comeback, 67 degrees for a high today. cooler tomorrow, but more mild weather for thursday and the

first half of friday beforelu temperatureset friday afternoon. we'll be cold for the weekend. >> thank you, another local news update in 25 minutes. >> for now, back the "today" show. have a great day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

we're back we're back at 7:30. in a moment we'll roll video and you'll see lindsey vonn crashing just a few moments ago. this happened at the world championships. this was the second-to-last race of her lendary career. now she's going to retire. apparently according to wiesses she was able to walk off the slopes. at onen gave a thumbs up point. what a road for her. the most storied, decorated, legendary female skier. having to retire i tnk more prematurely than she wanted to. now we justea led about this crash. >> at 34 years old still out there pushing. >> she's amazing. to t begin, white house says president trump will call for optimism and unity duringni t's state of the union

address. the president is expected to reup his demand for a border wall and also address his plan to withdraw troops from afghanistan and sya. house speaker nancy pelosi says she hopes to hear commitmenre from thedent on issues with bipartisan support. e democraticesponse will come from georgia democrat stacy abrams. students taken to the hospital after eating marijuana gummies. 14 children consumed the gummy bears. all between 5 and 9 years old. that were tre and released. at this point no word on where they got the gummis. a backlash facing liam nissan after a stunning admission and story. nbc's morgan radford is here with the ory. >> the backlash is viral and has been going on all day. in his new movie "cold pursur," his charac seeks revenge for

his son's death. in a recent interview the actor admits that at one point in his life h wanted to kill a random black man. this is after learning a person close to him was raped. >> i'll looku. for i will find you and i will kill you. >> reporter: known for taking justicento his own hands o screen, famed act liam neeson finding himself in hot water this morning after telling then britishe paper "the independent" about a time many years ago he sought vengeance off screen after finding out a woman close to him was raped. >> my yeed yachtn react was i asked, did she know who it wa no. what color were they? she said it was a black person. >> reporter: during the interview foris new movie "cold pursuit," niece sem

describe his personal experience, walking the streets with a billy club looking for revenge. >> i'm ash slaemd to say that. i did itor maybe a week hoping some black [ bleep ] would come out from the pub and have a go couldabout something so i kill him. >> reporter: in the interview he immediately expresses remorse. >> it's horrible, horrible. when i did that. >> reporter: outraged reaction to the actor's comment quicklyn'- dt say he wanted to kill his friend's he wanted to kill any black man. others writing, he actually says he was mortified that he said those things. he could have kept quiet but't di. has 6-year-old action sta spoken openly of his emotions in the past including his own heartbreak after the death of his wife, natasha richardson,

who died from a skiing accident in 2009. >> i mourn for her, yeah. i visit her grave on a very regular basis. >> reporter: that openness on and off screen nowutting neeson in an unwanted spotlight. >> he's promoting ae. mo it feels like the story came out of the blue. there is a context here. what was it? >> the cwatext was h saying i understand the need for revenge that my because he was saying i once felt this overpowering disorienting sense of anger. when i was looking at the twitter reactions o both sides. some people were rushing to his defee saying this isn't a public figure a politician who did something outrageous in the past. he's saying, look, this is they wron to do something. it's interesting to see both sides. >> thank you, morgan. let us turn to mr. roker for

another look at the weather. >> yesterday we were saying there was goingw to be sn seattle. a rare snowstorm. it caused all sts of heartache and problems in seattle. that system is starting to make its way to the east now. you can see we've already got a winter storm warning, ice storm warning and winter weath advisories. chicago seeing its first ice storm warning since december 2009. it's going to be pushing its way east for today and tonight. the snow in the upper midwest. you see the ice the ohio river valley and into chicago. thursday, rounds of rain coming over saturated soil. heavy rain makes its way into the east. but in the mid mississippi, ohio rivervalleys, we're talking two to four inches of rain. the icing is going to be rher significant. .10 inch to 0 inch of ice from illinois into parts of michigan, indiana and ohio. in the upper midwest we could

see four to eight inches from the dakotas into the u.p. of michigan. that's what's going on across the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the meltdown ier well u way. we made 64 yesterday afternoon. warm, be every bit that maybe a few degrees warmer than that today. right now in the mid to upper 30s around the city. with clearing skies and the promise of sunshine today, afternoon highs will easily make 65 to about 67 degrees. tomorrow cloudy, cooler with chance of rain early in the day tomorrow. colder weather returns for the weekend. >> the twitter feed has told you that national weather person's day is official. >> we never doubted you. >> we're believers, al. mr. roker, thank you. still ahead, the overnight tributesor a soap opera star.

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nothing short of legendary. natalie joins us with more on that. >> good morning. so hard to see her fall this mo sing. she doell have, though, one more event that she's scheduled to race on nday. that's the downhill. t'll have to see if that still holds pendis fall. hoping the injuries are not more severe. when she got to the bottom o the mountain, she got a huge hug from teammate mckayla shiffrin. she'll go down in history as the greatest downhill finemale ski racer ofti all me. >> she'll c soonss the finish line for the last time, ending the career fled with stunning victories and devastating setbacks. the 34-year-old h announcin retirement. my body is broken beyond repair and it isn't letting me have the final season i dreamed of. vonn posted on instagram, my body is screaming at me to stop

and it's time for me to listen. vonn striking gold at the10 winter games in vancouver, becoming first american woman to win an olympic downhill. then an uphill battle for the skiing superstar. >> vonn over thep! >> this crash resulting in a debilitati knee injury, sidelined from olympic competition for eight years before taking the broe last year in pyeongchang, a bittersweet win as she acknowledged the uncertainty of her future. >> i wish i could keep going, you know. i have so muchfun. i love what i do. my body just can't -- probably can't take another four years. >> reporter: vonn wil retire as the greatester female s of all time withor82 w cup victors, just five shy of beating the all-time record held by a man, a goal she desperately wanted to aieve before saying good-bye as she shared with savannah in pon clang.

you're getting very close to the record. >> getting there. >> is that a goal? >> yes, it's definitely a goal. i told myself i'm not going to retire until i reach that marker. it's pretty important to me. very vonn addressing the short coming on instagram writing, retiring w hout reaching my goal is what will stay with me forever. the wordsce of a fiompetitor who transcended the world of skiing, vonn's popularity landing her on the pages of magazines, oned r carpets and in high-profile relationships like her one with tiger woods. >> yes! >> reporter: all while carving her own path to the top. >> failures not in my dictionary. i give 110% i put everything i have into it. >> she's been so incredible to watch and followor all the years. she is scheduled to hold a press conference later today. we'll have to see if she announces her decision to ski the downhill on sunday which ore's scheduled to do as of now. what's next her after that,

in the past she's talked about coming h e tohood, perhaps working in tv under the guidance ofer good friend dwayne "the rock" johnson. >> she's so fearless and courageous. she's always pushing it. i think that's why she succeeded so much, but also had those devastating crashes. >> true. competit >> i think her next act if she goes at it with that sind of fight, get out of her way. >> i would say don't bet against lindsay ever. just ahead, asacebook turns 15, why some people say they've lost faith in the social network. and what, if anything, canree done to ore that faith. that's right after this. i'm brian orakpo. we played football together for the titans. now, we own a cupcake shop. we bake, we decorate. i love this new surface pro. it's light, it's sleek, it's fast.

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remember this? move fast and break things. unfortunately in recent years the trust of more than 2 billion users has been broken. how can facebook clean things up and not only survive but thrive? here is nbc' gadi schwartz. on monday, mark zuckerberg marking his company's milestone arth a post on facebook. if the first of this century was about wiring up pese networks, the next phase will be aboutple using these networks to redefine every part of ourci y. this will require finding the right balance between the freedoms and responsibilits of a connected world. for billions, hislatform has timeline. collective connect with peopl and share informr:ion. >> repor 15 years of photos and status updates, billed as a place to bring us together. why are soany users are saying, instead, it's helping rip society apart. >> it's so effective at dividing us up politically, it's part of the business model, it's partf keeping us on the site. >> over the

award high engagement and nothing engages quite like a fight. >> facebook has given people the opportunity to really sound off on one anoer in a way that's totally unprecedented. >> reporter: eventually russian operatives began exploiting facebook for a propaganda war, settin up fake pages, pitting americans against each other. during the 2016 presidential election, it worked. facebook sayin 16 million americans subjected to russian disinformation andws fake after the election, a bombshell when word that a company called cambridge analytical accessed the data of 87 million users. >> this first cam facebook's attention in december 2015. what is the reason it took so long? you could have done all of this 2 1/2 yrs ago. >> you're right we could have done it 2 1/2 years ago. >> why didn't you?

>> we thought the data had been deleted and we should have checked. you're right about that. >> the company leaders testifying on capitol hill. >> we didn't take a broad enough view o o responsibility and it was my mistake. i'm sorry. >> we're making progress on fake news, getting rid of the economic incentives to create it and limiting the gets on facebook. >> through all the scandals -- >> facebook is facing growing fallout. >> facebook under new fire tonight from three silicon valley insiders. >> reporter: facebook's revenues an active users have continued to grow. >> company forth $16.91 billion in revenue for the quarter. >> reporter: facebook pushing back over allegations it's collecting mor personal data than people know. >> we don't sell data. we t don'tl advertisers who weople are. >> reporter: las facebook coming under fire again, this time for paying users, some as young as 13, to give theompany almost complete access to their phonesment they've since shut that program down. some users starting their own

delete facebook movement. facebook's reach is still spreading rapidly. around 2.7 blion users use one of facebook's services. the ceo vowino to more to protect the users, we have a responsibility to manage these networe proactively to prevent harm. we've made real progress and built some of the most advanced systems i the world to address them. there's a lot more to do. now the question, is it enough? >> when you're talking about democracy and truth and culture, ybe we shouldn't be moving so fast, and maybe we shouldn't be doing these things. >> gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. sfall using book? >> i've never been on facebook. i've been all social media. >> instagram. instagram. owns whether you're on it or snot. he danced into our hearts last year while wting for her transplant.

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7:56 is your time on this eb tuesday,ary 5g9, 2019. good morning. i'm eun yang. right now we'll check on your el commute withsa mollet. what are you seeing out there? >> still be d5ays northbound, just 8 miles per hour as you're heading into the district because of an earlier crash on the southwest freeway. very, very slow. beach drive between porter and rock creek parkway, lanes shuto down tree removal. do have some delays there as well on connecticut avenue. arlington, northbound 395 hov at the htpentagon, r lane blocked. >> melissa, thank you. we'll take a break and check en your forecast e come back. stay with us.

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coming up on 8:00. t in lesn a minute. temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees now. a little chilly this morning. a mild afternoon today, 67 degrees. plenty of sunshine. make yourlans to eat lunch outside if you can. another day to do that will bet sday. very windy on friday. colder weather for the weekend. chuck, thank you. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for noway back to the "todshow after this short break.

it's 8:00 o "today," it's 8:00 on "today." state of delay. president trump finally set to deliver the state of the union address calling for unity amid divided congress and country. how will his message go over? we'll live on capitol hill. plus, notis msing a beat. ♪ >> so fee yeah sanchez, the little girl who caught the world's attention while waiting for a heart trance plate and issued a special visit from drake. >> oh my god! >> you asked me to come. i'm here. >> joins us live in studio 1a withow an update on she's doing after live saving surgery. good cohen. andy cohen introduces hisbo bab

y to the world just weeks inafter annou he's starting a family. >> i'm going to become a father. thanks to a wonderful surrogate who isaring my future. >> your first look at the newest cohen and the story be hind his name, today tuesday, february 5th, 2019. >> just moved to new york from seattle, hi, mom. >> sending love to my wife marine. >> saying hello to my granddaughter in madison. >> from jacksonville, te ws. >>atching the "today" show on my tenth birthday. >> good morning to my family and friends in texas. >> celebrating my 11 th birthda on "today." >> welcome back to "today." we appreciate you being with us. almost don't need a jacket. >> don't forget to keep the

messages coming. #mytodayplaz #mytodayplaza on twitter or instagram. happy it 't know how makes us to see them. at 8:00 tonight, president ump delivers his state of the union address to a divided congress. peter alexandria has a preview of what the prime time audienc can expect to hear. >> reporter: good morning, hodat the presi will deliver a speech that is visionary, optimistic and unifying, but he's going to face a skeptical chamber. for the first time the president will be delivering that address to aha chamber is not fully controlled by republicans and one that may o dayry to impeach m. his bid for bipartisanship i being met, as we know, by a lot of skepticism tonight, certainly the iss of immigration. the president likely to tease the idea of decring a national

emergency for that border call. some republicans say it's a bad idea, it's aangerous precedent and it could be unconstitutional. >> on the foreign policy fronts, it's likely he will preview an upcoming second summit with north korean dictator kim jong-un. later tonight for the democrats, it will be stacy abrams, the defeat gubernatorial candidate from georgia who will deliver the response. one person to watch will be nay pelosi, literally hovering behind theresident when she delivers those remarks we'llsi see when sh on her hands and when she applauds behind. >> the state of the union is tonigh at 9:00, 6:00 pacific.

investigators are reportedly demanding records of all donors and people who attended nug ral eventsdi inc foreign nationals. prosecutors also want documents related to any benits that donors might have received. a spokesperson said the ds committee int to cooperate with the inquiry. >> this morning, friends, family and fans are mourning the loss of actor kristoff st. john. the veteran soap ope star was found dead inside his home over the weekenmi el almaguer has more on st. john's career and personal struggling. >> i'm not your dad. >> yes, you are. >> you're being stupid. >> reporter: kristoff st. john was known for his role on the "young & the restless," the be loved emmy winning actor discovered unresponsive at his los angeles area home sunday. inside his gated community, authorities fnd no sign of foul play and they're investigating a possible alcohol overdose. the 52 yoord had long struggled th the death of his son julian

who died by suicide in 2014. >> that was the worst call i've ever had in my life. >> reporter: st. john opened up to "entertainment tonight" in 2015. his long-time friend, shevar ross said it was overwhelming. >> we all have things we have to deal with in our life. >> aowearing in a super bl ad sunday, st. john was a fixture of daytime television. after breaking into actinghen was just 8. >> how about a shave first? >> shave? wow. >> reporter: engaged to be married, s john's fiancee wrote how did it happen? how? why did you leave so early? the actor also leaves behind two daughters, actress kim fields was a friend. >> he was a good person who really enjoyed h. wo

he's also obviously very much so human and you know things would deeply hurt h or deeply sad den him. >> reporter: over the decades kristoff st. john played many roles, off camera his life filled with so much joy and such tremendous ss. for "todlm," migueluer, nbc news. >> still struggling with the loss of his son. our hearts go out to hisfamily. this morning, more than s50,000 people attended the first papal m ever held on the arabian peninsula. pope francis received a warm greeting from the catholic community in the united arab emirates. during the historic visit frans also urged christian and muslim leaders to reject what he called the misery of war. we've got a little "morning boost" for you. rm heartg reunion at a high

schoollu hroom. the dog mascot is the factser of one of the students. he just returned from seven nths overseas from the coast guard. he goes around high schools givi highives until he comes to his daughter. >> everybody lov g thatmoment, broke out into applause. can you imagine how much theve missed over that time. beautiful. >> love l. there is more ahead this morning, including the congrats pouring in forur friend andy cohen as he becomes a first-time father. >> t adorable little girl who captured our attention doing drake's dance challenge while waiting on a heart trance plate. guess sew tia sanchez is here with a new heart filled with gratitude. k

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welcome back this morning on "today"'s talker a little girl you'll remember welcome back. sophia sanchez stole our hearts last year with her dance moves and when she got a new heart of her very own. >> who can f that beautiful face. so happy she's here with us exclusively. first, her incredible journey to being here today. 11-year-oldch sophia sez captured our hearts, performing drake's "in 3450i feelings challenge, waiting for a new heart. >> please, please, please, please, please, puppy eyes and everything. comend see me. >> the video went viral and led to a surprise visit from her favorite singer. >> oh, my god! >> you asked me to come. i'm here. >> i'ml in the hospi and look who came to surprise me. dear.st for you, my

>> drake. >> just six days later, her other dream came true. >> my other wish is to get a heart which is going to happen soon. >> guess what? it happened today. >> i'm getting a heart mom? oh, my god. >> after a nine-hour operion, sofia's surgeons said her new heart was pumping strong. >> go bk to b a reerleader, going to school, all theegular things. >> it's been five months since her transplant and she says b she'sack to her old self. >> i'mappy it went well. some surgery ks go wrong. i want to have a second chance at life. >> sofia is here with her mom natalie. >> hi, orguys, goodng to you. >> i was telling you, sofia, we feel like we know you. we've been watching your story and rooting for you. so good to see you. >> you, too. >> how do you feel?

>> good. i'm really great now. i feel so much. bett >> you can feel that new heart beating, makes a difference? >> s. >> was i wild -- i know all your friends at school were rooting for you. s it wild when you went back to school? >> it was really scary. i didn't want to go to school because i was nervous. when i got in there, i had a really fun day. >>hat were you nervous about? was it felt that you weret? differ >> without my mom. >> oh, hi, natalie. you said you were a ltle nervous. that's okay. you're just here with us. i think one of the most awesome things about thi story is, when doctors saidd, your little girl has asthma, you listened and listenednd listened, but your gut told you something else. what was going on ?insi >> i just saw my lite girl as a different person. she wasn't the same person. i just kept pushing and pushin

i'm very observant with my kidsm i thinkt mothers are. i think you just need to trust your gut and go witnd it keep pushing if they tell you something different and you really thinkhat something else. >> you said give her another test, give her another test. >> i brought f her tor different doctors and i kept pushing. i cried to them and i gged. i think that's what mothers need to do. they need to trust their self. at the hospital theai doctors i was just as important as they were because they really listened to the moergt. they're not in there 24 hours like we are. >> when you heard t the newst your little girl needed a heart -- there are a lot o things to worried about. i can't even imagine. >> it was shocking. but honestly, i knew something was terribly wrong. so i was just happy. i wasn't happy with the diagnosis but finally i was going to get help for my baby. i

we were the best place we could be at the hospital. >> so grateful. >> every time i see v thateo where you find out you're getting a heart, i get a tear in my eye. it just happened five minutes ago. there's something about that idmoment. whatt mean to you? you are the one who is in theai hospitalng for this heart. what did that moment mean? >> i was actually so shocked honestly. my mom and dad were out. the doctors came in and they're like, is your mom and dad ilher g and everything. i'm like, no, they're they came like an hour. then they called them and then they -- i t guessy told my mom and dad, oh, we got a heart for her. they ran back to the hospital and my mom was just like - i was really -- >> just that feeling of hearing the news? >> the nurse is like a comedian

she wears red lipstick all over her mouth.ik she talks -- she's really funny. i had no idea i was getting a heart. it was so shocking. i was like, oh, my god. it finally came. was really happy. >> every day you were asking, ia my here yet, is my heart hear? >> natalie, for you t to hea news, it must have felt just as good. at was itlike? >> very emotional. i cried. i i didn't know what to do first. i ran straight to the hospital. i was very excited, i couldn't believe how lucky we were. we actually went into the hospital june 27t. she got her heart on august 27th. so very lucky. people wait for years. some people don't make it while 're waiting. >> i know that's one thing that both of you think is so importa

important. it made all the difference for you. what would you want to say to people who are thinking maybe this is something they should do. >> organ donations are important. to donate organs when pass away because it gives another person a second chance laugh and also even though a tragedy comes to it,ll act it's something good happens t of it,too. it's really important to be organ dono. opley reall don't get how important it is. >> saves lives. >> yeah, saves lives, and also, if that happened to them, they don't feel that way if t know what we're going through, they'll know what it's like and they should be an organ donor. >> on another note. how about drake? w that the wildest moment. have you kept in touch since that moment? >> i texted him on chrtmas rry christmas and he

responded, merry christmas, love all of you. >> oh, that's sweet. >> i think i read you don't want to overtext. >> i don't want to bother him. he's a celebrity. he has his concerts to go to. >> what's the thing that you do now that you can do better because you have your new heart that youove ing? >> sports. >> what kind of sports? >> i'm b doingketball now. i'm going back to gymnastics and i want to do travel cheer. >> want to be a cheerleader, too? she wants to do it all. >> yes, she does. sshe has t of energy and she wants to try it all. >> wow. this you guys are such an inspiration. thank you, sofia. >> you have a beautiful heart in word. sense of the >> thank you. >> thank you, honey. we do encourage everyone to arn more about organ donation. ence it see what a diff make let's turn to mr. roker for

a check of the weather. >> thanks so much. e're looking currently at relatively quiet weather. a storm system making its way from the east to thewest. looking at showers and snow through new england. below zero temperatures in the etanes. recordng temperatures into the southeast, mid atlantic states as well. what we're going to be watching is the storm system coming out of the west bringing moun snows through the rockies. icy conditions aking their way through the upper mississippi river valley. they'll stretch into chicago ter today,n into tonight. record highs in the northeast and sunshine through the gulf coast down into the southeast. that's what's going on around the country tri. here's what's happening in o yo ne the woods. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. still clouds lingering overhead. temperatures are starting their climb, up to 41 in arlingtonnd prince george's countys. 39 in montgomery county now and 36 in manassas, virginia. temperatures, no problem.g

jump way into the 60s for afternoon highs today, about 67 pected for a high in washington. cooler tomorrow with a rain chance and another mild day ursday. and then a windy change on friday. >> that's the latest weather. don't forget to get more of "today" on serus xm 108. today at 1:00 off the rails. speaking of dylan, youe in for carson. "popstart." >> a lot of fun news. first up, a huge congratulations to our pal andy cohen. he is officially a dad, welcoming his first child monday, a bouncing baby boy. >> if a picture is worth 1,000 words, this one sparks millions. andy cone's 9 pound 2 ounce bundle of joy to social media avalanche of congratulatios from famou friends. ♪ twinkle, twinnal little star." >> making the bigl gender rev

on the biggest night of the on new year's eve. >> it's a boy. >> mozal of the. >> inspiring more dancing than diapers. >> the baby gifts are still piling up with gui frsrom the guys and father and son one sees. making the announcement on his show six weeks goi to become a. he was very open about the pregnancy. thanks to a wonderful surrogate who is carrying my future. family means everything tome. having one of my own is something i have wanted in my heart for my entire life. >> his role as not only a gay man, but ada single i thought it would be possible as a gay manever to grp and hav a family and then here we are. >> reporter: the popular host going public about everything

except the baby's name. the closely guarded secret only revealed once this tender announcement arrived. wow, this is my son, benjamin allen cohen. i'm in love and speechless. the baby med after cohen's grandfather, something he ntknowledged early on, dropping this >> i always knew if i ever have a son, this will be his anname. >> you imagine the feelings he's going tlup right w. >> congrats to andy. >> awesome. in other baby news, jason aldean and his wife brittany welcomed a new addition to their family, a baby girl weighin in at 7 pounds and 12 ounces, jason captioned thein photo s today our family became cplete as we welcomed our daughter navy rome to the wo this is the couple's second childto ther, also parents to 14-month-old memps. >> impressive mamma.

finally bradley cooper -- >> also having a baby. >> no. we're switching from baby news.e br cooper was recently in vegas performing alongside lady gaga to sing the song "shallow" nominated ford. an academy aw cooper spoke to e news and whether we'll seeeim sing at oscars. >> on the stage at the lady gaga show in vegas. what was that momen like? >> that was terrifying. >> wast? >> yes. i just had to zen out and pray i wasn't going to ruin her show. she just crushed it for two hours. please let me just be on pitch. >> what aboutos rs? there's rumors you might be joining her there? >> i thinke're going to sin it. >> good thing you got the practice in vegas. you maybe won't beo nervous. >> i'm sure i'll be terrified, yeah. >> a little nervous, but we can't wait to see him and lady gaga perform again.

>> he'll probably keep his shirt on. a little daly click. jose moreno had the honor of presenting thepuck. he successfully dropped the puck, but down he went. theed carpet rolled right up under him. thankfully the players quickly helped him to his feet. his slipup was caught on many cameras from man different angles. >> it's more slippery. >> we'll take a few putts on the plaza when that guy, record. >> reporter: mcilroy, golf superstar. goc tors making a difference. inspiring story of three young men who share all rea special bond. after a check of your local news, weather and these messages.

good morning everybody. 8:26 on this tuesday,ebruary 5th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get right to melissa mollet. >> northbound 295 after oxon hill bridge, a cgsh block the middle lanes. those delays adding to the pain heading into the district. d.c., beach drive between porter treet and rock creek parkway, lanes blocked fore removal. false church eastbound 66 before the dullesco ector, a crash blocking the left side. >> we'll have a check on your forecast wen we come back. stay with us. and his lies are hurting the country. congress should begin impeachment hearings now so they can gather and preserve evidence.

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sunshine making more of a appearance, a much milder afternoon with highs in the mid 60s today. tomorrow not quites warm. still warmer than average, but only in the low 50s tomorrow with swers likelyater in the day. complete forecast always available on our nbc washington app and also by following me on social media. all right, chuc thanyou. of course, you can get the

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y.> good morning, everyb it's 8:30 good morning everybody. 8:30, tuesday morning, the 5tho february, 19. beautiful morning on the plaza. nice and warm. great crowd. all is right with the world. hoda is working the peeps. you have a fun crowd moment? >> i'm looking for whitney from lubbock, texas. >> iom have my sheila and my sister-in-law katherine. >> is it true you're an assistant principal? >> that's right. northridge elementary in >> do your kids know you took off today? i think they figured it out by now.

>> let's give a big hello. >> i'll see you bac on friday. >> a nice long trip, too. have so much fun. thanks for being here. >> just ahead i'll head over and tee it up wh your boy, rory mcilroy. >> she doesn't nd any pointers. >> dylan is in on it. >> he'll fill us in with this new venture called golf pass. >> three doctors making a big difference in the world. can't wait to share their spiring story. >> our palma rhea shriver is here, a look at why men stray an twhat men and women can d get on the same page. in the third hour, more of ouroppelganger ek. yesterday it was dylan's turn.

this morning it's my turn. >> first, a check of the weather. y' announcer: toda weather is brought to you by target. at the store or to your door. target run and done. >> let us check your weather. we've got wet weather making its way with mountains snows in the northwest. bitter cold in the plains.n record highs the mid atlantic states and the northeast. uch cooler in the northeast in new england, strong storms in the mid mississippi river valley. icy conditions in the u.p. of michigan through chicago. snow in the western and northern rains. sunshieturns to southern california. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. in the upper 30s0s and low now. nice dayoming our way, way

warmer than average. about 20 degrees warmer than average for early february. up to 67 degrees today. cooler tomorrow with a chance for showers later in the day. thursday's rainlyhances en the morning, mild and dry thursday afternoon. very windy and plummeting temperatures on friday. much colde weather moves in just in time for the weekend. >> four! >> i saw that coming. >> mr. roker, thank you. one of the biggest names in golf on the plaza with us this morning, rory mcilrod big hor rory. [ cheers and applause ] >> at just 29, he's already a 14-time winner on the pga tour. four of the majo h, he'se to talk to us about this partnership between yourself and nbc sports. mcilroy is the co-founder of golfpass, a digital membership

platform, working to help individuals with the game they love.e before get to the tips, you ad injuries a few years ago, caught the injurbug. >> a little bit. >> came back this past season, in thenn 's circle this season. how is your game right now? >> it feels good. i'm excited about the year ahead. i got off to a good start this seas >> what are you most excited about? >> this time of the year it's the buildup to themasters. it's the one i need to complete the career grand slam. i feel like the masters is the official start to the golfse on. >> let's talk about golf pass here. tell us about it. everyone is not an elite pro, recreational golfers, charity golfers like myself. perks and benefits of golfpass. >> golfpass is basically a

membership that encompasses everything you need as a golfer. if you nd to book tee times, need online instruction. t out and playmore. if we can get people to benefit, play more and enjoy the game and have it more accessible, that's what igolfpass excited about. i'm excited to partner with nbc andndhe golf channel try to make the game more accessible. >> do you think we should get some tips. >> in-person tips. >> you don't recommend heels, >> that's okay. >> when you step onto the green, what's the firster o of business when you're putting. >> i've practiced this put a l t a little bit. rock your shoulders. >> there you go. saw that coming. >> rory mcilroy, thank you so much. best of luck onhe tour.

number nine in the world right now. >> i'm working my way back up. i'll get back to the top. >> that's pretty good. up next, kicking off a special series for black history month with the inspirational story of three young doctors who cult odds.if first this is "today." one more. w

>>come back, savannah h welcome back everybody.ad savannaho head out early. honor special series in of black history month. >> three young doctors from humble backgrounds hoping to inspire other with the stories. >> growing up was tough. both my parents wereddicted to drugs. >> as a child, your

arstre eett froesm my father. my father was high out of his mind. was running down the street, 83rd street in chicago from my father with my wamom. like, is this what everyone's life was about? it was something in me, i can't do this. my life isn't this. i want to be the smartest. it want to have straight as. >> my parents were bot they divorced early. my mom lived in a section of brooklyn calledew eastork around brownsville. that was around the height of the crack era. >> what was it like growing up in brooklyn? >> even though my mom did the best she could, trying to shield us from the best she could. the uzis would go off. i would say what's that? she'd say that's just fire crackers. inside the home, education was stressed at the highest level possible. again, my high school was one of the roughest neighborhoods in the city. >> i was raised by both my

parents. my mom was very heavily christian, christianity. my dad was a hard working guy. my dad had a third grade education, but h worked timeless hours to provide for a family of six. i srted seeing crime. i started seeing drugs. >> got sucked in. >> i got sucked in. one minute i was in church, going to church with my parents. at the end of theng night, t changed. i started entering the street life. >> brought me to start selling drugs. there was this cousin of mine. on october 13, 1996 he was murdered. he was shot ninetimes. i felt like who was going to die next? me. that brought sn aense that i had to make a change. >> in 1998 the three met as students in new orleans. >> you formed a studying >> we formed that bond. we said, you know what, we're

going to make sure everyone succeeds. that's when the grades started kicking in. >> every day we structured rself. >> if you said i made a 92 a, they'd be, like, man, i made a 94. >> competition helps t. >> so you discovered you're like-minded, but also sounds like the factad that you all over come something early in life that helped for raj this bond. >> that bond helped all three men go on to medical schools. >> i'm a board certifiedan obstetri and gynecologyist. >> i'm a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist. >> they say it was the deaths of young black men across the country that pushed them to do more. >> fir trayvon got shot, then tamir ri, then philando casti castile. >> that hurt. >> we are going to get out here and not only show our communities that black men can

step up, we're going to show the world. this is what we actually have to go through to get to where we e. >> the three doctors wrote a book, "pulse of perseverance" abt their struggles and their bond that helped their success. >> people look at us and say you guys did it. why can't everybody do it. >> look wt we have to do to get it? we're expecting these kids to do what we did? >> they started a non-profit offering scholarships and t resourceso black youth to accomplish their dreams. >> how much of the story is about that perseverance, that tenacity? >> all of it. th kid on the corner that looks just like me, can be whatever we want to do. if you teach these kids, there will be more of us and we can change the narrative and change how the world views us. >> wow. >> i so enjoyed my time with dthem. they sart of this is also about really letting young men

who look like me know it's not just athletes, entertainers viewed as successful. >> it snds likehey all three had strong moms, too. yeah, >> that was something that obviously pushed them over, too. to hey said this isn't rags riches story with a happy ending. the first time they took the mcats, they all failed. they kept at it. one of themn moved with the other, hunkered down. >> separatelyhey weregood. together they were great. >> that was an awesome story. >> thank you. >> in may, all three of those gu will be commencement speakers at their alma tatter, at xavier. i want to s that. still ahead, our pal mar lriver is here to improve your marriage or datie with an honest look why men behave badly

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we are back e're back now, 8:46. diving into a topic that will interest a lot of people in relatioships. so whyen behave the way they do? >> this should be interesting. >> i don't know but someone might know. this will get a lot of couples talking. devonn frank a best-selling author and friend of mine. he's written a provocative new book that looks the truth about men, using his own life experiences to show us what men and women can do to make their relationships better. it's the complaint about men heard ev aywhere. >> m dogs. >> men are pigs. >> the number one rule of dating, men are scum. >> reporter: now inis new book manufacture the truth about men," spiritual leader,

motivational speaker devon franklin takes on this controversial topic. why do so many men behave badly in relationships? >> so much going on in the culture related to men and men's behavior. what i'mee notg is, okay, what can we do about it? using himself as an example, he starts withn eye-opening premise, that most menave a dog in them, and that to be successful in a relationship, men have toearn how to train the dog. >> we have to learn how to master it so it doesn't master r:. >> reporteo do so, both sections must accept several truths about men. number one, just because a man relationshiptted doesn't mean he loses his lust for others, and that's okay.>> eporter: you write in here about how you can really love your wife and you write in here you do, and still have a dog that rises up in you. >> oh, yes, that is a fact. >> reporter: that for a lot of

people is like, well, just stop it, just tame it. your whole thing here is it's not that easy. >> no. it's not. let me stop judging myself, let me stop feeling glty and shameful. let me do something positive about it. >> reporter: research shows the main reason men cheat is emotional dissatisfaction in their relationships. devon says that's why couples should heat truth number two. men need a safe space to be honest and vulnerable. >> a safe space is whereou can have open non--judgmental n communicationour relationship. as aife or as a girlfriend, the first thing is to not hold what he says against him. >> reporter: devon says when he gets the urge to stray, he's actually honest about i his wife megan. >> soll don't aow it to fester. i don't allow it to be ppress and i don't allow it to grow. >> what's it like as a wifm to hear four husband that he's looking at other women?

>> at times it can make anybody insecure and it can make youhy feel, well,re you looking at that person? the reality is we have to seech each oth human beings and we're imperfect and we do have desire t >> reportet leads to truth number three. mastering the dog also means cuing down on what devon calls dog food, likern raphy. one study associated regular porn use with greater rates of marital infidelity. >> porn feeds the dog. you don't understand to what degree it'sewing your brain. >> when men say i'm not cheating on you, i'm just watchg porn, calm down. >> no. if you look at porn that way, in your rriage, in your sex life it's almost like, well, thioo isn't enough. >> reporter: instead devon channels his energy into regular exercise and meditation. activities which he says help him stay grounded and on track. >> one of my f missions is men

to say, you know what? i'm going to do my work. i'm going to sto allowing my actions to be covered by the boys will be boys credit card >> you wer talking about so many interesting things in this including, just a second ago, something women have to learn to do when they'reti . >> he was saying young women particularly in a relationship, if they see the man isn'tan ng or if the man isn't devoted to them, they have to have the strength to walk out. so often women don't do that. anothe thing he said, that also he and his wife went to counseling before they became engaged and they also go to it when they have str their marriage, very openly talks about that. very oftentimes he says you neen a third per to help you in a relationship. >> can you imagine any ofins to our partner and spouse, hey, i want to let you , kn i've actually had feelings for someone else? that must have been the northwest difficult conversation. >> that's why i thought it was so interesting.

his wife is beautiful. she said it was really that their work before the marriage that allowed her to sit and tak that in when he says that, and that that gives him a safe space and it goes away. he talks a lot about self-discipline. he saide's been out on t rode the last couple days having this conversation and women coying up sang, oh, my god, i needed this book. >> what about men having a network or support. >> that's what i was saying abou craig's piece, those guys were talking about the importance of their bond. he was talking about the importance o community for men to be able to go to another man and y,ey, i'm having this struggle. and the men saying me, o. men need a space where they can talk. ofte is just in church communities. c's important that men have groups where the unload. >> awesome. >> he's coming on your show one wedny. >> i'm ready for him. we're back in a moment. firs this is "today" on nbc ng.

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got some birthday wishes for us, mr. roke >> absolutely. gotot some birthday wishes r us? >> absolutely. let's show you who we've got. we'll start off with happy 100th birthday to phill agisim. donna bailey from st. petersburg, earned a masters degree in special ed. david gertner from houston, texas, didn't retire until he was . michael kravitz of rochester, new york is 100. ys his secret is having a positive attitude. >> bulo rogers celebrating 100 oryears. worked nurse for over 40 years. last but not least, happy 100th birtay to sid mcquary of

thorndale, texas, ser his country during world war ii. we salute you. if you'd like us to celebrate somebody you know, drop us a line at today.com/celebrate. letif you go to today.com/allday, a coffee shop that rewards custors with free drinks for a similar act of kindouss. if yeed a new book and feeling the valentine's day vibe, we have the ten best romance novels hand picd by members of good reads. we have that and more at today.com/allday. >> what do you have coming up in the third hour? >> we have a lot. the highlight will be this guy doppelganger >> dylan's yesterday it was crazy. >> it was wild. it was disturbing almost. >> same haircut. >> same everything. >> when she got home, she was already there.

>> yours is coming up. good-bye. >> right after yr local news, e third hour. i> 8:56 your time now on this tuesday, february 5th, 2019. good morning t you. i'm eun yang. right now we want to check on ur morning moout with melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. >> chopper 4 over eastbound 50 at mlkhi junioway. this truck lost its trailer, filmed on its side. a little delay westbound. northbound 295 after oxon cove

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from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. and welcome. the gang's all here this morning. >> i'm sheinelle. can i say your names? >> sure. >> okay. i'm here with al andcr dylan an g. good morning, team. >> why are you being weird >> i have to slow down. i always mess that up. >> those earrings are nice. i just noticed those. >> i've had them for long time. i thought today let's do a little razzle-dazzle to celebrate the fact we're all sitting together. it's been a full week since we were all here a the table together. dylan you were in minnesota, seems like ten years ago. >>stou were on the cuard cutter in upstate new york and the two of you were in atlanta for the supe wbowl. >> ye there yesterday. >> here i am