from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in hell everybody. we are so glad you're with us today for who's day tuesday, it's september 27th already. that's yesterday's song by hunter heys. >> i love that. >> we're at the end of september. going into october. halloween. it's crazy. >> yeah. >> we have a big show today. mandy moore is here, the pop superstar turned actress is starring in one of the buzzed about new shows. you're crazy about this show. >> "this is us."

what was last night, monday? >> yes. >> so tonight is "this is us." >> so you haven't missed it. >> if you haven't seen it, just watch the first night before tonight, it's so worth it. >> yeah. >> also with us, if you have a child who plays soccer, you're going to want to hear what carly lloyd has to say. she's one of the most celebrated soccer players around the world. she often seemed like overlooked, underappreciated, and her coach told her basically you don't work hard enough and don't have the mental discipline. look at them now. >> then joy bower is right there in the kitchen. remaking two favorites french toast and tater tots. low-cal tater tots. >> junk food into joy food. here's a hint, free trip to wine

one of our good pals and great actress, kristen chenoweth. >> she is awesome. >> if you're one of those people who wake up in the morning and do a few things and check your horoscope, we have breaking news. all right. so if you believe in astrology, you know how everybody has their sign. i'm a leo, you're a leo, whatever. nasa has changed the math behind the consolation. this is na >> people are freaking out. >> freaking. because you feel like oh, you associate with your sign. so you may not be the sign you think. all right. so they realized the ancient astrological calculations created over 3,000 years ago only -- >> babylon. >>nly used 12 constellations. there are 13. here's the other one. ophiuchus. ophuichus. >> ophuichus.

so, somebody has a new sign, it's not one of the 12 that you know. it's the form of a snake bear, it's been added. those people who are from the ophuichus, they are -- if you were born between november 29th and december 17th, you're now that. okay. the traits of those people, they're seekers of knowledge, flamboyant style of dress, and great architects and builders. >> we got wondering, does that kath, august 16th. >> and always will be. >> you are a leo, and will always be. >> i never read my horoscope once. >> these are bold -- confident, stuff like that. you are those things. >> you and i are a lot alike. >> i was a leo. and the word is was. i was born august 9th, what are they talking about? >> you're now -- i hate the word of this, you're cancer now.

read it. >> cancers are highly imaginative, loyal, emotional, but they can be moody, suspicious, and manipulative. >> wait, go back to leo. i want to read leo again. leo -- >> creative, passionate, generous, stubborn, yes, laze, flexible. i can be some of those things. wait. suspicious, manipulative and moody. i'm not moody. >> you're not any of those things. >> see, see. >> oh, i'm horrified. who are cancers, because, good for you. >> all righty. did we show you those yet? >> you're going to look and now everyone's getting close to the tv because they want to see. i'm trying to see if anyone in my family has been changed. my mom's a pisces. october 17th. where is that? anybody. oh, here it comes. is she a leo --

people are made that their sign has changed. nasa had to release a statement. >> i love this. here at nasa, we study astronomy, not astrology is. we didn't change any zoed yak signs, we just dhe breakers. >> also important, today is national voter registration day. we don't care how you vote, we want you to be able to vote. make sure you are registered. 6 million people -- >> they missed registration. you can't vote. >> stat out. if you want to vote, and everybody should. you've got to get in there. get registered. 70% of americans are registered. so 30% of people aren't. so if you want top register go to vote.usa.gov to register or you can confirm your registration. katy perry teamed up with

let's take a look. >> hi, i'm katy perry. you know, november 8th is election day, and i've got some great news. year, you can look like -- when you vote. perfect. in the name of democracy, any just out of bed look is aok. a child's onesie. hunk in kids' briefs. that free xl t-shirt you got from the your bank. the breakout. did i mention the hunk in the kids' briefs? or, if you're like me -- i sleep naked. yep. let those babies loose because -- >> all right ma'am, that's enough of that. no, no, no, come on, let's go. >> you too? >> joel mchale. >> joel mchale is anywhere. >> love him. >> tom hanks is sometimes called

he was here with us a little earlier today. such a wonderful guy. here's further proof. >> just jogging in new york in central park, and low and behold, he saw a couple taking wedding photos. he decided to say hi, then he posed with them. they are elizabeth and ryan. she took those photos and -- >> what a memory. >> can you imagine? he's such a sweetheart. such a great guy. >> we reached out to the couple on their honeymoon and guess what they got back to us. >> wait, it's a first. >> we need to -- >> wait a minute. which one? this one? >> wait, that's never happened. is this a first? >> i think it's a first. >> wow. >> oh my [ bleep ]. >> wow, that's amazing. >> that's going to run us. we're not used to respect. they asked us to make sure we say thank you to tom hanks for them on the air. so we are saying thank you right now. >> and tom asked for a selfie for him to put on twitter and he posted that.

that lovely couple is getting married. do you like when you go to a wedding and there are assigned seats? name plates and you sit in your assigned seat? sometimes you go, is it my table? >> people put thought to this. >> yeah. >> so there must be a reason they have you sitting next to somebody you've never met before. you know, you're world's apart in things that you're interested in. i always prefer open seating. i just do. >> sit where you want. >> yeah. >> and frank and i hated it when >> yeah, because you want to sit together. >> exactly. >> have you ever gone up to a table -- >> you have, hoda. >> notice there are cards there and gone like, switch. and switch. i've done it. only because you have a short window of time to like enjoy the dinner, and you don't know the person and you don't to want start off as hi, stack it back up. >> anyway. the huffington post asks, can you ask to be seated at a

so woman wrote in saying she was 26, wasn't bringing a plus one. you can't always do that anyway. is it okay to seat her with her parents. >> huff posts says this, they already planned to seat you as family or they may be planning to put you with others your age hoping to create dynamic fun at the reception. >> it would be okay to send a polite e-mail with the request. >> no bride wants to get e-mails about -- >> i'm going this weekend. i don't know if we're going -- but you know -- >> you won't be sitting together? >> cody and cass, and my granddaughter is going. it's a family wedding. not one of my kids. oh, i'd be freaking. >> would you be freaking out? >> what if people were sending you e-mails about where you're sitting. >> wouldn't like it so much. >> so, adele's album, the fantastic -- oh. >> whoa.

what is that? i have a question -- >> what am i doing? >> wait a minute, what's the point? >> i'm about to lose my dinner. >> what is cassidy looking at you? >> maybe i'm blowing out a candle or something. >> there are no candles. >> what was that? >> it's some rando -- somebody in the control room is bored. they're digging through pictures. >> i have no idea. i remember that dress, and i miss it. >> that's the takeaway from that photo? adele's cd, it's her album, has gone diamond. >> yeah. >> now it's her second album of the status 21 was the first. means it sold 10 million copies in the u.s. >> i've never heard of diamond. i thought there was platinum. diamond. >> yeah. >> recording industry association of america. >> so other people in the ranks with adele's 25, these ones are in there, the beatles, sergeant

band, bruce springsteen "born in the usa" and whitney houston self titled 1985 album. >> weren't some gather brooks albums in there? >> diamond, yes. >> yeah. >> gather's in there. of course he is. >> i would say, michael jackson, but there's a level double -- >> double diamond. >> double diamond. >> pretty crazy. all right. we've all been watching the royals frolic around beautiful vancouver. and she is just turning heads more and more all the time. >> i didn't realize she's 5'9". she wears clothes beautifully. she wore this $1,300 cocktail dress last night for a reception. look how beautiful. the asymmetrical neckline. the diamond make believe pin is borrowed from the queen. she inherited it from the late queen mother, it was given to her by king george vi to mark their state visit to canada back in 1939. she's just so elegant.

carriage. she's regal. it's so nice to see such a classy couple. you know. in this world we live in today where there's so little class. she is the epitome of it. >> she is a ten. earlier wore this alexander mcqueen dress, inspired by the canadian flag. that goes for $5,200. and this is the jenny blue suit. she wore when she arrived in canada. >> look at that. look at the whole family. >> i know it >> all color coordinated. >> if you're ever in a bad mood or depressed, go flipping through some of these pictures. you're happy now. >> find your happy place. >> find it. all right. no tricks, but you'll be in for a treat when we give away five lucky people. >> carly lloyd, and her off the field struggle to get to the top of the her game. she says you can too. plus a new hit show and so much more. mandy moore. >> yeah. right after this. clever, hoda. >> clever.

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recognize this song? that's the 1999 hit "candy" by mandy moore. she leased her first record -- >> at 15 years old she released her first record and became a big-time pop star. she's also known for starring roles in teen movies like the princess diaries where she played lana, a mean girl cheerleader. >> and the shy high school student who falls in love with the popular guy in this sweet

now mandy stars in nbc's most talked about new show. it's an awesome show. it is called "this is us." she plays a wife and expecting mother of triplets. take a look. >> oh, baby. oh, i'm sorry for anything i'm going to say in the next two hours. i mean some of it. >> you'll mean some of it. >> fair enough. >> i'm almost glad his appendix burst. since i'm new here, i thought we might have a conversation now before things get more intense. that's a nice. you said you have grandchildren. not that kind of conversation. >> aw, hello, sweetie. >> hi. >> it's great to see you. >> do you realize that you're a star of one of the biggest new hits of the fall season? that has sunk in? >> i'm really honored and flat heard it people are liking the show and watching because we're all so proud of it. >> it's more than liking. >> i've seen it twice already. i watched it again to pick up on ings i might have missed

end that we don't to want give away. >> we're going to be watching. >> but when you got the script, did you right away think, this might be a hit? we might have something here? >> i knew that it was really elevated, nuances writing and it felt different -- >> when you read it? >> yeah. it felt different than anything that's on the landscape. i think that's what resinating with people. people want to be moved. they want cathartic entertainment, they want to cry and be able to relate it back to their own life. i think the show has a little >> and you get to really exercise your acting chops in this, don't you? you don't just play yourself present tense, you go back a ways. >> yes. i play a mother and a wife for the first time, but because of the nature of the show and the story telling, milo, who plays my husband, we get to jump around in time a little bit.

>> what's it like to spend an entire day with that tush? >> it was the very first day of shooting and scene, and i felt like how lovely that a woman don't have to show herself, it's the man for once. he was so comfortable. in the first scene he has like a little towel. just like he's supposed to be naked, and she was just like in between takes, he wasn't like grabbing the robe. he's just like fine to chill out. >> how were you? >> averting my eyes. just to be, you know -- >> doesn't bother him, but it bothers you, right? >> i mean, i wasn't cola there was only so much tush you want to look at. >> music, i think of music. i go to this place called groove with me. where youk, disadvantaged girls dance. and they dance to a lot of your music. >> really? >> i walked in and said who's singing this version of elton john's song. it's mandy moore. and the kids are twirling to it. we're anxious for some music.

it's up and running, i feel like, i want to get back to music. i miss singing. >> you're a terrific singer. >> thank you. >> could we just tick through issue. >> yours isn't done by machines. you know thousand sing. >> couple more or less. more or less. here we go. campaign news coverage, moore or less? >> less. >> brangelina divorce. >> less. >> the royals, canadian visit. >> more. why not? >> the real housewives series. more or less? >> less. >> drake, more or less? >> more. >> okay. stranger things. >> more. more. the voice, more or less? more. >> of course, tom brady, deflategate. >> less. >> keeping up with the kardashians. >> less. >> "dancing with the stars." >> less. >> all right. she's an nbc girl all the way. >> yes. >> good for you. so happy for you. >> thank you. thank you. >> be sure to catch a new episode of "this is us" tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central. everybody after "the voice." what a power house. >> it's going to be great

pop the popcorn. two-time champ carly lloyd revealing how she welcome walked away from soccer. coming up after this. is that ice-t? nope, it's lemonade. is that ice-t? lemonade. ice-t? what's with these people, man? lemonade, read the sign. lemonade. read it. ok. delicious. ice-t at a lemonade stand? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money marin saved by switching to geico. yo, ice-t! it's lemonade, man!

it's time for brain teaser tuesday where we test the knowledge in your noggin with a fun riddle. >> we hate these a lot. >> we already feel stupid. >> this riddle comes from brainbashers.com. ready? >> here it is. what has keys that open no lock, has space but no room and allows you to enter but not go in?

>> florida? what has keys that open no lock. space but no room and allows you to enter but not go in. >> i think i know. >> you do? >> joys one of your favorite brunch dishes and an announcement about a trip to wine country. you are not going to want to miss. >> has keys space but no room and allows you to enter but not go in.

we are back on this brain teaser tuesday and before the break we gave you this riddle. what has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and allows you to enter but not go in. the answer is a computer. >> you want to hear what carli lloyd has to say. she scored the winning 2008 olympics in beijing and in 2012 helped her team take home the gold in london. >> carli followed up that with a hat trick at the 2015 fifa women's world cup tournament, bringing the title back to the u.s. for the first time. >> go, girl. her rise to superstar wasn't easy which carli writes about

watching, my hard-fought journey to the top of the soccer world." . >> we look at your awards and accolades and we think this girl must have been born the perfect jock. what i love about your book -- you talk about it didn't come easy. you had to work at it. >> oh, yeah. i think you are not born with talent. you make your own talent. i have had to work incredibly hard. i didn't come from a powerse big thing coming out with the national team. many people didn't think i would make it this far, myself included. >> you doubted whether you would make it? >> i did. when i first started to work with my trainer he told me i could be the best player in the world and i just believed it when i got it last year. it took me 13 years. >> what was holding you back, do you think? >> i think everybody, no matter

you have to compete every day. i think the more results that you have -- i think the world cup kind of lifted that up for me and made me really believe that i could really separate myself. >> you practiced more than others. i think it was your trainer or one of your coaches who said muhammad ali practiced on christmas day. so you ended up doing similar stuff, huh? >> christmas, thanksgiving, snow, rain, wind, cold. >> no matte i don't switch off. i think now i have to be told, okay you need to take a break. it's important to relax your mind and body. >> when you do that, when you actually take a vacation, where does carli lloyd go? >> i'm a beach person. get tan, lay on the beach, in the water. >> your book is about more than soccer, obviously. it's about life and overcoming obstacles.

watching right now, looking up to you, what do you hope the child takes away from you and this book? >> in writing this book, i wanted this book not to be just about a soccer journey but be inspiring for everybody, all walks of life, whether you are a mom, inspiring to be something great, whether you are a kid who's dreaming of being on the stage. that's what i want to write the book about. whatever comes your way, knowing you can persevere if your mind to it. work hard and clock in the hours. you can make it. >> what do you want for the future in the last seconds we have? what are you looking forward to now? >> i want to push on, break barriers. we are fighting for equal pay. we're the next generation to push on for generations to come. >> that's up in december. >> right. >> carli had a book signing and sold out. 1200 books.

>> thank you. >> congratulations. don't go anywhere. you don't want to miss the performance by kristen chenoweth. >> and french toast without the guilt. she turns junk food in to joy food and why she wants you to pack your bags and take a trip with her. >> where are we going? >> the wine country. ing? >> the wine country. (?) (?) when you are suffering from chest congestion but you have got a full day ahead of you, try mucinex 12-hour. only mucinex has a unique bi-layer tablet. mucinex is absorbed 60 percent faster than store brands. while the blue extended release layer lasts a full 12 hours. relieve chest congestion with mucinex, and enjoy living well. what are these? what is it? duck lips. quack quack. plastic surgery duck! uh huh! you are a backwards duck.

who doesn't love comfort food? what we don't love is the guilt that follows after you pig out. >> today nutritional joy bauer is here to turn your junk food in to joy food. >> healthier versions of your favorite fattening foods and

>> for real. i this i you will love both. the first challenge, the french coast comes from ariel in pennsylvania, a senior at the university of maryland and loves french toast with the fixin's, the butter and syrup. when you order it at a restaurant it will cost you 1090 calories. it's not much for two slices. i will do a version that is just as luxurious and indulgent and 36 the usual ingredients, butter maple syrup, whole grain bread, but i will do a version with caramelized apples on top. we will start here. i sprayed the pan with a little oil spray. a little butter because it's not much to replace butter and then sliced apples on top. one teaspoon of maple syrup. >> just a teaspoon.

nutmeg. caramelize them for seven minutes to get them gooey and finish them off with a dash of vanilla extract. >> that's going to be good. >> it will be delicious and that will make our french toast. here we have one whole egg and one egg white. i will add more vanilla extract and a little nutmeg and cinnamon. we are bringing the fall flavors together. you can dump the bread in hire. this is a whole grain bread that is low calorie. you are looking for a loaf that is 50 calories per slice. throw it on there. >> hoda, that's hoda. that is so funny. i wish we could rerack that. >> this is what it comes out looking like.

the entire portion is only 340 calories. >> 340, wow. >> with the whipped cream and apples. all the gooey deliciousness. and here's the carrots if you want to flip them up. >> delicious. >> caramelized apples. >> tater tots. >> here we go. this challenge came from kimberly and she is from new yo fried tater tots -- come on over, hoda. 225 calories. >> for five little ones? >> because they are fried. they have a lot of oil. >> oh, my gosh. >> i will show you how to make five broccoli tater tots.

florets and now we will add a half chopped onion. throw that in. a it will hl whole grain bread crumbs panko. and salt and pepper. mix it together. form it in to balls. mist the top. pop it in the oven for ten minutes. go for it and see what you think. my kids live for these. >> oh, my gosh. >> they are really deou >> you have an announcement you want to make today? >> i'm calling all home chefs, i'm spear heading a super fun contest with an incredible prize. the winner and one guest of choice will enjoy three fun-filled days in napa valley at an exclusive event called "live in the vineyard" and hotel and airfare are included. you will experience flowing wine, delicious food and

musicians. you can enter by submitting the most delicious recipe but it has to be original, something you created to klg and hoda.com. it has to be healthy, has to be creative, of course it has to be delicious, it has to be a food, not a beverage and it has to include wine. you can send it as many recipes and times head to the website. >> that's awesome. >> how long do they have to do this? >> about ten days. >> now. >> the website is open for submissions now. get busy. >> another carrot up too, by the way. are you ready for an amazing performance? we hope so. the fabulous kristin chenoweth has something new after this.

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kristin chenoweth is an emmy award-winning actress and singer who has a lot to celebrate these days. >> a new album in november. she will be heading back to the great whiteway in a show called "my lettero spray live. i can't wait. >> before she does that, guess what she is going to sing for us. here's kristen chenoweth with a beautiful rendition of "you're my saving grace." ?

inside ? been burned and been pushed ? right to the wall now i -- lose them ? your love is my saving grace ? ? i want salvation in this crazy place ? ? heaven in your arms where i know i'm safe ?

grace ? ? always waiting for just passing through searching for one thing that true ? ? those days are ove it's you ? ? you're love is the one thing that i can't stand to lose ? ? your love is my saving grace ? ? i want salvation in this crazy

know i'm safe ? ? your love is my saving grace your love is my saving grace ?? [ cheers and applause ] >> beautiful album. it is available now. >> we managed to get another prize for five lucky fans. >> we are giving it away because it is spanky tuesday. go donna. >> love that donna. >> go, donna. >> go, donna.

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