>>ood morning, mixed meages. the president in his delayed st te of the unialks upis bipaship but doubles down on his wall and sends a shot across the bow to robert mueller and democrats in congress. >> if there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. >> just ahead, reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> usa! usa! >> and what prompted this moment inside the halls of congress? stunning admission, pope francis admits publicly for the first time that catholic priests and bishops abused nuns saying some were forced into sexual slavery. this morning why the pope

believes it is still happening today. bizre new twist, troubling questions surrounding the pilot f that plane that broke apart over a california neighborhood, why was he carrying fake police credentials and a stolene? badg all that, plus murderst ery, a young woman's body found in a suitcase along a road in onef the nation's wealthiest communities, a desperate search now underway to igure out who she was and w killed her cancel the red carpet for liam esne's new movie, called off over growing uproar. oprah's night of stars, einside the bignt featuring oscar hopeful. >> the best advice to me about singing is just try not to sing. ones. political >> have you given yourself a deadline? i'm serious about >>that. today, wednesday, february 6th, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from

studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today," nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. >> you may have set a record yesterday. i think you did this show. i think you did nightly.id i think you coverage and i think you did fallon. i don't know that that has been done. all shows yesterday. >> wait a minute, doesn't carson have a late night show on nbc? >> carson's got one too. a big momen in ourcountry, the state of the union address, lots to talk about. the president sending mixed messages to a deeply divided congress last night. on one hand saying let's workth to but also signaling that the fight over his board you will -- border wall is far from over. >> clocking in at 82 minutes, it was the third longese of the union in history. >> and one of the highlights wasn't heard but seen, a record number of women serving in congress, we're going to break everything down with our team of white house correspondents.

we'll start with peter an alr. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, for all the talk from the president's aides that thisch spould be unifying and optimistic in the end it was vintage donald trump. more like a campaign speech really than a state of the unn. a full throttle defense of his agenda, especially on immigration, and likely a preview of thelhemes we w see heading into 2020. >> madame speaker, the president of the united states! >> in his second state of the union address, president trump comingac fe-to-face with washington's new reality, a divided government. >> members of congress issue the state of our union is hstrong. >> democratic rival, house speaker nancy pelosi clearly shaking heread no during his delivery. his calls for unity met withsm skepti from democrats. >> we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution.

>> pelosi appearing toer lly clap back at his attempt to find common ground, anchoring the president's address a renewed call for that border wall. >> in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, butpe the p wall nevert go built. i will get it built. >> mr. trump also taking at the mueller investigation without mentioning it by name. >> an economic miracle is taking place in the united states, and the only thing that c stop it are foolish wars,politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations. >> blasting the inquiries facing him in his administration as ridiculous, seeming to pause for an applause line that never came. >> if there is going to be peace in legislation, there cannot be war and investigation.

it just doesn't work that way.in >> deliv the democratic rebuttal, stacey abrams following her narrow defeat in georgia's governor's race. >> i am very disappointed by the pr tident's approach our problems. i still don't want him to fail, but we need him to tell the truth and to respect his duties. on foreign policy, the president announcing a second summit with north korean dictator kim jong-un to take place later this month in vietnam, even as his intelligen chiefs warn the regime remains committed to developing a long-range nuclears e. >> if i had not been electedid prt of the united states, now in myight opinion, be in a major war with north korea. >> perhaps the night's most memorable moment, female democratic lawmakers dressed in white paying tribute to the womene suffrovement celebrating their record ranks. >> we also have more women

serving in congress than at any time before. >> usa!a! >> president trump also touting bipartisan success on criminal justice reform acknowledging convicted drug trafficker alice johnson whose cause was championed by kim kardashian >> when i saw alice's beautiful greet her at then pri gates hugging and kissing and crying and laughing, i knew i did something right. >>ivisions again disappearing for a seemingly unheard sound. the entire chamber serenadin judah samet, a holocaust survivor who also survived lastp yeartsburgh shooting. >> thank you! >> they wouldn't do that for me, judah. >> reporter: that was definitely

a powerful moment there. the president's speech w peppered with items americans could agree on, pledging to eliminate theiv epidemic in the u.s. within the decade. recommitting to the fight against childhood cancer. at its cor it was trump the campaigner checking off key base.ing cries for his a ban on late term abortion among them and attacks on his political opponents as socialists. >> a lot of folks during that speech were listening,urf , but also looking at the dynamic between nancy pelosi and the president, kind of reading the tea leaves. what is the status of tipir relationight now? >> reporter: you're exactly right. last night was about the woman behind him, these two rivals fresh off their shutdown showdo f sharing the scree nearly an hour and a half. at ments when there was booing pelosi seemed to shush her colleagues. otherlimes she appeared to r her eyes at the president's claims. following the speech, notablype si told reporters that it was quote, weird that president trump brought up the record number of women in congress since more than 90 of them areh

on democratic side, but she said she loved the waywohat the n rose to the occasion. savannah and hoda. >> thank you. or> let's focus some on what the president had to say about the border wall battle including a rather unexpected remark on immigration. hic's chief house correspondent hallie jackson has that part of the story. good morning. reporter: hi, hoda, good morning. it's partly what the president t say that's important here. he did not declare a national emergency that would let him basically go around congress and pay for the border wall he wants, but theresident still said plenty about an issue that has motivated his base and divided congress. took president trump 25 minutes to hit on immigration, but once he did, he hit it hard. >> as we speak large organized caravans are on the march to the united states. >> reporter: at that first mention of a migrant caravan, audible groans fromdemocrats.

the house speaker signaling settle down to her colleagues. >> walls work and walls save lives. >> reporter: when the president pu hed for the walle wants, he again argued it's to stop drus and criminom crossing the southern border but most illegal drugs aei fers with criminal records including non-violent crimes enter through legal ports of entry. then there was this off script ad lib. >> i want peopleo come into our country in thege lar numbers ever, but they have t come in legally. >> reporter: that contradicts the policies his administration has pushed for reducing the mber ofrefugees, asylum seekers and immigrants family umbers allowed into the. in nine days, congress hits another deadline to avoid a second shutdown this year, so im there r for compromise on immigration? >> we are certainly ready to find common ground on border security, and i hope that this group of members that are working together will be able to

do that. nt reporter: it could come down to ses, what you call a wall. democratic leaders are open to fe wing and less than ak after the president tweeted let's just call them walls from now on a stop playing political games, he's acknowledging a barrier would be just fine, too. >> this is smart, strategic see-throug steel rrier, not just a simple concrete epwall. >>ter: okay. so where does this whole border wall fight go next? m lawmakerting right now on capitol hill, but if they can't get to a deal oy it february 15th, something the president will sign, then the government will shut down yet again unless the president does declare that national emergency and hoda and savannah, that is an option he has kept on the table. >> all right, hallie jackson at the white use. thank you. another item on politics, senator elizabeth warren is plizipli apologizing for listing her race as american indian on a 1986 registration card for the state bar of texas.

this disclosure marks the latest twist in the controversy that has surrounded her and her claims to native amerin ancestry. last year warren sparked backlash after publicly releasing test results that showed trace amounts of native american >>dna. breaking news out of philadelphia this morning where a patient is being tested for ebola. it is happening at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. in a statement, penn medicine said this, in an abundance of caion, a patient who met screening criteria for ebola testing is currently being evaluated.n however, p medicine also says preliminary testing does indicate that the patient has another condition. craig joins us now with another story, and it's a disturbing one. >> it is. good morning, good morning to you as thwell. e first time, pope francis acknowledging that members of the catholic clergy abused nuns. this adds a new layer to the church's se abuse scan dldal. >> finally the pope is

acknowledging the mistreatment of women ing the catholic chur. this ioing to be painful for many of the faithful because some of the allegations are so disturbing and because the pope says a it's still continuing. on the heels of his historic trip to the majorityuslim nation, the united arab emirates, a stunning acknowledgment from pope francis,an admitting sexual abu against nuns at the hands of predatorth priests and clergy. it's true, he says. it's a probem. thope admitting the scandal goes back years, speaking about one french order investigated by his predessor popebenedict, he said some of the nuns were subject to sexual slavery. pope benedict had the courage to dissolve a female congreg tion becauss slavery of women entered it. slavery even to the point of sexual slavery on t part of

the clerics and the founder. the founder of died before any action could be taken against him. in anotherla shocking accusatio last week, the vatican magazine "women and church world" claim some nuns impregnated byts pri were forced to have abortions, a major sin in the catho.c chur this is the first time the pope has publicly addressed the allegations. oak co-ing the me t movement in the secular world, the #nunstoo. very much has been done about it. certainly not on ae.ublic st so the fact that nuns are speaking out about it means thede's been m coverage of it and now finally the pope himself has address it. >> reporter: this comes at a critical moment for the catholic in tee pnc wchur. convene a summit of bishops from around the world to address the crisf sexual abuse in the ch chur..

the vatican is soon to decide the fate of theodore mccarron. the former cardinal is accused sexually abusing minors and harassing fellow priests,ar s he denied. this e of reckoning for the catholic church showing no sign of slowing down. this morning a spokesman for the pope is pushing back a little bi showing when the pope talked about sexual slavery, what he meant was manipulation, a form of a abusbue. ose that's a language correction that needs to be n made. in that very mont you see thehu catholic ch struggling to face what is being alleged here. >> again, a it would appear as one of the major i allegatio not just the crimes itself, but the cover p. >> right. >> thank you, ke now to a disturbing murder mystery. the body of a youngsc woman ered inside a suitcase on the side of a road in connecticut. tenbc'sanie gosk is following this investigation. good morning. >> goodd morning, guys.

the residents in wealthy greenwich, connecticut are rattled this morning. police are asking for help widentifying a youngld plan and looking for any information that may lead to her killer. the gruesome discovery shut down this busy road in one of the wealthiest communities in the nation. highway workers finding the body of a young woman fully clothed, stuffed in a suitcase, her hands and feet bound. >> our focus right now is obatining that identifn of the victim so that a properca notion can be done to the next ofhe kin. >> reporter: police believe the vict between 18 and 30 years old. >> we have received some leads onome, i would say, possible identifications of the victim. at this point nothing is confirmed. >> reporter: greenwich is home toh rich and famous russ dents, dubbed the goldas coast. for some, news of a young wdan found d trigger memories of

more r high-profile crime than 40 years ago. martha moxley was killed inj 1975, p onned and stabbed with a golf club, last seen with robert f. kennedy's ,neph michael skakel who was 15 at the time. skakel would eventually be convicted of the crime nearly three decades later. he always maintained his innocence, and the connecticut preme court eventually vacated that conviction leaving the case unresolved. now residts are faced with another s murder. so far very little to go on. police say they don't know how this young woman died or where. they do not believe she was killed on theid side of the roa. >> this isbe going t a long, methodical process. we wants. to make sure we do things correcy and haveve fiable information before we put anything out. >> reporter: police canvassing the area for video, including at a nearby gas station. >> it's a little scary. the greenwich police department is great andt they'll handled

efrlg the right epway. >>ter: the medical examiner was brought to the scene toth help determine the cause of death. one of the difficulties is establishing when she was killed. we'cold temperatures like had last week will make that task especially difficult. >> steph, thank you. al iss joining us now wchh k of the weather. it's a lot o colder today here. >> it certainly is. a lot of snow to talk about, too. thanks forgetting your first weather from us. winter storm warnings from the rockies. winter weatherdvisories and watches from the plains into new england. we have severe weather possible from dallas into paducah, evening storms, 7 million people at risk. damaging winds and tornadoes one system pushing through the northeast and great lakes later today. heavy rain moves into the east. icy mix for parts of new england. rain and snow and icy conditiont on back side, heavy snow into the plains and then friday it makes its way through the northeast. we're lookingt the rainfall forecast through thursday. talking anywhere from one inch

to four inches from little rock all the way up to binghamton, new york. icing conditions fromed rapids into northern new england and snow, heavy snow back from the plains io the upper midwest anywhere from four to eight inches of snow through the u.p. of michig we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. pretty sky overhead this morning. an't expect a lot of sunshine.

maybe little peek or two for the next couple hours. clouds are going to be moving on in. we're going to have rain chances going up to 70% by later on in the day today. so enjoy the sunshine while we have it. temperaturewise, we're in the 30s to around 40 degrees in most areas. today's high temperature around 53 degrees. again, a 70% chance for rain later today. >> that's your latest weather. ms. kotb. >> coming up, the red carpet event for liam neeson's new movihe canceled in wake of his racist comment controversy. this is "today" on nbc.t t nbc.

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good ermorning, ody. hope you're enjoying the sunshine first thing this morning. clouds will be moving i during the later morning hours, and rain is likely by the evening commute. 70% chance for showers later today. take the umbrella even t you're looking at sunshine this morning. 30s and 40s across a thea now. afternoon highs today at least up into the low 50s. if we can keep the sun out a

little nger, it might be warmer than that. showers this evening and early damorrow. mild and dry thu afternoon. turning windy and much colder through the day on friday. another local update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to the "today" show after this short break.

wow, wow. >> what time is it wow, what time is it right now? >> you're breaking a reco. >> i . i didn't even know this hour existed. >> so what do you do y after cover the morning shows, "nightly" and the state of the union, you sit down with jimmy fallon. >> after that you get on a copyrightutside the studio and sleep there. >> that was :30 lastight. >> yeah. "the ttight show" was live las night. >> great job last night. >> state of the union, a big night. the president called for bipartisanship in his address last night, his first in front of a divided congress, renewing his call as well for a border

wall and took aim at the muelle investigation ngressional investigations. >> an economic miracle i taking place in the united states and the only thing that canit sto are foolish wars, politics horry dick laos partisan investigations. >> in the democrat's response, stacey abrams said, quote, i'm disappointed by the president's approach to our problems. a suspect accused of shooting a school bus driver in minneapolis which happened during an apparent casef road rage. the bus driver is expected to be okay. one student was on board at the time but wasn't hurt. police believe they've recovered the handgun believed to be used incident. lawmakers in hawaii are considering a measure that would effectively ban cigarettes in five years. they're considering legislation to raise the minimum age to b

cigarettes to 30 years old in 2020. by the year 2024, the age requirement would be 0 years old. >> wow. >> that legislation isxpected to face several legal hurdles. we do begin thisalhour with the fallout for actor liam neeson. the red carpet for his new movie was suddenly canceled. natalie morales joins us with the latest on this story. >> we've all been to theseen . journalists with a chance to rub shoulders with the stars and ask them some questions. last nightith veryittle notice, organizers pulled the plug on eson's red carpet event without really saying why. the red carpet event for the latest movie called "pursuit" put on ice. overnight, the film playedewt itsork premier, but a glitzy red carpet rollout canceledt the last minute with noio explann. it comes a day after thear acti revealed in an interview with the online british paper

"the independent," he pernally understood his character's thirs is it for revenge after an incident nearly 40 years ago when a close friend told him she had been brutally ped. >> m immediate reaction was, i asked, did she know who it was? no. what color were they? person. it was a black >> neeson described walking the streets with a billy club. >> and i did it for maybe a week hoping some black [ bleep ] would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something so i could kill him. >> reporter: the 66-year-old actor telling abc news on tuesy that he's not a racist. >> should i have said irish, a scot or a brit or a lithuanian. >> reporter: he admitted at the ti o he went hunting for a black man. >> there were some nights i went

out deliberately into black areas in the city looking to be set upon so that iould unleash physical violence. >> reporter: a sentiment he now says he's ashamed of. >> it really shocked me.th primal urge i had. it shocked me and it hurt me. >> reporter: one of his co-stars, john doman telling nbc news he applause nissan's honesty. >> racism is pretty pervasive. unless we talk about it, we're never going to conquer it. >> reporter: the star of "the taken" movies - >> wha i do have are a very particular set of skills. >> reporter: -- says the incident taught him a lesson. alogue, eed for genuine dialogue, that's in here and and between here and here and here, and here and here. >> a lot to unpack with tha story. some people are wondering how

this controversy may affect the ening of the movie. >> that remains to be seen. as of right now the movie has rated85% on rotten tomatoes. despite liam neeson doing a full day of press, no word back from lion's gate, the studio who produced the movie, why they canceled last night's red carpet event. >> natalie morales, thanks. new questions being raised about the deadly plane crash in the residential neighborhood in california. why was the pilot found with a fake police badge and credentials there. nbc's morgan chesky. >> this is a twist stretching to this neighborho chicago. the attention is turning to the man at the controls and figuring out just exactly who he was. it's the deadly plummet caught

on camera, a plane breaking apart mid air before crashing into a yorba linda home, killing foureople inside. in a back yard, crews found the plane's cabin and the body of thepilot, 75-year-old antonio pastini. this morning questions are being raised about pastini's past, after finding police credentials, a coroner identified him as a retired chicago police officer. chicago pd says they have no record of anyone by that name ever being a police officer in chicago. the credential appears to be fictitiously created. a badge he was carrying was reported stolen in 1978. >> my father was andlways will be everything, everything to me. >> reporter: his daughter described cim as aing father and experienced pilot saying he'd fly from his nevada hom to visit oftenment when asked about his past -- >> did he work under a different name? there was a littl bitf confusion? >> i'd prefer to decline

answering that question. >> reporter: prior to sunday's crash, the faa reports pastini had a clean flight record. he join the ntsb is trying toetermine what caused the catastrophe. >> the airplane climbed to aut 7,800 f it before started rapiy to scend toward the ground. we're dealing with an in-flight and that is consistent with this large debris field. >> the altertor broke freend shot through that window, went through that wall, into the >> reporter: ntsb officials say pastini didn't fe a flight plan even though weather conditions likely would have required one. for neighbors, theng frighte aftermath now fully realized. >> this could have turned into a huge disaster for the entire neighborhood. >> reporter: we're also learning

this morning pastini's daughter says he was born under an entirely different name, that o. a vigil will be held for the four pple killed in this neighborhood later ts week. mr. roker joining us again for a check of the weather. >> the heat is on at leastor another 48 hours as we check it out for you. for today, looking at five forecast records expected to be oken. 27 coming within three degrees of a record. and look at tomorrow's record warmth. we expect about ds31 rec to be broken from the southeast all the way into theortheast and 21 cities may see temperatures within three degrees o that record. that spring feel continues. there is a cold blast coming. rapi city today, 33 degrees below average at 2. eveland at 51, charlotte 75. new orleans 12 degrees above degrees.t 75 tomorrow, burlington 41, richmond 75, mobile 77.

that cold air makes its way to the east. friday, chicago, you're at 14. at 39 in branson. on sunday 50 in charlotte. new york city saturday, 36 degrees. that's close to seasonalt' so not so bad. that's what's going on around the country. in your at's happening neck of the woods. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. bonus shine here in tst couple hours of the day. clouds will thicken up quickly. there's a chance forrs sho before you get home from work and school today. carry the umbrellas and py it on the safe side. temperatures mostly in the 30s and 40s now. won't get a jump in temperatures because of the cloud cover that's moving in. we'll g intohe low to mid 50s today. 70% chance of showers by the ut evening co mild tomorrow, falling temperatures and windy on friday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> mr. roker, thank you. coming up, what it's like to be a young man right now growing up in this me too era. maria shriver satown with some

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that's generating all this buzz. this morning oprah winfrey doing what she does best, getting people to open up from politics -- >> s there wasething that was new and maybe even dangeroab or different the way we ran this campaign. >> reporter: to passion projects. >> her best advice to me about singing was just try not to sing. >> reporter: the media mogul sitting down first with texasma congre beto o'rourke tuesday night for her super soul nversations from times square event, asking the democratic star about his political ambitions amid speculation he might run for president in 2020. >> if i can play somn role helping the country to do that, by god, i'm gng to do it. >> by god, when are you going to know the answer? when are you going to know? have you given yourself a deadline? i'm serious about that. >> and the serior ans is really simple.

it's really soon. before the end of thisonth -- someone is asking for right now. >> you all are the answer. >> reporter: o'rourke made national headlines when he nearly unseated republican senator ted cruz in a contentious midterm race in deep red texas. hisng record-breaki fund-raising and grassroots support leading some to call him the new obama. it was, of course, with the old obama that oprah first wielded her own political power, endorsing the former president during his 2008 campaign. since then oprah has repeatedly shut down any speculation that she would run for office in 2020. o'rourke turning the tables on tuesday. >> i'm sure many people hwoe d like to know the answer from you. is this something you would consider doing? >> the reason i respectour

process is because i do firmly believe it's something you've got to feel inside of yourself. >absolutely. and you've got to come to a knowing inside yourself. >> reporter: from political campaigns to oscar campaigns,ki oprah t to bradley cooper about his best director snub. >> and the first thing i felt was embrassmenttually. think about it. i felt embarrassed that i didn't do my . i'll work on that. but that was the first -- >> i'm glad you said that. >> that makes sense. think about hiit. >> my is, i'm at least glad you said that. if i were you, i would be feeling some kind of way about it. >> embarrassment. i went, oh, gosh, i didn't do my job. >> but you know you did. >> i do. >> reporter: acticel b. jordan about the push to include more diversity in front of the camera behind the scenes. >> you're constantly reminding people of t pool of talent that are underrepresented,

ople of color, people in the lbgt community. >> which means you've got to work harder every single time. >> 100%. >> if you've ever watched these super soul sundays, she gets the stars to speak in a way that's authentic and unscripted. this particular one will o air her own network. >> going back to beto here is a guy who lost the race in texas.di he say anything last night about what he might have learned from that t experienct would help him if he decides to run for president? >> he did. he did lose. what was interesting is that he talked about how that sameci authen you were justi describing really helped him. talmost everyone we spo on both sides of the aisle said, look, we want a candidate who is outside of t establishment

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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, unity and the union. the president calling for common ground in the state of the union, but doubling down on his border wall. >> i will get it t.buil >> another shutdown coming. and what led to thismo rousg nt inside the house chamber. >> usa! >> usa! usa! >> we're live with the latest. plus, the beat goes on. today we're devoting an entire half hour tone help you deter the exercises you-ku do at home to the tests youhould be getting. we'll break it down and get our own hearts checkn o air. there's something about

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>> instagram and twitter. post them there. we'll find them. righto the news at 8:00, despite calls for unity, there were more hints of confrontation than compromise during the president's staft address. white house correspondent peter alexander. >> reporter: it was a long one, the third longest inor hi at times the president calling for common good, but not backing down from his divisive policy, showing no willingness to compromise on his border wall. taking aim at a series o looming investigations. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: in his second state of the union address, the president coming face-to-face with the new reality, a divided congress.

,>> members of congress the state of our unions strong. >> reporter: nancy pelosi noarly shaking her head during his delivery. met with skepticism from democrats. we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution. >> reporter: pelosi appearing to clap back in his attempt tond common gr anchoring the president's address, a renewed call for the border wall. >> in the st, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. >> reporter: mr. trump also taking aim at the mueller investigation what mentioning it by name. >> an economic miracle is taking place in thenited states. the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics horry dick laos partisan investigations.la

>> reporter:ing the inquiries facing him andsis administration ridiculous, seeming to pause for a anlause line that never came. >> if there's going to be peace and legislation, there cannot bi war andestigation. it just doesn't work that way. >> reporter: delivering the democratic rebuttal, stacey abrams following her narrow defeat in georgis governor's race. >> i'm very disappointed by the president's approach t our problems. i still don't want him to fail, but we need him to tell the t truth a respect histi dues. >> reporter: on foreign policy, the presi announcing a second summit with northorean dictator kim jong-un to take place latn this month vietnam, even as his intelligence chiefs warn the regime rainsommitted to developing a long-range nuclear missile. >> if i had not been elected president of the united states,

we would right now in my opinion be in a major w with north korea. >> perhaps the night's most memorable moment, female democratic lawmakers dressed in white, paying tribute to the women's suffrage movemt celebrating their record ranks. >> we also have more women serving in congresst than any time before. >> usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: that was certainly one of the highlights from the evening. the president's speech was peppered with items allld americans cgree on, pledging to eliminate the hiv epidemic in the u.s. within the decade, recommitting to the fight against childhood cancer. fundamentally it was trump the campaigner checking off several keyri rallying for his base, a ban on late term abortion on them as well as attacks on his political opponents as socialists.ah sava >> peter alexander at the white

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with 25 to 50% off everything. only at kay. this this morning on "today's talker," young men in the me too era. how are they dealing with this rapidly changing era and what conversations should parents be having with their teenage sons. >> mariaer shras a fascinating look at this issue. >> this morning we speak to a group you haven't heard much from in the me too era, young m college-ag who say they want to be part of the change but face new anxiety and confusion about their new roles. >> our voices will break through. that's why we say me too. >> reporter: it's the movement that put sexual misconduct in

the spotlight. it's changing how the secti interact. caught in the middle of this cultural shift, young men who want to do the right thing but often are left with more questions than answers. >> do you all feel like you know what is expected of you when it comes to women, when it comes to relationshipet >> it's sng that as a society we don't talk about. >> we sat down with this group e college students in southern california to hear how me, too, is impacting them. >> i feel like there's a certain pressure with menho will make objectifying comments that you feel like if you don't participate, then you're kind of not a strong male, not a strong man. >> reporter: others say that's changing, even in the male-dominated culture of college frats. >> created a new position now within our fraternity whose job it is to educate the rest of the embers on consent, being

respectful. >> if one of my friends did make an objectifying joke, i would probably say something. >> guys will call out and stop it. that's totally new. >> it's often an older generation to say it's so hard for me to say it's hard to -- >> braced on a mtia die where the persistent guy aays gets the girl, these students s me, o, is forcing them to rethink how they engage with the opposite sex. >> i've had friends re-evaluate how they approach women. in discussing me too with a friend the other day, you mentioned that, yeah, i've been re-evaluing some ways i talk to girls at parties. >> some statistics shows that 70% of guys your age are watching porn and that's really d the way they approach relationships, the way they think of women. >> i feel like a lot of the detriment that comes from pornography is establishing unrealistic expectations of the physical body oyour partner.

it also normalizes the object case of women. we internalize that as men. that's something we don't really talk about. >> boys are feeling they're not sure where the boundaries >>are reporter: ruth white is aes prr of social change at usc. she recommends parents start talking to their sons about me too as early ase mid school. >> these words that parents should talk to their kids about respect, consent, what is does the conversation look likyo whe say to your boy, you should ask for consent? >> i think sometimes we think of permission of only being verbal, can i kiss you, can i touch you here, can i do this? that's not the way we consent. you want to know what you're doing is what the other person wants. >> reporter: these men say what they want and welcome is me too's changing definition of masculinity from tough and emotionless to expressive and

vulnerable. >> there's a lot more pressure for me to be ultramasculine. i think men have the ability now to be sensitive. >> we're faced with the challenge of, in front of everyone,xploring emotions that are more common to a feminine spectrum. through that we're getting to know parts of ourselves that have always existed, but have otherwise been suppressed. >> these guys revealed a lot. i was thinking given the fact that there were cameras and they knew they were going to be on tv. >> you never know. >> you never do know. wh surprisedyou? >> i think how hopeful they were, and w much they're embracing this expanded definition of masculinity. saying they'repen to being vulnerable, expressing my feelings, open to calling out another guy if he'sin misbeh i thought that was new. i'm the mother of two boys. i thought that was something i'm excited about. >> at what a do you start having these conversations? >> she was saying middle school is aood time to start.

i think she's saying that's super important and the other boys said they had sisters that were helpful in talking to them. talking to kids in middle sdool anigh school so by the time they get to college is something they've spoken about, how to treat a woman, binge drinking, and the fact that you can't get consent if a woman is drinking and the legalities of that. i think frats are starting to step in. wou need to have these conversations, khat the environment is changing and you need to know what the law is. that's all different. >> ne to hear from them. we haven't heard from them before thanks maria. let's turn to al and get a check of the weather. >> thanks so much. we've got a system making its way through the northeast and midwest causing some problems. we're going to be watching this jet stream that's very active. that's going to be bringingp stormsnd through a lot of gulf moisture coming in.

we've got this area of heavy rain making its way through the d ohio and mississippi river valleys. flash floodro possibilities springfield, charleston, up into columbus. heavy rain todayur through ay from little rock into binghamton, new york. we've got icing conditions fm the upper midwest into the northeast and heavy snow making its way from the plains into the gupper midwest. n around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. off to a relatively bright and somewhat sunny start to the morning. temperatures, depending on where you are, either upper 30s to mid and upper forth. not a cold day.at tempes will climb into the low, maybe briefly into the mid 50s. ouds will be thickening up by lunchtime. chances for raindrops come in after 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. don't leave home without the umbrella, espec if you're not going to be home until this evening. mild tomorrow, windy and colder friday afternoon into the weekend. that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right, wal. lo is here.

daiil dilly dilly. >> carson. >> we're startin off "pop start," meghan markle has endured critical headlines and nasty trolling. now her friends are fighting ba in "people" magazine. pop start correspondent keir simmons has more o >> this is unprecedented. i don't think i've ever heard friends of a mber of the royal family speaking up for her like this in this kind ofway. they spoke exclusively to cover ," this week's story about the woman they know and love to set the record straight. five women from her inner circle, a long-time friend, former co-star, friend from a. a close confidant speaking up for the first time. "the truth about meghan." the headlines say, five friends

speaking out about what they call global llying. >> meghan's friends have seen her depicted in the uk press negatively, labeled as ducss fficult. they're worried about her and worried about the baby and it's time for themo speak out on her behalf. >> reporter: meghan's dad has claimed she won't answer his messages. t before the wedding, one long-time friend says he wouldn't take her calls. after the wedding meghan wrote a remembers,e friend saying dad, i'm so heartbroken. i love you. i have one father. please stop victimizing me through the media so we canre ir our relationship. the friend says thomas markle replayed to his daughter with a long note that ended by asking for a media photo op. he knows how to get in touch with her the friend says. ll's never ed, never texted. she's devastated, and at the same time she has a lot of sympathy for him. the friends also fighting back against anonymous reports about the wedding itself. she didn't throw a fit about a

tiara or ask for a fragrance to be sprayed, one said. another describing how sshritual is. how serious andct resful she akes her relationship with god adding, she'd never ask forin someth like that. claims that meghan is hard to work with are also unfair, the friends say. she's incredibly grateful for everything her team at kensington palace does for her. >> meghan sort of ss back and silently endures a lot of these lies and miss truths the friends offer a rare insight into harry and meghan's surprisingly simple life. meghan cooks for herself and harry every single day. there's no chef or butler. apparently she even styles herself. >> one of the things one of her friends told us is that when she hears folks say that meghan is acting or this is her bgest acting role to date, that it couldn't be further from t truth. >> guys, i just do not believe e at these friends would h spoken out without the permission of meghan and harry.

harryva ply has been wanting to defend her against these criticisms and accusations. good for them for standing up for her. in a way, it's a testament to her that herriends are epared to do this. >> it definitely felt like an orchestrated kind of thing which is fine. is the criticism that bad?l i don't fike we hear it or see it as much here. it must be at a point where she feels like she has to speak up. >> she has ge through a wave of criticism. >> but why? >> in the media. i guess in a way, we've talked about it, it's the kind of thing every new member of the royal family suffers from, but at the same time, when you think about harry's history with his mom ans th you can imagine why he's so determined to defend his wife i >> her fathe not doing her any favors either. >> it's unfortunate. she's about to have a baby, that's the last thing she needs to be thinking about. to read the resf the story, pick up this week's issue

of "people." pink received a star on the hood walk of fame yesterday. joined by her husband and two elchildren as as ellen degeneres who spoke on her behalf. >> when i was asked to speak aboutpink, i was very excited because it's one of my favorite colors. i got more excited because the world knows pink as pink,ut i know -- is it alyssa? allison? alicia? >> i kw alicia. >> pink also stepped up to the podium to deliver a speech of her own. here i a quick snippet. >> i think a lot of people probably only thought i'd make it to the walk of shame. but here i am. two little letters make such a big difference. it's been a trip thinking back over the course of this career that i've somehow managedo ve. i signed my first record deal 23 years ago and i'm only 23 1/2.

so tazt's >> pink also took the time to thank her family and friends. after the award ceremony she sat down with ellen on her talk show and revealed she hasusew in the works. the first single is expected to drop in two weeks with the album to follow later this spring. looking forwao that. wedding bells are ringing because jennifer lawrence isga d. her reps have con furmd to nbc news that the actress is to cook maroney, an art gallery director. the pair have been dlaing since spring. no announcement has been made in regards to when the couple will. our congratulations out to them. a new episode of hoda's today. series that's out this week's guest, someone who only leaves you in a good mood, ellikemper. the two discussed what it's like raisings. toddl >> speaking of kids, you have an adorable one. >> when you're dieing the let your kid know what's right and what's not. >> if something doesn't go the way he planned it.

if i pour serial instead of him pouring it, i wanted to pour the cereal. i think we have to remain calm. >> that's hard. >> very tired because you're tired, dealing with someone that may not be rational. >> dylan, do you feel it? savannah, do you feel it? >> i want to peel the banana. i don't want t one you peeled. >> to hear what, quote, keeps t her ock as a mom, head to today.com. a heads up, startin tomorrow we will have an exclusive look at "entertainment weekly's" romantic comedy-themed issues. you'll have to wait fordomorrow to f out who is in there. >> my favorite rom coms? >>oue got mail, sleepless in seattle. >> my best friend's wedding. >> diehard. >> christmas movie. >> it can't be everything. speaking of the heart, we're

literally going to be talking abou our heart. we're doing a whole half hour on this, guys. you're going to really learn something. n first your locs and weather. good morning everybody. 8:26 on thiswednesday, february 6th.m ron gilchrist. let's get a check on your commute with your first 4tr fic. >> 66 on the beltway, a crash in the in that area. ut we are slow.oop o louter loop after annapolis, crash and debris blockinghe left side there. as we zoom in, northbound indian head highway before the beltway, disabled vehicle, one right lane blocked. mclean, northbound blocked after the cia boulevard due to a crash. >> more on your weather. stay with us.

good morning. don't expect the sunshine outhi there morning to last all day. clouds are moving into the shenandoah valley nowment they'll be in the washington area by lunchtime. shortly thereafter theain chances start to go up. highest today with rain becoming mor and more likely after 2:00, 3:00 today. for tomorrow, a shower early in

the morning but a dry afternoon. temperatur fall with a strong northwest wind friday afternoon. chilly for the weekend. >> you can get the lates news and weather in the nbc washington app.

right there, > 8:30 now. it is wednesdaymorning. it's the 6th of february, 2019. did hod leave us? where is she? >> she's inside. >> guys, it's red out her because we are marking heart month. we're going to do something really important. it's allext half hour, about the heart. >> i just thought everyone dressed the same this morning. >> exercises to improve your heart health. why et's important to know your

numbers, your blood sugar and cholester cholesterol. >> hoda is inside with dr. oz getting her blo pressure checked. roker, you got tested. i got tested. we'll talk about our numbers and learn ways to improve those numbers. >>morowd nt? >> a big one. it's the couple that traveled the farthest to get here. where is renee and jason? there you guys are. you're all the way from -- >> australia. >> do you actually get to see us down there? >> we do. you come on beefor you're really early for us. >> is it weird to see us all bundled up considering it's summer down there. >> it is. >> i want to say hi to mom. sh doesn't actually know we're here. they'rutgoing to wake up and p the "today" show on. >> hi mum. have fun. >> mum. >> mum. >> down under. >> thank y for coming.

just ahead on the third hour of "today," we've got a wild ride. i'm going to take a spinith rising nascar star, mr. bubba wallace. the trick is getting in the car. there are no doors. >> no doors. why not? why can't they just have doors? >> in a race, a there's accident. >>cs aerodyna >> dukes of hazard style. >> a check of the weather, please. as we look at the nation and see what's going on, your weather looks le this. icy conditions through the mid mississippi river into upstate new york and the u.p. of michigan. frigid in the plains. heavy snow through the northern rockies, clear along the wesco t. bitter cold comes into the plains. look for icy conditions through wisconsin into michigan. record warmth stretching into the southeast. that will be changing as that cold front pushes further to the

east. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck o the woods. >> sunshine for now. temperatures mostly in the mid 40s. clouds will be rolling in here later in the dayai today and chances are going up, up, up after the lunchtime. skies become mosy cloudy. high today near 53 degrees. rain likely to move into thein waon area somewhere between 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. showery wther for you evening. tomorrow, most of the rain should be first thing in the morning. drying out tomorrow afternoon with highs back into the 60s once again. the weekend will be dry but much, much colder. >> no place like homee everybody h from russell, kansas. >> sisters. ar ourts sent us here. >> that's awfully nice. >> thanks mom and dad. >> they're always your kids. doing nice things for your kids. lack to you ladies. al, thank you so much. february is american heart

month. we're calling it "heart smart today." >> we'll highlight stories that bring awareness to heart disease. it impacts so many lives inc including to us here. the numberne killer of americans both men and women. >> heart disease takes the life of one american every minute. soe'his month getting to the heart of the matter. in 2019, three-quarters of a million people here in the united states will have a heart attack or die from coronary heart disease caused by the buildup and thickening of plaque in arterywalls. statistics paint a frightening picture, suggesting heart sease isesponsible for more deaths among african-american, hispanic, caucasian and asian males and black and white females than all forms of cancee combined. high blood pressure, theft troll and smoking among the key factors,long with diabetes,

obesity and excesve alcohol use. shortness of breath, nausea, weakness c canep up quickly. women are more likely t have symptoms unrelated to chest pain. according to the american heart associati association, more than 350,000 itople will have cardiac arrest outside a hosp, suggesting many with heart disease don't act early enough on the warning signs. >> there are a lot of tests a w shou get to take control of our heart health. here with this is dr. mehmet oz, host of the dr. oz show, also a cardio thoracic surgeon. let's start with blood pressure. what does this t numberl us? i it tells how much pressure is being exert your arteries. normally doctors take blood pressure like this. now they have these devices, very inexpensive. it's a silent killer.

you don't know if your blood pressure is high or low unless you check it. it's like a fire hose, blasteding the delicate lining of the inside o your arteries. when you destroy thatli ng, it leads to all kinds of things. it even causes wnkles and i'm poe tense. >> now you got my attention. >> i checked it. it's 110/70. >> that's great, isn't it? >> optimally 120/80. if you're light headed, it's a little too low.ve do you have that problem? >> every now and then. >> high fiveyo for that's the number one thing. >> an a in blood pressure. >> thank you. >> here is craig. >> i put on my t-shirt earlier. >> i don't normally do that f

patience. >> he did a fast last night. >> we did cholesterol and blood sugar. >> total cholesterol is almostr vant. you want to know how it's carried in the body. you want the good cleft trl, hgl. you want it to be 50 -- >> that's dr. kupe. >> i didn't know he was a doctor. >> i would have treated you with more respect. i'm just kidding. >> no, she's not. >> 90 is super high. that's go. theldl, the lousy tles troll, you want it ls than 100. yours is 60. >> in your case your blo sugar which is supposed to be under10 when you're fasting. yours is 105. >> that's not good. >> i don't know whye.t's th

i don't want to panic over one number. if youto have a family h of diabetes. >> which i do. >> almost 10% of the population is abetic. one-third of us is pre diabetic. you want to do three smath gs. it means you're at risk of going a little higher. usually diet canddress this and blood pressure. > if he cheated on his fast, let's just say hypothetically, would that affect the blood suga >> if hypothetically craig cheated on his fast, that would be a concern. i'm not worried about 105. i want to make sure -- you're healthy enough that it should be less than 100. >> good job. >> the last test we did was with al. join a on the other side. >> i thought we were going to lay down toge aer. >> that'er the show. >> al, you had the echo cardiogram done. did it hurt? >> no, not at all. >> it's a very simple test. no radiation, super simple which

is why we like to use it. people who have shortness of, breahest tightness, you often use it. you put it gently over the hop. it's like a radar doper of your heart. this literally looks at your heart. here is your heart. a four-chamber view. that right corner is al's heart. a beautiful heart. >> a big heart. >> 245 flthat floing back and f is the mitral valve. there's another image, if you don't mind showing, the colored doppler. that's the color going back and forth. >> that's al's heart. >> that's al's >> a tiny, itty bit of league kaj. that tells me if the blood is going in the right direction or the wrong way. nothing to do, but i like to see it. if people are worried about their heart, we'll recommend an echo to take a look and we'll exercise you and see if you're able to keep up. this ishe kindf test -- i

understand you haven't had this before? >> no, never had that. >> usually when you have operations people will screen you after aertain age. it's a kind of test that's easy, innocus and we do it often. >> he did well. >> extremely well. the question is what do you do if the numbers aren't perfect. besides diet, exercise is fundamental. one of the best things you can do is play sports. you're not doing homework. if i can throw this in here, this is a commemorative nba all-star ball. they're announcing right this second the all-star list. i get to play in this year's celebrity nba all-star game. they're having me back after a ten-year hiatus. >> a. ball >> watch hoda do this. >> low da has this abity. >> look at that. can you believe it. >> one skill and you just saw it. >> craig. >>an i do that. >> sports is the best way,

pressure ur blood down, making the echo look good. >> go getn him the game. >> what's your position? >> probably bench. the mvd, most valuable doctor. >> you invented that device and now back in t all-star game. he'll be back with an important sson on cpr. first we'll learn important and easy exercises to strengthen your heart. first this is "today" on nbc. " .

we are back and continuing our heart smart today half hour with simple we're back with simple exerciseso strengthen your heart. stephanie is here with three important moves to help us. cardio seems like the obvious one, do your cardio, great for your heart. >> yes.

you want to think of your heart like any muscle. you've got a bicep here, working outhe bicep. we need to work the heart out as well. we want to get the heart to efficiently pump blood throughout the entire body. give us a couple of exercises. >> i like to call this eted aerobics. lift up the arms and then itch. >> old school. >> ar robe sizing. this is beneficial for thebe het use not only are we doing it with the lower body but the upper body. >> keeping yr arms above your head. >> exactly. >> the next move is kickboxing. we're going to punch and punch. and then you can u step it even more with a little hop if you wa. >> you all did great. >> we know cardio is great for the heart. let's move o to something didn't realize was good for the heart. it's stretching. >> yes, so where cardio getst

your tar heart rate up, 220 minus your age, that's going to give you you minus heart rate. you want to be between 50% and 85% if you're tracking your heart rate with a monitor or taking youre. pu >> we want to increase the elasticity of the arterition. that going to help us reduce blood pressure, calm the nervous system the first stretch is a heart stretch opener here. we'll clasp theehandsd your back and have you two turn to the side. you're lifting your chest, breathing here. this is a great stretch throughout the hday. >>ow does that feel? >> there you go. open up that heart. literally srtetching the h muscle and the organs and the muscles in the chest. the next exercise is the heart opening power pose. we're going to open the arms up, lift your chest, have a n se firmnce here. >> same thing. >> same thing. actually more powerful.

>> good job, excellent stretching. let's go on to our last one. >> you're still working, don't stop. >> sheinelle, continue. >> holding this for 60 more seconds. >> so strength training. >> strength training is so important because this is helping the blood flow to the limbs and it's also helping to increase your met you can burn more fat even while you're resting. this is sit and stand when you can. sitting at work. great. we're going to stand up andckit down. i didn't give you a chair. >> that's okay. i like watching. this is a simple one. the second one is a side lunge. we'll ask you to step to the side. step to the side of o chair. step, bendclest to t wheith cha thete down and come back to center. like side lunge. >> we're giving the biggest

muscle groups thequads. >> this is perfect. all right, you guys. ank you. sheinelle jones, thank you. up wnext, whatld you do in case of a heart emergency? dr. oz is going to show us something that may end up saving a libu. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> and go. and go. and go. and go. 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. about corruption. abuse of power. and obstruction of justice we can't afford to wait.

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welcome back. welcome back. when you talk about heart health, a it'so important to know what to do in case ofn emergency. literally save a life. >> this could be one of the segments that people watch and can say, remember seeing this on the "today" show. when we talknd cp -- >> people weren't doing the breathing so people were dying. save rates are under 10%. by getting rid of the breathing, it's better to forget the

breathing. first thing, are you awake? you, point to someone, call 911. >> call them out. >> make sure they know it'sour job. >> fingers between the nipples. hit the stefr numb pretty hard. remember the song "staying alive" by the bee gees. 100 times a minute. >> that'sot on the beat. that's like reggae. >> ah ah ah. >> how deep should she before going? you go deep enough to break their ri y. break their ribs, that's fine. you keep going until somebody relieves you. >> even if you don't see them doing anything, you keep it going. >> you keep going until someone comes. what'ssuallyoing to happen, because someone went to call

911. craig, you take over. what they're going to do is find thebr delator? there's one right outside the door.yo ev please find the closest defibrillator. this will tell y what to do. take off the pads. there's little picture there. shows you where to put it take off the other pad, beneath the nipple. and then you just listen and wait. it's going to tell you step away. and then it's going to shock the patient. you cannot harm the person. don't be afraid of doing this. ideally, while this is goingon, you'll still be doing chest compressions, but while it's there, it willight up. hit the button and it shocks done.nd you're >> do not touch the patient. >> because they're about to shock the tient. it lights up. hit the light.

>> do it now? >> do it >> shock delivered. >> you saved their life. >> let me ask you, should you have seen something when i did the shock? >> this is a tester. this is your real one. >> by this point, the ambulance is here. >> hopefully. >> in new york city it doesn't come iee minutes. it takes a lot longer. if you do cpr for five, ten, 15, 20 minutes. bob harper, he's alive because when he collapsed and dropped dead, it took 20 minutes for the ambulance to come. the person next to him was a medical student did cpr for 20 minutes. he's pfectly normal. >> it will keep analyzing. you'll keep doing cpr. it wl tell youo step away from the patient. you step away. you shock the patient and k ip doin again. it doesn't always work the first time. if you don't do cpr they'll be brain dead if y save the heart. you want to save the whole

person. there's something called heart hero, simple, easy, teaches you how to do it.ti iding the defibrillators close to you. >> what about with kids or something like that? patches.are smaller you can use these on most size kids. cpr, whether your fingers, gently, as hard as you can. do cpr, it's their only hope. >> dr. oz, thank you so much. >> good luck at the all-star >> you can catch this man weekdays on the dr. oz show. check your local listings to find out where.

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welcome back. do not forget you'll find stories you love at today.com/allday. >> we'll be talking to the husband of b. smith who is suffering from alzheimer's.

he has a newove in his life. dad's daughter dana who helped take care of b. a lot of backlash online about their ling arraignment. we talk with them exclusively in their home. >> al, thank you. >> ahead in the fourth hour, a check of your local news. 8:56 is your time. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. right now let's cck on your commute with melissa mollet with your first 4 traffic. >> eastbound i-70 before 15, a crash with lanes ocked. theltway is okay. outer loop as you're coming here up towards 50 towards prince george's county, sw inbound on

395, slow. 66 and 95 looking rettynormal. >> melissa, thank you. wel take a break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good morng, everybodn temperaturese mid to upper 40s now with sunshine coming through. clouds are on the way byht lue and by later on in the afternoon, rain showers become more and more likely. today's high temperature near 53 degrees. r tomorrow, shower chance first thing in the morning. thursday afternoon cloudy but mild in the 60s yet again. friday is the transition turning windy and colder. by the weekend, down right chilly. gh only 39 degrees on saturday. 42 on your sunday. >> cluck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app.

from nbc news this is "today" live from studio 1a inr efeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome. i'm sheinelle here with al,nd craig, dylan. we have a lot to talk about this morning. we have busy mornings every morning, but there are mornings inesarticular sometim where i feel like we sit down and we say woo, we have a big show this morning. we're kicking ith off w something everybody's talking about this morning. leave it to oprah to score these big interviews. she held one of her super soul conversations, an event here in new york city, she had it in times uare, and shealked with bradley cooper, michael b. jordan, rising political star beto o'rourke, she talkedli to borders. she's the leader of