good morning. time running out. a new poll shows donald trump 12 points behind hillary clinton with just over two weeks to go. top republican strategist carl rowe saying a win is trump, not giving up. >> we're going to win back the white house. >> clinton sounding confident. >> i debated him for four and a half hours. i don't even think about responding to him anymore. >> so, is it over or can trump turn the tide in the next 15 days? horrific crash, speed and driver fatigue possibly behind a tour bus accident in southern california that left 13 people dead and 31 others injured.

investigation. dangerous pursuit. a civilian on a routine ride along with police gets the scare of her life. >> he is not stopping. you're kidding me, right? >> a high speed chase, then, this. [ gunshots ] >> shot fired. >> she suffered minor injuries. the suspects considered armed and dangerous are still on the loose today. monday, october 24th, 2016. good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on a monday morning. does it feel a little brighter in our neck of the woods this morning? >> when you said good morning, i was thinking great morning. al roker is back. al and his new knee.

we'll talk to al about his recovery in a few minutes. we want to talk politics on a monday morning. let's get to the state of the race. 15 days to go now. this morning, early voting is under way in the battleground state of florida. here is a look at a polling place in miami between early voting and absentee ballots. around half the state's registered voters are expected to cast their ballots before november 8th. >> as we mentioned, hillary clinton has opened up a 12 point lead. 50% released abc news washington post poll. >> what is happening on the trail today? hillary clinton has a rally in new hampshire with senator elizabeth warren. donald trump is making two stops in florida this afternoon, trying to win over some of those early voters we just talked about. nbc national correspondent pete alexander is in washington. >> reporter: donald trump's

even his campaign manager admits he is behind. hillary clinton for her part trying to capitalize on her widening lead and perhaps the best sign of her campaign's confidence, the fact that she is flexing her muscles down ballot, trying to turn the senate and house races to the democrat's favor as well. barely two weeks to go, donald trump and hillary clinton not letting up. trump, in florida, again, highlighting his tough stand on undocumented immigrants. >> when they come back the third time, you know what happen? they're not coming back. >> reporter: the rivals competing to energize supporters in battleground states. >> north carolinians know what is at stake in this election. >> reporter: with president obama lending hillary clinton a hand in nevada. >> we will elect hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states. >> reporter: for trump, facing a ticking clock and a double digit deficit, a tough hill to climb. kellyanne conway acknowledging

>> we are behind. she has tremendous advantages. former president who happens to be her husband campaigning for her, the current president and first lady, vice president, all much more popular than she can hope to be. >> reporter: even veteran republican strategist concede a come back is a long shot. >> i don't see it happening. maybe it could, but i doubt that in the just over two weeks we have left, conducting the kind of campaign that he is conducting -- >> reporter: still, clinton has yet to put the race away and her campaign is facing more batch of stolen e-mails from john podesta, e-mails suspected hacked by russia, critical of the primary opponent, bernie sanders. on issues trump is trying to exploit. >> bernie sanders was in a rigged system and now he sees, you notice how quiet he has been for the last three or four days. he has been watching and reading

delivering his own address at gettysburg. over shadowing his message with this threat for those accusing him of sexual misconduct. >> all of the liars will be sued after the election is over. >> clinton, dismissing trump's repeated claim that there is a media conspiracy against him. >> i debated him for four and a half hours. i don't even think about responding to him anymore. >> reporter: the fiery final debate providing another round of fodder for saturday night of the election? >> i will look at it at the time because frankly, this whole thing is rigged, even the media, every day i turn on the news and all of the newscasters are making me look so bad. >> how are we doing that? >> by taking all of the things i say and all of the things i do and putting them on tv. >> reporter: a lot of this year's election will happen before election day. listen to this. more than 6 million votes have

alone. that is according to nbc news's exclusive data from the firm target smart. a third of the target votes or more than 40 million votes in all, when i will be a record will come before november 8th. >> thank you very much. >> let's bring in nicolle wallace and dana perrina i can't wait to talk about jasper. >> first politics. >> let's talk about politics. here is one thing that democrats and republicans have in common in this moment. they're focusing on the down ballot races. fight seems to be over the senate and to a lesser degree, the house, dana. >> i think it has been remarkable how many republicans have been able to local aisles their races, make it just about ohio or just about florida and try to really focus in on that and they've done pretty well.

example of that. they pulled money from the race and decided to let that one go. they're feeling the weight of it. joe heck in nevada. the balance of the senate hangs in or the power hangs in the balance. >> if you're the democrats, hillary clinton looking past donald trump, if you're a republican saying let's got give hillary clinton all of the power, is it too early? there are 15 days to go. >> it is a great message for republicans. dana is absolutely right. marco rubio is also doing very well polling way ahead of donald trump in the state of florida for a seat that he didn't even say he wanted. the democrats have pulled money out of that. the republicans are now making the overt message that hillary clinton is going to win. you need me as a check on her power is a stunning turn. >> is it too early? 15 days is a life time in politics. we don't have to tell you two veterans that. does donald trump have any

could the polls maybe not show as tight of a race as it is. that is what he suggests. he will point to polls that show a tighter race. >> they will have to do that. within a margin of error, florida he is spending today and tomorrow there. had a huge rally last night. unfortunately, i think for some of the supporters, they're confusing enthusiasm at rallies for votes at the ballot box. i don't think they're equal. there is enthusiast yams on their side. if you look at the democrats, as georgia and arizona, they really don't have that many resources going in there to expand that map the washington post columnist talks about telling republicans split your vote. split the ticket. whatever you're going to do at the top, fine, but do what you can for republicans, they need it. >> the news proved you right this weekend. >> she is always rights. >> donald trump has not shown any discipline in sticking to a message that can beat hillary

goes to gettysburg, gives the speech. talks about what he will do in 100 days and then talks about the women who accuses him of sexual misconduct. what is the headline that comes out? >> i'm going to sue them. he has a lot of things, i feel like this was a lights out kind of 14 day period that just ended for him but what his supporters have going for them is that they have now uprooted and changed he can be disciplined in the final 14 days, he can leave a stamp on his own movement. if he keeps talking about his grievances, keeps yelling about paul ryan, keeps threatening to sue the women, his power diminishes in the after math of the election. >> can we leave on a happy place? dana has written a book about her be loved dog jasper. it is relevant to politics. we all know that if you need a friend in washington, get a dog. if you want peace to be restored

your pet. >> that is true. and there are people who have unfriended their friends on facebook or feel like they avoid their neighbors so they don't have to talk about politics. >> or their parents. >> this has been a wonderful distraction. the book is let me tell you about jasper. it is based on a chapter that i took out of the first book that i took out that you had me on here to talk about. jasper, we bonded over our this is my message. if you feel like this year has been politically divisice. go to talk about the family pet. 68% of americans have a family pet. dogs are a great equalizer in a divicive year. >> politics off limits. >> not at the dog park, ever. >> you don't find it at the dog park. nicole and dana perino, thank you for being here.

>> and the book is perfect. i love it. >> thank you. let us turn to other news. iraqi forces backed by the u.s. are one week into that massive operation to reclaim mosul from isis. officials there are saying it is going faster than they had planned. nbc's richard engel is on the front lines. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. iraqi forces are saying it is going much faster than planned. today claiming that in just the first w that the combined iraqi and kurdish forces backed up by the u.s. have liberated 78 towns and villages from isis. isis is so called caliphate is under attack from kurdish troops who launched a major push towards the strong hold in mosul and iraqi counter terrorism forces trained by the u.s. to be the tip of the spear by the operation. u.s. backed iraqi forces are

this advance is moving further ahead quickly and the top iraqi commander says they expect to be in mosul in a matter of days. assisting at times from just a few miles from the front lines are around 500 american advisors who help with air strikes and coordination. there are about 5,000 more american troops on bases. defense secretary ash carter visited them this weekend. >> we're going to get better and better at combatting isil as they change, which they will. we'll still get better. >> reporter: with every new village liberated from isis, there are more signs of the group's radical intolerance. in particular, the persecution of christian peas who lived in this part of iraq since the earliest days of the faith. this sunday, a priest, and his wife, like many christians, forced out of their homes by

left of their beloved church. >> i'm so happy. this is two years and three months. >> reporter: they thank iraqi troops for having driven out isis. the church is still standing but des created. religious art, smashed. the iraqi troops celebrate the return of the christians but it is too dangerous for the priest to stays. he salvages books and vows to return when it is >> reporter: the biggest battles may only begin once iraqi forces reach the city of mosul itself. a senior iraqi official says there are 5,000 isis fighters in the city. among them, 1,500 foreign fighters, most of them from europe. matt, savannah? >> richard engel in iraq for us. that f you. we'll go to california where speed is a factor in a crash

casino when it slammed into the back of a tractor trailer. morgan, good morning to you. >> good morning. federal authorities are on the scene trying to figure out exactly what caused this horrific accident that killed 13 people and left a dozen more waking up in area hospitals like this. >> a weekend trip to the casino turned deadly. passengers, shaken. witnesses say around the tour bus left a salted sea beach casino headed for los angeles, an hour later, it slammed into the back of a tractor trailer in palm springs, knocking the driver unconscious. >> the impact hit me from behind and i just blacked out for a minute. i'm blessed to be alive. >> reporter: you can see they're actually cutting out pieces of the truck. the cargo inside, smashed and

significant that when it hit the back of the big rig, the trailer, the trailer itself entered about 15 feet into the bus. >> reporter: the california highway patrol telling nbc news fatigue may have been a factor. the bus driver was killed in the accident. armendo paz's sister was killed in the crash. he questioned whether the driver was alert. >> i tell her to be careful and you need to make sure the guy driving has to be responsible. memorial growing at one of the stops where the bus picks up passengers. some who remain in critical condition. >> are the victims expected to recover? >> we won't make any predictions. everybody that is in the intensive care unit is stable at this time. >> authorities, still trying to identify the deceased, searching for clues and answers. authorities have confirmed that they have all the names of the passengers on that bus, but they're having trouble identifying all of those victims

state or government issued ids. matt, savannah. thank you. we have sad news to tell you about. tom hayden, the famed 1960s anti-war activist and former husband of jane fonda has died. he died after a long illness. he made headlines after his trips to north vietnam and defendant in the chicago 7 trial. hayden changed paths winning elections to the california he served for two decades. he remained an enduring voice for progressive causes including education and the environment. tom hayden was 76 years old. there is new scrutiny this morning over the colossal $85 billion deal between at&t and time warner. on sunday, the two members of the senate's anti-trust sub committee said they would carefully examine that merger. both presidential campaigns weighing in as well. donald trump said he would block

hillary clinton's spokes person expressed skepticism saying, quote, market place competition is a good and healthy thing for consumers. federal regulators will have to approve it before they are allowed to proceed. we want to go back to the dramatic police chase video we showed you at the top of the show. a traffic stop turned into a high speed pursuit in california. it happened with a civilian on a ride along in the passenger seat. take a listen. >> he has a gun! no, no, no! >> shots >> no! no, no! >> shots fired. >> may berry and light house. >> no, no, no. don't follow him. >> the shooting happened early sunday morning northwest of fresno. the officer was not hurt. the civilian suffered minor scratches from broken glass. the suv was found abandoned a few blocks away.

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we are back at 7:30. it is monday morning, 24th day of october, 2016. we say good morning to some folks outside on our plaza. starting too on the plaza. >> a couple of people with indians hats out there. haven't seen a couple of cubs hats but i'm sure we will. an investigation is under way to find out what caused a crowded tour bus to crash right into the back of a tractor-trailer near palm springs on sunday. at least 13 people were killed, more than 30 others injured. police believe speed and driver fatigue may have been factors in that crash. bill murray was awarded the

the kennedy center. he immediately handed his prize to the audience to be passed around. the crowd filled with dozens of murray's co-stars over the years. >> as much as i dreaded this -- [ laughter ] >> -- dreaded this, i really had to come back to this idea that there was -- there was love. there's love. that's what we came with, what we go with. >> you can see the full ceremony friday night on pbs. with barel t the election, donald trump's campaign manager admits he's behind but insists the race isn't over. trump will be on the trail in florida today while hillary clinton has a rally scheduled in new hampshire. here's "today's" campaign moment. donald trump getting a much needed boost in the state of nevada. the las vegas review journal just became the first major newspaper to endorse trump. its editorial board writing, "he promises to be a source of disruption and discomfort to the privileged back-scratching

all right, meantime, the world series gets under way tomorrow night. it is an historic match-up between the chicago cubs and cleveland indians. the two teams hold the longest title droughts in all of baseball. 108 years for the cubs, 68 for the indians. so clearly, long-suffering fans are a little excited about all this. nbc's ron mott is at wrigley field in chicago. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. if somebody were writing a novel about how the cubs the world series, they would be hard-pressed to match the excitement that's match all around this city. the celebration is under way and they do not want the party to stop. to say life has changed since the chicago cubs had a world series to cheer is as obvious as the joy on display here. wedding vows, and a photo shoot, a huge run on memorabilia, a nod

1945 is when the cubs last appeared on t world stage and failed to win it all. the president tweeting -- holy cow. even this white sox fan was happy to see wrigley rocking. when the cubs were last baseball royalty way back in 1908, tv sz hadn't been invented. there were noro puzzled, toasters hadn't popped into our daily routine and band-aids weren't eastern. the ford model t was just starting to roll that fall. given the long lag in reaching baseball glory, seeing the cubs in person in the world series becomes a pricey, perhaps once in a lifetime proposition. especially considering their opponent, the cleveland indians, are thirsty for a title, too.

60s for games in cleveland, topping $3,200. nearly double in chicago, hitting super bowl levels -- $6,000-plus. >> don't have $3,000 for a ticket right now. >> reporter: two cities that will have a tale to tell. one triumphant, the other still waiting. everybody knows cubs fans are pretty passionate. here is a cub fan right here. secretary hillary clinton over the weekend. the moment after that amazing double play ended the game and the cubs are going series. people are still pinching themselves. they can't quite believe it. game one of the series starts tomorrow night in cleveland. guys, back to you. >> i am going to soak up every minute of this series. i can't wait. >> for fans it is a mix of joy and shock. >> i'm really excited. i lived in cleveland for five years. loved that town. we had a good time there during the convention. >> what stays in cleveland -- >> oh, right! let's show you what we got

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>> get that weather any time you need it. check out the weather channel on cable. >> what happened in cleveland? >> never mind. >> all right, al, thank you so much. we turn now to a family struggle nearly two years after a woman with terminal cancer chose to end her observe life. her mother is now releasing a memoir but her son-in-law says the book goes against his late wife's wishes. hoda h t >> it is complicated. brittany menard captured national attention when she decided to move to oregon so she could die on her own terms with a physician. at the time it was one of the few states where death with dignity laws were in place. a very important issue with brittany and her family. but just how to share brittany's story has shared disagreement with the family. >> neighbor looking and saying it looks like grade 4 which is the most aggressive and worst

was only 29 years old when she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. >> went from having potentially years of time to six months. >> reporter: it was almost impossible for her mother to unfathom. >> it began to unfold in a federal nightmare that no parent ever wants to face. and no one woman should ever have to face. >> reporter: in a new memoir, difficult journey and her own personal struggle as she tried to support her daughter's wishes to end her own life. but his menard's wishes about sharing her story that are now in question. in a post to his facebook page, dan diaz says that his late wife asked him to share the following statement if "this situation were to arise." which says in part i loved my mother very much but i don't want to be her a story teller about me. she's been a great mom and i wouldn't be here without her. but i don't want her to write about me.

>> when she talked about me working for the cause, she says use your strengths. she never said anything to me about that. so i don't know what to think of this statement. except that brittany said many, many things in those last days, and i, again, go back to honoring the brittany who i knew, not the brain tumor brittany. >> reporter: diaz tellsbc there areinaccuraies in the memoir and that menard specifically stated in the will that he should be the only one to represent her story. one that diaz believes will lead to further improvements in end of life care legislation. >> i can't tell you the amount of relief it provides me to know that i don't have to die the way that it's been described to me. >> reporter: it is a cause that was important to menard and one that her husband and mother are trying to champion, both moving

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has security experts concerned this morning. >> basically goes into folks' homes and takes over internet of things devices. and literally turns them into attack vectors. >> reporter: the attack used a new kind of software used to disable or infect computer systems. and in a new twist, it took control of tens of millions of personal devices connected to the internet, like home routers, baby monitors and cameras, without their owners' knowledge. the result -- customers throughout the u.s. w to access popular sites and aps like spotify, twitter, airbnb and etsy, among many others. >> i have security cameras. you have lights that you control. you have music systems. >> reporter: this home is filled with devices connected to the so-called internet of things. these devices are permanent fixtures in their life controlling their internet connection, thermostat, even the garage door. >> it is a contradiction because you are doing something to keep

it's disconcerting. it's frightening, especially with kids. >> it was absolutely unprecedented. >> reporter: the attack was tamed at dyn, a new hampshire company that helps internet clients like netflix and amazon. >> so what happened when the attack came down? >> it was wild. whole entire company stopping everything they're doing. >> reporter: hacks on home devices are expected to impact more and more by 2020, the number of devices in use will more than triple to 20.8 billion. as companies like dyn work to fend off future cyber attacks, they advise consumers to think carefully when they connect any device. >> think of a domain name or a website as the same as a story front of a brick and mortar store and think about all the things that go into that store. it is the electricity. it is the plumbing. it is the flooring. if you think about it in a real physical way, behind every

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up -- poll position. with just 15 days to go until the election, hillary clinton opens up a double-digit lead on donald trump. shifting her strategy to now simply dismissing her oppone >> i debated him for four and a half hours. i don't even think about responding to him anymore. >> this as trump remains defiant claiming he'll fight back to win the white house and shake things up. >> if we win on november 8th, we are going to fix our rigged system. it is a rigged, broken, corrupt system. plus, roker's road to recovery. >> we're trying to get that last

get these quadricep muscles to fire nice and strong. >> on al's first day back since his knee replacement surgery, he'll walk us through the breakthroughs in therapy that allowed him to get back on his feet so quickly. >> ice, ice, baby. and the stars are in studio 1a. tom hanks joins us live to talk about burning up the big screen in the new thriller "inferno." >> he has assigned a letter to order. >> someone created a plague. and anthony bourdain is in the kitchen to whip up something special from his family-inspired cookbook, "today," monday, october 24th, 2016. ?? >> four gals and four guys to see four hosts at the "today" show! >> we're twins celebrating our

"today" show. >> woo! >> good morning yoopers back in michigan. >> columbia, south carolina, celebrating our 20th anniversary. >> this is our year! go cubs! >> sorry, dad! >> woo! we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning. it is the 24th day of october, 2016. we have a particularly large and boisterous crowd. i think -- think they're here to welcome al back from two weeks of knee surgery. >> i don't know. i think anthony bourdain's got something to do with it. >> i would like to welcome you back with this laurel and hardy handshake. and a yooper bar. >> and a yooper for you, too. >> what's that? >> these ladies from the upper peninsula. >> upper peninsula, yoopers.

meanwhile, you mentioned anthony bourdain. over the years or his shown he has proven he is willing to eat just about anything, which is good, because today he is in the kitchen with savannah. so you never know what's going to happen. >> you know, my mother-in-law has a theory that they banned me from the cooking segments. i just want to say, i'm back! with anthony bourdain. >> get the fire extinguisher ready. >> first, let's get right to the day's headlines. it's time for the news at 8:00. we're in new hampshire where hillary clinton will be asking voters today to elect a democratic senate to strengthen her hand at governing if she defeats donald trump. >> reporter: leading in most polls, hillary clinton in north carolina sunday, turning her attention away from rival donald trump. instead, focusing on down ballot races, campaigning for senate candidate deborah ross, hoping to unseat republican senator richard burr. >> unlike her opponent, deborah has never been afraid to stand

north carolina. wrong for america. >> reporter: delivering a similar message saturday in pennsylvania, trying to help another woman, katie mcginty topple republican incumbent pat toomey. >> she's running against someone who refuses to stand up to donald trump. >> reporter: clinton exuding new confidence dismissing trump after he suggested a vast media conspiracy to rig the election for her. >> i debated him for four and a half hours. responding to him anymore. >> reporter: a defiant trump in florida sunday. >> if we win on november 8th, we are going to fix our rigged system. it is a rigged, broken, corrupt system. >> reporter: president obama mocking the republican nominee. >> donald trump's already talking about how the game's rigged. i got to say, that means he's losing. >> reporter: trump surprised his

ground of the battlefield, threatening to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, accusations he denies. >> every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> reporter: with a new poll showing trump trailing clinton by 12 points nationwide, his campaign manager admitting on "meet the press" -- >> we are behind. she has tremendous advantages. e happens to be her husband, campaigning for her. the current president and first lady, vice president, all much more popular than she can hope to be. >> reporter: all fodder for "saturday night live." >> repeat after me. i, donald trump. >> i, the best ever donald trump -- >> -- promise to accept. >> -- promise to accept. >> the results of this election. >> the results of this election. if i win. got you loser, trademark.

clinton will campaign in florida tomorrow for a two-day swing. in fact, it's a state that trump has to win if he's going to overtake clinton who has that double digit lead. matt? >> thank you, andrea. an intense manhunt under way this morning for a man suspected of shooting two police officers they were responding to reports of shots fired at a mobile home park in wellston, oklahoma last night when they came under fire. the officers are being treated for non-life threatening wounds. one suspect is in custody, another fled in a stolen police car, then carjacked another vehicle and is, as i mentioned, still at large. there was some high drama sunday on the delaware memorial bridge when an rv filled with marijuana laced candy burst into flames. there were five people inside the weed world candies vehicle which promotes the legalization of pot. all of them got out okay. the rv was heading to philadelphia when it caught fire on that bridge between delaware

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we are back now, 8:10, with an al returns version of what's "trending" today. >> he's only on a minimum painkiller, so this should be interesting. all right, let's get to the op-ed that had hundreds of people marching in defense of yoga pants. take a look at this. a rhode island newspaper published an editorial that said, yoga pants can be adorable on children and have the benefit of nature's blessing of youth. however, on mature adult women, there is something bizarre and disturbing about the appearance being made in public." now the writer said later he was just kidding. >> oh, yeah, right. >> he's a comedy writer. >> this was no joke. that was the scene outside. people all ages, both genders, turning out to march in support of women wearing whatever they

hath no fury like a woman in yoga pants scorned." >> you see the guy walking by? >> look at them now. doing the warrior pose out there. >> right across the guy's home. they didn't target him. but they wanted to show -- >> more like a parade. more like torches and lanterns and pitch forks. >> in yoga pants. now the leaning tower of -- san francisco. residents in the bay area are their 58-story tower. it was completed seven years ago. since then, it has sunk 16 inches into the ground. the problem is, it is not only sinking, it is also leaning more than seven inches at the top. all of this of course in the middle of an earthquake zone. experts say it is common for big buildings to sink, but more than a dozen residents are suing the developer, millennium partners, saying they weren't properly informed about this situation. it is a claim that the developer disputes.

the building is totally safe and says it's now working on a solution. >> wow! >> can you imagine? because the apartments look gorgeous. >> pricey. >> start on the 58th floor, now you are on the 56th floor. >> i don't know if i'd be all that comfortable. here is a question that i think determines whether you really are a dog person or not. do you let your dog lick your face? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> i don't know, but she lunges in and i >> if the dog licks me once, i kind of go it's fine. >> "the new york times" tackled the question. one expert told the paper dog saliva on human skin is extremely unlikely to cause problems in healthy people. but, but, but -- research does find dogs carry a host of bacteria and viruses and -- hold on, matt -- yeast in their mouth.

dogs lick your nose, your mouth or your eyes. >> you ever see where dogs are sitting, then -- all right. let's go to "popstart!" on that note, tamron. >> i'm going to try. taylor swift putting her own spin on one of the year's biggest songs. her ex, calvin harris and rihanna made it a super hit. it was revealed taylorel write the song with calvin. this weekend taylor performed a stripped-down cover of the hit. ? lightning just what you came for ? ? lightning strikes every time you move ?? >> that was taylor performing at the formula 1 grand prix in texas saturday. she called this concert her only show of 2016. >> wow. >> she worked really hard last year. all the pop-up shows.

i thought that was this year. now to "saturday night live." you guys see it? it was great! back at it over the weekend spoofing the final presidential debate and one of trump's most famous, or infamous, phrases from that night. >> people are just pouring into this country from mexico and a lot of them are very bad ombres. >> oh, bingo! bingo! i got bingo! i had bad ombres, racists, miss piggy, they're all living in hell, and if she wasn't my daughter. >> tom hanks was phenomenal. he played moderator chris wallace. hanks and musical guest lady gaga helping the show get its best ratings of the season. by the way, tom will talk with matt and savannah in our next half-hour. that is your "popstart!." i saw "inferno" over the

when i say woo-hoo-hoo. >> the guy who handles the pressure of releasing a blockbuster and hosting "saturday night live" in the same week. tamron, thank you. we're happy to have al back in studio 1a this morning less than two weeks after knee replacement surgery. question is, how you feeling? >> i'm feeling okay. little ouchy, but for the most part, i feel better than when i went in. technology and procedures have come such a long way, doctors want you back up and moving as soon that meant house calls from one tough physical therapist. >> reporter: you think that if you get knee replacement surgery, at least you'd get a little rest. right? wrong. not the case when your physical therapist is a 6'4" former college linebacker. billy campbell of the visiting service. he measures my progress, how farky bend my knee. >> breathe. good.

excellent. >> reporter: remember, i had that right knee totally replaced less than two weeks ago. we focus on three things to get me back and moving. first, strength. >> we're trying to get that last bit of extension in the knee and get these quadriceps muscles to fire nice and strong. this will help keep your knee from buckling when you walk. >> reporter: billy puts me through a series of exercises. next thing we focus on -- balance. this makes sure i can move around safely. >> if you're not stable on one leg, guess what? you're not stable walking. >> reporter: finally, agility. combining strength and balance. >> with the new prosthetic knee, your brain and your knee don't talk to each other. >> so it doesn't know that there's something not there. >> right. >> reporter: some fencing-style lunges and we are ready to take a stab at the stairs. good thing, because i live in a brownstone with plenty of stairs

>> reporter: billy says i'm not doing too badly. >> there's not a lot of people this early on after knee surgery that can do some of the things that he's doing, like the step-up on the stairs. >> reporter: when billy is done, it is time to ice my leg with a compression machine. my new best friend. >> ice, ice, baby. ? ice ice baby ?? >> again, the painkillers kicking in. it is really interng now i will transition to outpatient physical therapy. three to four days a week but that's the most important. the rehab and physical therapy. >> you had your other knee replaced 15 years ago. is it a huge difference in terms of -- >> yeah. i was in the hospital 11 days. i was out of work for almost a month. but i had some other mitigating circumstances. but this is completely different. >> you've been in great shape. i bet you that recovery made it easier because you are always on your bike, always doing stuff.

transition but i can honestly say i feel much better now than i did before i went in. >> all right, al. thanks very much. you have a check of the weather . >> rain and wind in the pacific northwest and northern california. sunshine in the east to begin week, but in the latter part of the week, we'll see strong storms from the midwest to the more heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest. rain by the end of the week here in the northeast. temperature wise, it is going to stay much above ave in the midsectionthe

>> that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right. >> al, thank you so much. no you to our new series "winning at all costs." for years researchers have studied long-term effects of concussions on football players. >> but there is a growing body of evidence that even hits that don't cause consuggestions could still be cause for concern. nbc's stephanie gosk isere with some groundbreaking results. steph, good morning. >> hey, guys, good mornin to a first of its kind study released today, looking specifically at young players 8 to 13 years old. what researchers discovered may make some youth leagues question how they practice and play and it may make some parents question whether or not their children should play at all. >> reporter: football practice in north carolina can get rough. former nfl player greg delong watches his son jake from the

out there. >> reporter: but the culture of the game he says has changed. >> we came up through the era, if your head wasn't hurting after a game or practice, you didn't play. you didn't play hard enough. >> reporter: these days, a ringing head is seen less as a badge of courage and more as a reason for concern. we already know concussions are bad, but now scientists are even beginning to look at the effect of sub-consuccessive hits, or hits that don't cause concussions at all. the "today" show was given exclusive access to research baptist medical center studying the effect of sub-concussive hits on football players between 8 and 13 years old. >> what about specifically a child's brain? is. >> yeah. that's a huge unknown. because the brain during that period of time is changing in ways that we are just now starting to understand. >> reporter: dr. alex powers with be a pediatric neurosurgeon, consulted during

the research team tracked 25 youth football players, recording every hit they took to the head over the course of a single season. and then compared images of the players' brains before and after. the first of its kind study discovered that football players at this young age are hitting each other hard enough and often enough to cause actual changes in the structure of their brains, even without getting concussions. >> we see a change in th harder, more so than the kids who hit less. >> reporter: the result revealed changes in the critical white matter of the players' brains over just one season. >> you can see that it is white. and again, those are sort of like the wires that connect different parts of the brain on which function unfolds. >> reporter: dr. chris whitlow one of the lead researchers stopped short of calling the changes in the players' brains actual brain damage. >> what do the changes mean?

most important, do these changes result in long-term changes in function, memory or any important in your ability to function day to day. >> reporter: the groundbreaking study relied on technology used for years in high school players and the nfl. >> so this is logging every hit on the field. >> yes. the senator fits in the helmet our sideline laptop. >> reporter: the sensors measure the location and the force of the hit in real time. >> as the arrow moves around the hit it is showing the changing impact location. >> reporter: every game, every practice, every hit, recorded. including on dr. powers' own son, john, who was one of the study's subjects. >> what have you seen as far as how hard the hits are on a field with kids this age? >> we've seen that they can

same as college players and high school players can. >> reporter: really! the players whose kids took part in the study had mixed reactions. >> do your job. >> reporter: this is north carolina, the heart of football country. delong has friends who have died from cte, the degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trauma to the brain. now he waits to see if the white matter in his son's brain changed over the course of this season. >> if jake is one of those players and patients, we're going to >> reporter: kendra's 13 and 11-year-old boys both took part in the study. >> actually, my oldest, i found that he was sleeping with the football. so that's just -- i mean they truly love this sport. >> reporter: she keeps a list of concussion symptoms on the door of her refrigerator says she won't pull her kids from the game until she knows more. >> the only result that could possibly be alarming to me is that the potential link to other

of -- memory loss. >> reporter: researchers are hoping to follow the players through high school and perhaps longer, but the kinds of results she is waiting for are years away, at best. this study is really just a start. >> people feel, as you say, very passionately about football. are we as a country getting closer to dealing with the reality of the danger? >> sometimes i think so. and sometimes not. again, we are extremely sight of the fact that these are real human beings that are subjecting their bodies to this. >> the scientists who conducted this study say funding is still one of their largest battles. following players for years will be incredibly expensive and they told me they spend much of their time just trying to secure the money they will need to do it. >> that's fascinating. lot of parents going to be paying close attention to that, steph. thank you very much. wow. look at the orange room.

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8:30 now. it is monday morning, it is the 24th of october, 2016. we've got a big crowd out here. it is feeling like fall. hi, charlie. you can lick my legs. what did we learn? maybe not lick the face, right? by the way, charlie's the greatest dog. can we give a little shout out to charlie and olivia?

>> i'm saying good boy, charlie. last week it felt kind of hot, this week it feels like fall is here. >> gorgeous. coming up, what a cast of kashts we have. tom hanks is here. his newest blockbuster is about to open. he hosted "snl" this weekend. that guy's amazing. also ahead, a new look at the life of muhammad ali that has his wife, lonnie, teami with yankee legend derek jeter. we'll talk to both of those stars in a minute. and we could not be more excited to have savannah back in the kitchen. but she's with anthony bourdain. these upping your game. he's going to share with us one of his favorite recipes. >> i am ready. sounds delicious. sausage, gravy. come to mama. >> it's been ten years since he's been here?

check of the weather? let's see what we've got planned for you today. hurricane season coming to a close. all in all, not too bad. we are coming right toward the end. it lasts in it will the end of november but so far this year we have 14 named storms. average 12. six hurricanes, right on average. three major hurricanes so far. again, the average, three. so we are right on target where we should be as far as hurricanes are concerned. for today, much above average of the country, heavy rain and wind in the pacific northwest and northern california. here in the east coast, plenty of sunshine and cooler temperatures.

hey, don't forget, get that weather in he time you need it, go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. all right, now matt and savannah. >> one of our favorites is here, mr. tom hanks. two oscars, four golden globes. >> long ago, long ago. >> and his movies that grossed more than $8 billion. >> i've been told that. i kind of think someone's cooking the books. >> he based on dan brown's best selling novel. this time he has to unlock clues

virus. >> we can't stay here. if a plague exists, do you know how many governments would. want it? what they'd do to letters. he has assigned a letter to each sin but then changed their order. >> he's made an anagram. >> yes. anagram. >> tom hanks, good anagram thing. >> this virus, this worldwide plague. if i had the flu shot this year, does that cover me from this thing? >> i don't know. there might be a conspiracy to give you the virus when you get the flu shot. i'm joking! please! internet, internet, take it as a joke, please, internet. >> now you have to describe this plot to us but matt and i are

malthusian theory. when i was in junior college we finished a history course and the professor wrote you need to learn this word. he wrote the word triage which represented the concept that eventually the world will have too many people in it in order to subsist on its own. that stuck with me for a long time. that's what "inferno" is about. the quantum physics of overpopulation. and it gets the could be too many people on the >> just give us a 20-second definition of malthusian theory. >> that's what i'm built for. >> when ron howard was asked about you in langden, he says you are like a dog with a bone. that makes you very much like this character. both curious. is that fair? >> when i read these books, i do it with my google page open because everything dan brown references, you search out. there is pieces of art,

it ends up -- i come in armed and ready to go and i could start pointing out stuff even before we start. >> i was going to say, one of the great things about doing these movies, i would think, is they are always set in the most beautiful places. it's florence. it's istanbul. it's ninth circle of hell -- okay, just kidding. but i mean, beautiful settings. what a nice place to go for the office. >> it was a great thing. the only thing we might -- we sometimes have to put up cones and say thingse are closed. we do piss off some people who have agendas. i have one day to see the hall of 500! and i don't get to see it today? and it is a beautiful place. walking to work in the morning at 5:45 with my own cappuccino and you got to go across the ponte beccio. oh, yes, dante was here. if i had the right set of keys,

through secret passageways where no one else gets to go because i know where they all are now. >> you spent the weekend hosting "saturday night live." you're there at a time where the show is feasting, feasting on politics. >> wednesday night, we are watching the debate on the 17th floor of 30 rock. the entire building is shut down. everybody's locked on the monitor. and for 90 minutes we're going, hey, that's good. oh with be we could use that. oh, alec will go nuts on this. we think, hey, we've done pretty good. and then in the last 30 seconds, a gift unto -- i'll keep you in suspense, i'll let you know the day. comes. i said holy cow! this is the high country. they were very happy up there. >> this is not your first rodeo. you've done "snl" -- >> nine times. yes, yes. >> do you get nervous, the whole live thing? >> no. the thing is the writing ends up being so key. it is a very intricate puzzle.

how they transform right up until you walk out on stage. >> they change it last-minute, don't they? >> this he have internal cuts to the scene. even like as american dad, even there, trim, trim, beat, beat, cut, cut. you honestly have seven seconds to look at the pages and just pray it's on the cards and it's always on the cards. >> you may have gotten a sense of this as we were introducing tom, but he is always one to go to self-deprecating humor when you start to compliment him. >> well. >> but i will say that you are probably a real good bet to get another oscar nomination. >> well, you know, if they invite me to the pancake breakfast -- here's the thing. if they invite you, they give everybody a little thing. they give out tvs and waffle irons. it is a pancake breakfast.

win that. >> thank you. you are a beautiful liar. >> what's going on? there are all kinds of women like you around there. the orange room was filled with them. >> dylan. there she is. tom hanks, it is the "today" show. "inferno" opens on friday. up next, derek jeter and muhammad ali's widow, lon in i lonnie ali, will tell us what

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fascination with muhammad ali. i've read everything i can read. borders on obsession. i started going through the pages of this and i saw images i had never seen before whichs amazing. what was it like pulling this together? >> it was awesome. when ali estate reached out to us and said that they were interested in this project, it was a no-brainer for us. because we want to capture ali with a unique perspective of lonnie and the family. it doesn't get any that. >> when you saw these images, what memories these must have brought back. >> oh, i mean they span his lifetime. and it shows all facets of mohammed. in the childish, impish mohammed. serious athlete mohammed. the pensive mohammed. mohammed that belonged to the world, the icon. then it shows him in his later years. >> "unfiltered" is a series of books. but could there be a better

ali than "unfiltered." because he spoke his mind. >> he was always unfiltered. >> do have you a favorite picture in the book? >> my favorite pictures in the book -- most people know muhammad inside the ring. but i like to see the pictures of him outside the ring, interacting with kids who at the time probably didn't even know who he was. but the smiles that he put on their faces, just shows a great deal about his personality. >> how about you, lonnie? you have one picture in there? >> yeah. interesting he said that, it is about the children, about the next generation. there was a picture in there of a little boy, he must be 2 with a muhammad ali t-shirt on with muhammad on the front. it was wonderful to see this little one, this muhammad is being passed down to that next generation. >> derek, you are also an athlete who rose to the top of your chosen sport, as muhammad did. muhammad also decided he wanted to have a big impact not only with kids but with people all

that the power of sport could be and the power of a personality? >> well i mean, first things first. he was a fierce competitor, obviously. he outworked, he outtrained everyone. when you talk about legacy, you can have a legacy on the field, in the ring, but i think a lot of people are more consumed with their legacy away from the ring. that was muhammad. i mean what he stood for, it goes without saying. he's someone that all athletes look up to. the way he stood up for what he believed in, in a time there were repercussions for that. says how strong of a character he is. >> i think of muhammad often when i watch football on sundays these days. i watch the protests and i watch the reaction to a guy like colin kaepernick who's decided to take a knee during the national anthem. muhammad would have had something to say about that. >> that's true. he would have. he would have been very proud of colin. maybe not doing it the way he

knew that was wrong that was going on in society and standing up for are social injustice. you don't see enough of that. athletes have that platform. i'm glad to see that they're taking it. >> when this guy retired over here, lonnie, i sat down, we talked. i gave him a list of athletes and i said, muhammad ali, michael jordan, brett favre, what do they have in common. he immediately said they're all winners. i said, no, they also all came back from retirement. >> that's true. >> he didn't take will you take the bait now? >> i can stop the question now. no. no. i don't think anyone would want me to come back from reenvironment. >> retirement. >> world series. prediction. >> you put me on the spot. >> like you didn't know i would ask you that? >> i'm happy for both cities. >> who do you want to win? >> the team i want to win already lost. i don't root for the teams that i don't play for.

for either city. >> no. >> we'll talk off camera. >> lonnie, always good to see you. >> good to see you, too, matt. >> keeping nice company. derek, always great to have you back as well. the book "muhammad ali unfiltered" is out now. check it out. up next, we're in the kitchen with anthony bourdain. but first on monday morning,

we're back at 8:48. chef, author and award-winning television host, ant infy anthony bourdain is here. he is out with a long overdue family-inspired cookbook called "simply appetite." anthony, good morning. to nice to have you here. >> thank you. good to be here. >> there is a genuine energy in the whole studio, not just because we all love you -- >> that's hunger.

but first i want to ask about the cookbook. it's actually been ten years since you wrote one. >> i think i'm trying to make up for my sins. i enjoy my work so much. i try to be useful this time. i'm father of a 9-year-old. these are dishes that she likes and it's very much a book geared towards being useful and entertaining at home with a 9-year-old in mind. >> so it is not so adventurous as to be intimidating. >> no. no. i think reasonable expectations should be an important part of a ok they're likely to mess up and what they should and shouldn't try if you're really trying to impress people. i think a lot of cookbooks are unrealistic in that waynd a i think this is geared very much towards ordinary cooks cooking at homes for friends and family. >> besides accessibility, there a common thread but the recipes or is it different cuisines? >> stuff i like and connect with on an emotional level, not fancy. and a few greatest hits from around the world that i picked

any late night stoner in a dormitory should be able to throw together. >> you just described me in my college years. okay, just kidding! not really. let's get to cooking. i'll follow you because we are going to make something absolutely delicious. our taste testers are downstairs very anxious to try it. does your daughter like adventurous cuisine or is she like a chicken tenders gal? >> she's very daring with her food and was eating oysters at age -- i never tried to m open to everything. >> what are we making today? >> we're doing what basically every grandmother in italy does better than me. in fact, probably every grandmother in italn-american grandmother in new jersey. but this was sunday gravy, a combination of getting two dishes out of one. slow braise some meat. i'm using ox tail here. >> why the choice of ox tail? >> this is the traditional thing. you can use beef short ribs

you could use chicken bones as well. i think it is important people understand that you should never overcrowd the pan when you brown the meat. brown the meat. once it is browned, remove it from the pan. you get all this nice brown stuff down there. you have your meat over here. >> add in some of our spices here. >> onions. you want to sort of southwest them for a bit. very important to salt your onions at this time. >> you are browning the oxtail first. >> oxtail and neck bones. you don't want to crowd the pan. little pepper. crushed red pepper. little oregano. garlic. i'm speeding this up but generally once they're sort of soft and clear, very important. sort of chef's trick. throw in your tomato paste.

there. saute it for a while until it gets brown. and starts to stick to the pan. doesn't look too pretty but at this point, deglaze with some red wine. a little stock. and you scrape up all of that good stuff. reduced by half you get something that very much looks like this. >> looks meaty. >> now you can add your crushed tomatoes. >> you said you were taught this by a real italian grandma who kept hitting you every time -- >> that was in naples. she wasically hitting me -- >> that's what matt does to me during the show. >> saute some basil, bay leaf, little rosemary and thyme. throw it in with the meat, bring it to a boil, put on the lid and

about two and a half hours, at which point you can then throw in your sausages, back in the oven for another half-hour and through the manlic of television -- >> and downstairs, let us taste. what do you guys think? >> you're too late. we've been tasting since this segment started. >> some great bread to some of the sauce. >> and there we go. you should have nice, tender, full off-the-bone meat. what you want to serve on the side as a second course, using that sauce with all thatic in that so you get two courses for one out of relatively inexpensive ingredients. then you actually kind of have three courses because at the end of the day you can do your -- >> you need a good bread and really get it in there. >> it is not worth eating any more if you can't drag bread through at the end. >> the book is called

recipe. we're back in a moment. this is "today" -- >> savannah, can i just say it is so nice to see you two together. not you and anthony. no, you and the stove. >> oh, you!

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