good morning. the battle for florida. trump and clinton making last-minute pleas i good morning. the battle for florida. trump and clint job making last mf minute pleas in the sunshine state whe a up by two points. >> you put her in as president, u're crazy. >> donald trump is attacking everything that has set our country apart for 240 years. >> as those accusations of trump's inappropriate comments lead to this heated exchange. >> you know what, mr. speaker? i am not fascinated by sex, but i am fascinated by the protection are of women.

campaign manager joins us live to talk about it all. midair mystery, a british airways flight from san francisco to london forced to make an emergency landing after every member of the crew suffered an unexplained illness. so why were none of the passengers affected? the investigation into what happened. breaking his silence -- >> they were trying to make something out of everything they could. >> former congressman gary condit speaks out 15 years after e this morning, what he's making about their relationship, her visits to his condo and the investigation into her unsolved murder. and cleveland rocks. >> into left. at the wall. good-bye! >> the indians hammered the chicago cubs, 6-0, grabbing an early lead in their historic showdown. >> the 2-2. indians win game one.

about to surprise two very lucky fans with the hottest tickets in town. today, wednesday, october 26th, 2016. >> from are nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. did you stay up at all? to watch the pitches? sure wouldn't miss it for the world. >> he, as my 15-year-old son would say, is a beast. no question. what a great game he pitched. good morning for cleveland, not such a good morning for chicago. >> but it's early. >> a lot of baseball to talk about. led us start, though, on this wednesday morning with the state of the race, november 8th. now just 13 days away. all this week, both the trump and clinton campaigns have been focusing on florida. crisscrossing that battleground

>> this morning, a new bloomberg politics poll has trump pulling ahead there, a narrow lead, though, 45% to 43%. clinton is making two more stops in the sunshine state today. trump spends his morning at a ribbon cutting in washington, d.c. for his new hotel and heads to a rally in north carolina this afternoon. >> as we mentioned, we'll talk to trump's campaign manager in a moment live, but first hallie jackson kicks off our coverage. good morning. >> hey there, matt. good morningyo stop here today at his hotel, one of about a dozen visits trump has made to one of his properties in this campaign as a tangible sign of his leadership, a way of showing he can get things done. but to his critics, it's simply self-promotion, a head scratching strategy and a way to spend one of 13 days left before this election. today, more of commercial than a campaign stop. the gop nominee using his

of his policy easy, attending a ribbon cutting for his new d.c. hotel. he's opening up a new line of attack against hillary clinton. in an interview with reuters tuesday, donald trump slamming her position on syria. >> with her, you'll end up in world war ii i. she doesn't know what she's doing. >> that statement coming as he pumps the brakes on top limit financing, pushing back on a washington story suggesting he's another high level source acknowledges a slowdown. trump acknowledging a throwdown. >> did you see where biden wants to take me to the back of the barn? >> reacting to the vice president saying this. >> i wish we were in high school so i could take him behind the gym. >> i'd love that. mr. tough guy. you know, he's mr. tough guy. >> the point i was make sg he is trying to dumb down, he's

>> trump sounding prout proud of his scrappy spirit in newly released audio he did two years ago discussing his childhood with a biographer who now supports hillary clinton. >> i love to fight. i always loved to fight. >> physical fights? >> yeah, all kinds of fights. >> arguments? >> all types of fights. any kind of fight win loved it. >> another unearthed video shows trump saying something very different in 2008 about his 2016 rival. >> i think she's a wonderful n. misunderstood. hillary is a very smart woman, very tough woman. >> with just under two weeks to go, trump is sharpening up his latest attack against clinton point to go insurance rate hikes some consumers will see next year under the health care law. >> oh bare macare. >> clinton seeming unphased, anyhow hold ago solid lead nationally and a smaller one in ski states like florida. >> pay no attention to the polls. don't get complacent.

out. >> comfortable enough to check out an adelle concert overnight. >> don't vote for him. that's what i'm saying. >> and sweeting about her endorsement from collin powell, calling him a decorated soldier and distinguished statesman, she's facing fallout from a new wikileaks release of her campaign manager's account. else learned it through news report. >> a top clinton aide wrote, we need to clean this up. he has e-mails from her. they do not say state.gov. >> and when it come to the state of play in different battlegrounds, you're seeing clinton's team trying to sxan the map to arizona. out with new spanish speaking ads in that state. mike pence is playing defense in utah, a state where it's a third

strong. matt, savannah. >> hallie, thank you very much. kellyanne conway, great to see you. >> good morning. good to see you. >> in these last 13 days, matter so much and a candidate's time is like precious gold in these final days, what does it say that donald trump is choosing to spend any of those minutes pr own brand as opposed to getting out there and really asking people for his votes? >> he's doing all the above, savannah. 12 stops in florida over the last 2 1/2 days. it reflected in that new poll where he's ahead of hillary clinton by two points even though she's outspent us by like 8:1 on the air.. he's making a pit stop here in washington and his under budget ahead of schedule hotel is showing americans the tangible

trump.. he's somebody who builds things, he's somebody who fixes things. hillary clinton went to being a quarter of a billionaire. how does he do that? she sold access. and respectfully, hillary clinton has time to go to an adelle concert and everybody thinks that's really cool. donald trump stops off to unveil just an incredible, stunning piece of architecture and new hotel, first class hotel and everybody's hair is on fire. >> so instead of being out there, ou >> tangible accomplishments of donald trump. >> so instead of being out there for these next 13 days .maybe he has time to do all of this, but instead of just talking about e-mails and obamacare and syria and driving home the issues, you're comfortable this morning with donald trump, the real estate developer, the salesman, the pitchman out there and that's one of the images that's going to be on tvs all day long. >> he can do all of the above, matt. hillary clinton took five days

and everybody looked at that as a noble exercise with 23 days to go. nobody covered that as to where is she? why isn't she campaigning much? this man, in public view, will be with his family, true family business here for a couple of hours and everybody is questioning it. he has been in florida for 2 1/2 days, 12 stops in the state of florida, all over, dotted the map of florida. tomorrow, north carolina, tomorrow ohio. then we'll maine. so he has the most active campaign schedule of the two candidates by far. >> okay. >> she has super surrogates like both obamas and former president clinton. she's doing this all on his own. >> and that's a separate discussion about why that might be. but let's talk about what he's saying on the trail. a lot of things he's saying a lot to his supporters are we're winning, don't believe the polls, the media is dishonest.

surveys there were. there's some that show a tight race, some that show a wide race. why doesn't he just level with his own supporters who adore him and say, you know what? the polls are all over the place. get out there and vote for me. why does he have to construct this thing about the votes are rigged, why not just level with supporters saying we're in a race here and i need your vote. >> he does tell them to vote. in fact, allr savannah, we saw people in lines in some places -- >> but kellyanne, you know his big pitch is how the system is broken and rigged and there might be voter fraud. i guess my point is why not lay it out straight for your voters instead of constructing this whole reality where everything is a fraud? why not just say, look, we're in a big battle here. >> do you hear what hillary clinton -- are you aware of what hillary clinton and joe biden say about him in a given day?

and then they put tens of millions of dollars behind the politics, the personal destruction and -- >> but that's not an answer to the question. fair enough, but if you don't mind, answer that question. >> you're asking me why he talk bes a big, construct system. and the presumption of the question is that he's the one that's being most nasty out there where it's not a close call who is running the nastiest -- >> that's not the implication i meant to send. it's just that's his argument. >> on the rigged, corrupt syst h talking about people being left behind. he's talking about the forgotten man and the forgotten woman that the system does not work for them. and savannah, they agree or we wouldn't be competitive in this race. 75% of americans in the country want to take this country in a new direction. he is their voice. >> if you're out there, though, and you're saying we're winning when the polls -- and we've got the sheet in front of us here -- show otherwise, then if you get to election day and you don't

point that it must have been rigged. i told you we were winning and all of a sudden we didn't win. isn't that going to take the trump supporters and send them down the road angry thinking they got ripped off? >> and is that fair to them? >> no. no, the trump supporters, if they're angry at anything, it's angry at washington. it's angry at wall street. it's angry at the fact that they're now opening their mailboxes as i sit here and getting walked with these premium increases. in nevada this morn e-mail, 14%. got an e-mail from a healthy young man yesterday, his premium doubled. americans can't afford this, this thing called obamacare and it's not working. hillary clinton owns it. donald trump has a plan to let you buy your insurance across state lines, block grant medicaid to the states and certainly allow you to buy more patient-centric free market health care plans to through

for obama care. this is what is motivating people to stand in line to come to the rallies, 15,000 strong and to stand in line and vote. those who want to say the election is over aren't paying attention to the fact that voters deserve their voice and to exercise their choice and most of them will do that in 13 days. >> we certainly support the voters rights' to exercise their choice. no question about it. kellyanne, thank you. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having he. thank you both. let's talk now about a growing thousands of u.s. soldiers ordered to repay enlistment bonuses during the iraq and afghanistan wars. this morning, defense secretary ash carter voiing to resolve that issue. in an exclusive interview with nbc news, carter said the government needs to do the right thing by our service members. >> the least and there are people there in harm's way doing necessary work for the united states. i think what's important is

deserves the respect and the treatment that they deserve. they've made a commitment to us. we need to keep our commitments to them. >> you can see much more of that conversation with secretary carter tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt. also this morning, an investigation is under way into an emergency landing by a british airways flight from san francisco. the plane was forced to divert to vancouver after its entire crew, but no passengers reported feeling ill. here is nbc's morgan >> emergency landing as a mysterious illness strikes three pilots and 22 crew members leaving pass ekers in shock. >> why was it just the crew? what's happening in the cockpit sdmp liz was one of 400 passengers on flight 286 headed from san francisco to london monday night when the plane was forced to land in vancouver. >> i looked at the tv screen and

u-turn and i was like, what's going on here? >> passengers were confused when first responders rushed crew members to the hospital. >> when i got off the plane, i could see the firemen were there. everyone looked confused and unsure exactly what was happening. >> none of the passengers were sick and all the crew members later released to the hospital. the cause of the illness, still a mystery. >> if there is any type of emergency, you're dependent upon that cabin crew, if they're le tharnlgic, they're not physically capable of assisting emergency situation. then that puts passenger safety at risk. >> british airways sent passengers a letter apologizing for the inconvenience and offering new flights and hotel rooms. a journey still ahead with questions still lingering. morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. another big story has a lot of people talking this morning. the start of the world series. the cleveland indians took came one last night in their historic matchup against the chicago cubs.

field in cleveland. must have been a fun scene there last night, good morning. >> good morning to you. the crowd was loud, the cheers were loud and so were the moans and growns. if this is any indication, these players and fans are going to go all out to make sure they get out on top. >> on a crisp fall closer to end one of baseball's driest spells. here and in chicago, every pitch, every catch, savor or soured. agony and ek tasy -- >> bigger. >> powered bay lifetime of hope and disappointment. even 104 yooerldz indians super

bedtime back to enjoy the historic matchup, surrounded by generations of her own tribe. >> i think we're the better team overall and we're going to come out on top. >> win or lose, fans on both sides are infected with pride. >> it's something to be emotional about. >> at last, the reward for remaining ever faithful, some longer than others never doubting their commitment. >> amazing. love it. it's a great day to be in cleveland. >> though 60 years have passed since cleveland fittinging gown, they were at least in the conversation. on tuesday night next door, consolation, the man they called the king getting emotional collecting more jewels, lebron james and the cavaliers honored with their championship rings. meantime, not even nana was around when the cubs last ruled the diamond in 1908. so ending that streak for their fans is a dream long repeated with the cubs' first official chance in 71 years finally coming true.

a smile on all the faces of cleveland indian fans. the team that wins the first game of the world series has gone on to win the last six straight world series 17 of 19. so good news for cleveland fans. not so good for the cubs fans. matt, savannah, back to you. >> ron, thank you very much. corey kluber struck out eight of the first nine outs. i mean -- >> he was really pinpointing his pitches. that's what they told me to say. off her list there. >> i love it, though. it is so great. >> he and everybody whip? >> no. >> don't forget we're giving away tickets to tonight's game in cleveland and another one in chicago. today.com has been flooded with creative entries from super fans of the indians and the cubs. we're going to surprises the winners of our first pair of tickets coming up in just a little while. let's take a look at the weather this morning. >> by the way, we're going to

of pending bad weather. >> okay. >> so we'll take a look at that in just a bit. look at what's going on in the northeast in new england from massachusetts all the way to kentucky, 32 million folks under some sort of frost advisory or freeze warning. big area of high pressure dominating. so look at these temperatures. 30 big hamilton. 39 in new york city. harrisburg, p.a., 34 degrees. 37 in boston. the next several days, look at how chilly it stays. low 40s we start to warm up as we get toward the end of this week.. we're going to get to your local forecast, coming up in the next 30 seconds. do awake. i just want to make sure this brain stays in hyperdrive. hey we hear you. that's why aarp created staying sharp. it's more than brain games. it's a personalized, 360 approach to brain health. with assessments and tools that can help you keep your brain sharp. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp."

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we're back at 7:30 wednesday morning, the 26th of the october, 2016. there's a lot of smiling faces out on our plaza on a chilly day. just 41re morning. wintry. i think that's wintry. >> a lot of those people didn't have to stay up too late. the game wasn't one of those marathons or anything like that. we'll get outside and say hi to them in a little while. let's check today's headlines. busch gardens tampa bay has closed it's congo river rapids ride. the move is being made out of an abundance of caution as investigators look into tuesday's malfunction on a similar ride in australia. that accident killed four people.

last night and take a 1-0 lead in the world series. game two is tonight. as al mentioned, because of a threat of rain, the start time has been moved up one hour so it starts at 7:00 eastern time. hillary clinton is spending another day in florida, courting early voters in that battleground state. donald trump heads to the nation's capital for the opening of his new hotel before rallies in north carolina tonight. and here is today's campaign moment. newt gingrich clashing with fox news'syn predator -- >> he's not a sexual predator. you can't say that. >> i'm not taking a position on it. >> you can't say that statement. i'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true. you want to go back to the tapes of your show recently, you are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public policy. >> me, really? >> that's what i get out of watching you tonight. >> you know what, mr. speaker, i'm not fascinated by sex. but i am fascinated by the

in the oval office. i think the american voters would like to know -- >> that's why we're going to send bill clinton back to the east wing because, after all, you were worried about sexual predators. >> the american public is less interested in the deeds of hillary clinton's husband than they are in the deeds of the man who asked us to make him president, donald trump. we're going to have to leave it at that and you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, mr. speaker. thanks for being here. >> and you too. >> so i'm not sure they'll be a coming days. >> 13 days until this election is over. >> that's an extraordinary exchange. i honestly think after watching it that megyn was making a reasonable and rational point but it got out of hand real quickly. >> it's interesting to see the passion on all sides. >> that exchange went pretty viral pretty quickly. other news, some new revelations tied to the disappearance and death of washington intern chandra levy. although he denied any involvement and was quickly dismissed as a suspect,

that congressman gary condit was somehow involved. well, now 15 years later, he is finally speaking out and nbc's joe fryer has more on that story. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the chandra levy scandal ended the political career of gary condit. now after 15 years he's sharing his thoughts in his new book "actual malice." he sat down with dr. phil to talk about the book, and dr. phil gave us a preview. >> w i years he's finally deciding to speak out now? >> because he feels like he was tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. >> reporter: in 2001, the married congressman was accused of having an affair with government intern, chandra levy. >> does he address the question about his relationship with chandra levy? >> most certainly. he addresses it with more candor and transpair aens than he ever

>> you developed a friendship with her and saw her outside the office, correct? >> i saw her one time at a restaurant and she came by my condo once. >> she came by your condo once? >> maybe twice. i think it was twice she came by. >> okay. >> but once again, i want to make this clear. there's nothing unusual about someone coming by my condo. a lot of people did. so people have made some speculation about that being something special, but -- >> well, were the police making >> they were trying to make something out of everything they could. >> reporter: a development shocking to condit considering he helped launch the investigation. >> when chandra went missing, her father called my home in california and he was, you know, extremely concerned about her whereabouts. >> was he calling just because you were his congressman or was he calling because he knew you had a relationship with chandra? >> he knew that i was her

the office. he had no other contact in washington, d.c., so he called my home. >> was there ever a time that you weren't active in trying to help locate this young woman? >> no. i had made a commitment to dr. levy and mrs. levy that i would do everything i could to get the police engaged. >> reporter: it wasn't until 2010 that a man already serving time for sexual assault was charged and found guilty of levy's murder. but this year after a retrial was the charges against him altogether, saying they could no longer prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. now condit has co-authored "actual malice." >> this is an astoundingly candid book. this is not a spin book. he's very critical of law enforcement. he's very critical of the media. he's very critical of himself. >> reporter: condit tells dr. phil he kept gifts in his office and once gave levy a gold

and i'd say pick a hat. so she came in and she had a gift for me, which was chocolates. i opened by door, reached in and said we have one for you from the office, you're graduating, you're getting your master's degree. >> reporter: dr. phil says condit is a man at peace, but also a man with unfinished business. >> and the unfinished business is that no one is currently bowing held accountable for what happened to chandra levy, and that's painful >> throughout this scandal, condilt has denied having an affair with levy. scusses the issue with more candor and.befo it airs thursda on dr. phil. >> okay, thank you. mr. roker, check of the we her. >> let's start out again and headut to cleveland, ogressive field. as we mentioned, we are looking at wet weather moving in, although the heaviest rain

rain starts late at night. maybe a few scattered showers and 49 degrees. here's what's causing it, low pressure coming out of iowa, scattered showers, thunderstorms move through chicago late tonight on into tomorrow. cleveland will get its heaviest rain after the game is over, unless they go into extra innings, but there's so much cold air banked in over the northeast, we're looking at snow in the northeast. in the m we're looking at snow in the northeast. but in the meantime, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches, including could see up to 2 inches of rain in partsew england. but look at the upper elevations of upstate new york and new england. winter weather advisories and

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we're back at 7:43. that's a look at the new trump international hotel in washington where that ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held today. >> donald trump's business empire getting a lot of atteion in the presidential not all of it positive. three democratic senators want to see next year's u.s. women's open golf tournament moved from a trump course in new jersey. how else is the trump brand being impacted by this white house bid? nbc national correspondent peter alexander takes a look.teor all buildings and billions, donald trump's bigge asset may be his name. >> i built a phenomenal business with incredible iconic assets.

times a personal campaign, with frequent visits to trump properties. >> it will be one of the great hotels anywhere in the world. inside the light house right now is incredible suites. it's the largest winery on the east coast. i own it 100%. >> reporter: and again tuesday. >> we're at trump nna doral and it's one of the great ples on earth. >> reporter: but just blocks from his home in trump tower, nearly 400 residents at the signed a petition to dump the trump name. >> all the things that the trump name brings up. >> reporter: trump helped develop the complex. it's owner telling nbc news we have a contractual obligation regarding the use of the name. adding, they may assess the continued use of the name at the appropriate time, but they have measured the doormen for new uniforms without the trump name and rolled out new carpets. what about trump's other

condo sales and hotel booki are down this year. but any drop may not be politics, instead an economic downturn. there are signs the trump name still sells. real estate sight zillow says august sales fortrump's manhattan cdo gw at a faster rate thanhe overall marketn the last year. the trump organization that is privately held and d't sales numbers tells nbc newshe ving theest year in its history with record l results. >> vyrump targeted a0s his customers, as the people who went to his hotels, hisolf co hids or his apartment are not the people who are suppngn this election. it's ait of a brand nightmare. >> reporter: earlier this month a protester spray painted graffiti aoss trump's brand new d.c. hotel, where t celeityncelled plans for a rerant. more recently following trump's lewd comments about women, the

fund-raiser that was to be held at the mar-a-lago club in palm beach. a spokesperson saying the trump brand remains incredibly strong. adding we continue to outperform our competitors and are very enthusiastic about the future. but noticeably missing from its new hotel line targeting millenials, the trump name. instead calling itself scion, meing descendt of a notable family. speaking of family, trump's daughter may be taking a hit. with women using the power of the ivanka trump's line of products. the oule gngviral. what ifmp wins >> if he were to become president, a lot of people would assign even more cache to the name. a lot of people might not. >> reporter: trump testing the old line that there's no such thing as bad publicity. for "today," peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >> all right.

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and following in their father's footsteps. coldplay's chris martin upstaged by his own two kids at a fund-raiser as daughter apple and son moses prove dad's not thenl one who can sing, "today," wednesday, october 26th, 2016. >> in the big apple from the big >> celebrating 62 years young on the "today" show! >>ood morning, fargo, north dakota. >> celebrating o 26th anniversary on "today"! >> we are hee ovthe "today" show! >> we're best friends. >> but i'm a cubs fan.

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them, so don't tell them you're ing it. >> okay. >> y mentioned thanksgiving, tamron starts to cry. >> all right, let's get a check of top stories of the morning. here is your news at 8:00. >> i'm andrea mitchell in florida where hillary clinton will campaign for the sec straight day. trying to deny donald trump a path tohe white house in a state he must win. even as trump starts today in waington, d.c. at the opening before heading to nor carolina. hillary clinton aonald trump keeping their eyes on the prize ofattlegrod florida. >> i feel good, but, boy, i'm not taking athing f granted. i'm going to work as hard as i can. >> we are going to win the state of florida and we are going to win back the white house. >> but with trump trailing clinton in most swing states, there is new evidence his path is narrowing. trump now hammering clinton over

obamacare, with reports of premium hikes on some consumers next year. >> she wants to keep it and your numbers are going to get up, up, up and it is going to get worse, worse, worse. >> clinton acknowledging the law needs fixing. >> the costs have gone up too much. so we're going to really tackle that. >> and trump seizing on another stolen e-mail from clinton's campaign chairman, released by wikileaks, about when president obama first learned about her private e-mails. when the story first broke, he said he just learned about it. >> theam learned it through news reports. >> but in the e-mail released tuesday, long time@.?0?h clinto cheryl mills writes, we need to cln this up, he has-mails from her, they do not say state.gov. >> in other words, mills was saying obama, he had to know that hillary was using an illegal server, but he claimed otherwise. so that means obama is now into the act. >> clinton going after trump and ying he won't nessarily

together. at the very moment when donald trump is making an unprecedented attack on our democracy. >> trump getting personal. >> you vote for her, you're crazy, okay. she is the worst. >> a far cry from what he said about clinton in 2008. >> hillary clinton is a great woman. i think that she's a little bit misunderstood. hillary is a very smart woman, very tough woman, that's fine. she's also very nice person. tapes of trump from 2014, recorded by a biographer who opposes trump's candidacy, shedding light on his thinking. >> i don't like to analyze myself because i might not like what i see. i don't like to analyze myself. >> both candidates trying to bank early votes here in florida, then going on to other states where there is early voting. hillary clinton today celebrating her 69th birthday in

and said donald trump was a national disgrace, also took time off late last night going to an adele concert here in florida. savannah. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. british airways is trying to find out what caused a mystery illness that affected the entire crew on a flight to san francisco from london. the plane had diverted back to vancouver where it made an emergency landing on monday night. three pilots and 22 other crew were t o rushed to the hospital. they were all later released. 400 passengers were also on the plane, but none of them reported being sick. >> bizarre. find out about that. coming up, get ready to buy some chips. the video that will have you trying the pringle ringle all day long. and sheinelle is standing by and she's ready to surprise some world series superfans with tickets to tonight's game right

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house. >> that's cute and very wholesome, which is nice. all right, you knowhat social media craze, taking the internet by storm, flipping the water bottle. >> just because you're always showing me the video. >> that's so yesterday. check out the internet's latest obsession. it's called pringle ringle. it looks something like this. people are taking the popular potato chips, pringles, and trying to construct a ring out of them. there are videos trying, them failing. yesterday buzzfeed had the internet fixed with this tutorial. thousands watched this unfold on facebook live. this woman carefully layering the chips on top of each other and then after all of that work, you know what happens. >> you eat them. >> you take a pumpkin and you drop it on them. >> a little pumpkin spice. >> why would you destroy a like that?

you can just eat it. >> shall we? >> tamron, you'v got to pop stars. >> aren't we going to practice? how do we do it? >> come on, the clock is running on hoda. first to justin timberlake. he was the talk and because of a selfie. this is what he posted from inside a voting booth in tennessee. well, the state has banned ph beingen tak inside polling places. well, initially o the incident was being investigated. but late yesterday they reversed themselves saying they misspoke and justin is in the clear, no investigation under way. next to ryan reynolds, he recentlyis 40th bi. ls , jusa

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a problem in a few minutes. he's lopsided. >> and we have a tower of pringles. >> ts is more my speed -- >> i need a pumpkin. >> hoda, you have a real knack for this. >> all right. how about it. >> and then there's pokemon go. >> it's come to this. >> all right. tamron, by the way, you also -- we also have our world series superfan giveaway. you're going to tell usut this. >> 24 hours ago, you know we kicked off the search for the biggest cubs and indians fans out there. the prize, two tickets to a world series game. we received thousands of submissions, everything from full cleveland shrines, take a look, to these triplets in their indians onesies. we have found our winners and sheinelle is in their home now just outside of cleveland ready to break the news that they are going to the world series tonight. hey, lady, what's going on out there?

i don't know why i'm whispering because they can't hear me. we are outside of their house right now. let me tell you about this lucky couple, first of all. they don't have a clue that they are about to go to the game tonight. so here's how we did this. we told them that they were one of the top three finalists. we have a producer inside. they have their phones off, they don't have the tvs on, so they do not have a clue. let me tell you a little bit about this couple. back in 1995, they actually pushed back their wedding date so they could focus on the world series r cleveland. then take a look at these pictures. they made sure that they had a wedding location where they could actually take pictures in front of chief wahoo. for their first anniversary, lee actually gave tim a 1948 world series team jacket. so bottom line, this couple, they are all about the cleveland indians. and i have a little help. come here. we have slider here and we actually have a high school marching band, st. ignatius high school marching band.

here we go. this is so much fun. here we go. yes? >> they have no idea and there's a marching band on their front yard. >> nope, they have no idea. >> i wouldn't answer the door. >> hi, are you lee? >> oh, my gosh yes. >> are you tim? come on out. guess what, you're going to the game tonight. come on down! this is all for you. you are going to the world series tonight, game two. >> she's speechless. you're speechless. >> how ya doing?

is it too soon? is it too soon to ask you how you feel? >> oh, my gosh. i am so excited. >> i was telling the viewers -- >> unbelievable. >> i was telling the viewers all about you guys, the fact that you pushed back your wedding day back in 1995, you're all about this. what is it about this team that you love so much? >> it's just fun. the cleveland indians, just something that makes cleveland, cleveland. having them in town, they have been just such a great thing to be involved big part of our lives and i think everybody in cleveland. >> come on, when's the last time you had a marching band in your driveway to wake up the entire neighborhood. they're going to the world series! give them a round of applause, guys. matt and savannah, it doesn't get any better. >> they are so awesome. >> i think i'm better now. >> you're going to the game tonight, make sure you let us

i probably won't stop talking about it. >> you're shaking, i love it. guys, i'll send it back to you. i think they're in shock. >> that's amazing. >> that's awesome. >> i love her, she's dancing right there with the mascot. >> take it in. >> and then also, they don't know we're coming but they're all dressed up. >> that's just what they wear. >> in honor of their fan dom, we are celebrating with milk shakes from cleveland's own tommy's we've been digging in, cheers to the indians for the first victory. let's see what happens next. >> this is not our first tommy's milk shake. >> i have to do this. reminder to the cubs fans out there, we've not forgotten you. our superfan giveaway is still going. we have two more tickets to hand out for saturday's game in chicago. come on, a weekend game in

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you. this morning a group of voters getting a lot of attention from both campaigns, millenials. >> but efforts to court them may not be paying off. rofarrows in los angeles with that part of the stor hi, ronan, good morning. >> good to see you. a number of polls suggesting hillary clinton's support among those elusive millenioters may boe surging. t to be seen. bund sur ofhe numbers, there's aot country. >> iave hany people that they're just so fruted with ?& how the candidates turned out that they don't want to vote at all. >> y people are being left behi >> we're voting for the party but none of us are very excited. >> reporter: meet the voting bloc that could make or break thel.econ millenials, that's 18 to 34-year-olds, now represent 69.2 million voters, almost as many as baby boomers.

they turned out in nearly record numbers, propelling barack obama to victory. but this time around could be another story. a growing movent dubbed nobody 2016 has taken off with a popular hash tag and hundreds of thousands of likes on facebook, reflecting a lack of enthusiasm for hillary clinton and donald trump. according to a recent nbc news/"wall street journal" poll of 18 to 34-year-olds, 70% have an unfavorable opinion of trump, while 46 of them dislike are skeptical about the voice they have in th elti. there is pottial risk for youngple to have a lower turnout. >> reporter: kay ginsburg directs a program at tufts university. she said candidates haven't sufficiently emphasized llenial voters. >> only 30% of millenials have been contacted by campaigns and outside groups. >> reporter: and they're not connecting on issues they care

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good morning, everybody. it's 8:30, it's wednesday morning, 26th of october, 2016. we have made it, middle of the week. i think people are starting to really get into the halloween spirit. >> who's ready for halloween? >> yes! >> everybody? all right, we've got you covered. we have costumes. >> oh, look at this, look at

bubble bath ever? and the baby is cute also. and we've also got an easy-to-make meal for halloween night. >> oh, yum. >> awesome. >> you can make it ahead too, which is great. >> and of course today's fun is just a precursor for our big halloween extravaganza. no hands, but trust us, what are you doing? you don't want to miss what we've got planned, our big costume reveal. here's the deal, you've got to come to the plaza dressed in your favorite costume. it is going to be anso >> very cool. also just ahead, we're going to catch up with the legendary don rickles, unlocking his secrets to long life and being so funny. >> i love this series, you get to sit down with all your heroes. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> let's start off at what we're looking at for our friends out west. another big storm coming into the pacific northwest and northern california. this one is going to bring rain all the way down into southern

friday morning. you can see thursday to friday central and southern california get involved. we've got some tropical moisture adding to the risk of some flooding rains. rainfall amounts generally 1 to 2 inches, but locally could be as much as 3 to 5 inches in northern california and even parts of southern oregon could

don't forget, get your latest forecast. check out the weather channel on cable. meantime, today's living legends, our ongoing series this morning. one of the most beloved comedians of all time, mr. don rickles, invited me to his malibu home for some funny and frank talk. for more than half a century, comedian don rickles has making folks laugh. >> will >> for his sharp, quick-witd tongue and approach to comedy, his jokes transcending time. >> i'm a catholic, you're a jew and, sammy, you're black. i'm sorry. >> today there's so much political correctness. could you succeed doing the act you did when you first started? >> i think they're ready for a guy like me because i'm never hurtful. it's always something that's

>> honduran. >> i'm in the business 25 years, i don't have a joke for a jerk that's honduran. >> it got to a point where it was a badge of honor to get insulted by don rickles. >> thank you. sometimes. >> what did you have for dinner? fish? >> tell me about your relationship with johnny carson. >> when the light went on, he became magic. i used to look at him and say, wow, this man is something else >> rickles appearing more than 100 times with johnny carson, creating some of the most iconic moments of the '60s and '70s. >> two of the biggest moments i remember on "the tonight show" involved you. when he throws you in the tub. did you know he was going to do that? >> no, no. >> you're fully clothed. >> yeah, right. >> in the other, he had the cameras follow him from his

carson. >> they know who i am. wait a minute. why are you -- why do you always do that, johnny carson. they know who i am. >> that was the big joke. i know i'm johnny carson, i don't need you to say it. >> you've been performing for over 50 years. >> yeah. >> during the heyday of the rat pack, frank sinatra kind of helped make your career. >> he was a great man, got rest his soul. he treated me like a kid brot the best thing was ronald reagan, his inaugural, that's the highlight of my life really. >> he's sitting there looking at the program going where is he saying he makes fun of me? where does it say that? and frank said if you don't have rickles, you're not going to have me. i cherish that. >> unlike some comedians who have literally file cabinets of jokes, you don't have that. >> i've never had a writer for what i do. i'm proud of that.

>> you haven't thought about retiring? >> unless a truck hits me, you know. i keep going because, first of all, i have a great wife and wonderful family. >> at what point do you think about your wife, barbara, and how important she was and is to your career and your life? >> she's -- >> is that part of the secret. >> someone that cares genuinely about you good and bad so i'm completedly devoted to her. she'y >> here you're 90 years old and going strong. >> the younger people coming to see me. i'm very flattered with that. >> you're mr. potato head in one of the most beloved series of movies, "toy story." my favorite line is, hey look, i'm picasso. >> i don't get it. >> you uncultured swine. what are you looking at, you hockey puck. >> what's the matter with you, al? you watch that stuff? >> i'm a lonely man.

you're a grown man, snap out of it. >> it doesn't get any better than this. 90 years old, still going strong. he's going to take the stage performing alongside our buddy, regis philbin in, a series of shows out west. they sit on stage, regis talks with them, don insults the audience. >> that's amazing. >> you were in heaven, al totally in heaven. >> he can't stop smiling. up next, halloween in a hurr last-minute ideas for great homemade costumes. your kids are going to love these.

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if you have not come up with a costume for the kids yet, fear not because we have quick and easy ideas. abby larson is here, she's the founder of style me pretty.com. good morning. >> hi, good morning. >> miss clever clogs. we have such cute, cute things. you swear that those of us who aren't crafty can do it. >> they're cute but actually like afternoon projects. >> okay, good. >> i promise. >> let's start with the babies. this is adorable. we've got holt with his dad, jason. >> this is so si. popcorn but the best part is that it secures itself to the baby carrier so you don't have to lug your kid around from house to house. and the real showstoer is that hat. it's just ahite infant hat had a whole bunch of popcorn glued to it. >> so cute. we've got alera and her dad,

bubble gum machine with some felt and lik the popcorn hat, we have a black infant hat, whole bunch of pompoms on top. >> it's so cute. let's do our toddler set. 2 to 3-year-olds. >> yes. >> we have ariana and emma. this is great if you think they won't want to walk. >> this is perfect. this is just a red wagon. we covered it in some fabric. we did that so when we blue up them to the fabric. ber?ne duckies. this one is super, ser simple. >> adorable. and i love the next one. we have our little hot air balloon. >> this is my favorite of the bunch. this is our hot air balloon, most popular costume for sure. looks hard. >> it does look hard. >> it's a basket with a base cut out of it and this is just a huge latex three-foot balloon.

wreath that's keeping it waugt. >> what do you see, buddy? he sees himself. graham, good job. next we have the 4 to 6-year-olds. >> yes. >> a little shark. >> this is armon and he is a shark. i love this costume because it's so easy. it's just a gray hooded sweatshirt with felt on the front and we used that same felt to make the teeth on the top. add some googly eyes,ay good job. >> and then an awesome little girl wit an umbrella. >> this is ava. this is raining cats and dogs. how cute, right? >> ava, look out that way. >> these are stuffed animals collecting dust in my basement. used fishi wire to attach them to the umbrella. all you need is a coat and some boots. >> we've got the 8 to 12-year-olds now, the tweens. >> yes, our girls.

come on, jordan. >> these costumes are great. f anythey'r age, any gender. this is a pinata, it's time consuming, but it's hot gluing crepe paper to clothing that you already have. so a long-sleeve shirt, some pants, maybe decorate a cool baseball hat. this one you can keep simple or go all out. >> and jordan's sister, ryan, is so cute. she's an instagram post. >> how timely, right? this one takes 24 hours. you need t of yourtagr post to your print shop. >> is it expensive? >> no. once you get it back it's snapety snap so glue that poster to a foam coreboard, cut out the center and you're good. >> can we get all of our beautiful models out one more time? if i want to get the step-by-step inructions. >> on style be pretty.com or today.com. >> okay great. >> how cute are they? >> come on, guys, let's get a

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we're back now, 8:46, with "today"ood and a make ahead me. this is clota mckenna, a restauranteur. it's so nice to see you. >> wwere just talking and

halloween. >> i loved it. i especially love fall. i love cooking in fall as a chef. yeah. >> you also told me this is your favorite fall recipe, so let's get -- it's a beef stew. >> it's a beef stew. can i just start by saying i've been cooking this for 16 years. it's my beef and wild mushroom ew. i'm irish, if you haven't guessed, right? >> you're not from around here, i know that. >> so i'm adding in my guinness into it as well. >> let'sook at the ingredients beef, bacon, mushrooms, some guinness andhen t for my ghoulish potatoes, we need peas for the eyes, et cetera. >> they're very cute. you're sauteing and you have the bacon in here. >> i've got my bacon and shallots in here. you need two pans and this is a make-ahead. >> why don't you cut the as i would say shallots, why don't

they become like juicy pillows. >> okay. they do, because they absorb all of the gorgeous flavor. ok. can you pop my beef in here? >> of course. >> the reason why i brown them up is because iant to intensify the flavors. >> how long does it take to get from this to this? >> three or four minutes. we do it for a couple of reasons. we want to sear in the flavor and also get that texture. one pan to begin and then you transfer into something you're going to put into the oven. >> exactly. so you can make this three days before you eat it. you're so helpful, matt, thank you. oh, that goes in here. >> sorry. i almost messed up. by the way, we also have our tasters downstairs. >> what do you think? >> a lot of great textures in here. >> this is delicious. >> so the mushrooms, i've got oysters, chest nuts, portabello, but you could use regular

well. that pops over here. here we go, get the good stuff in. >> let's say you're not a guinness fan. what can we substitute? >>an you c use beef stock if you want. >> let's do it your way. >> will i give you the honors? >> yes, absolutely. >> pour in the guinness,matt. >> i love guinss, by the way. i really do. >> so do i. >> then i've got an herb bundle >> you grow your own herbs. >> especially rosemary. so i've got rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, pop it all in. >> lid on it how long? >> it goes in the oven about two hours. you could pop it in your slo cooker. >> looow great it looks when it comes out. >> what kind of potatoes do you use? >> russet potatoes, keep the skins on and they come out like

it's important that you put warm milk into it. the reason why you put warm milk ishe potatoes become much creamier. >> i love mashed potatoes. >> and then some lovely fresh nutmeg and you mash those all up together. >> a little pepper, a little salt. >> and a little bit of mashing action like so. then you could make this ahead as well, but i'd make it beforehand. it doesn't freeze particularly well. >> and the fun part, you're going to make ghoulish mashed potatoes so you put them in a pastry tube. >> you can pick this up in any supermarket and then just clip off the top. the trick before you start piping is you get it very, very tight and then cut it off. i'm going to srt you off and you're going to finish it. so you want to get a nice base and then you get smaller and

this at all? >> who? >> al. >> that's right. make a little potato michelin man. >> for your kids, you can putn carrots or peas. look at this. >> mine looks more like a tornado than a ghoul but that's all right. >> and then you've got your little eyes. voila. we've got a ghost. it's ghoulish and freaky. >> and it tastes how, guys? >> thank you so much. happy halloween. >> happy halloween. >> if you want this recipe or a lot of other recipes, go to today.com/food. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. i'm going to make another one. >> aren't they fun? there's a new medicare plan in town. one where personal customer service is much more than just words.

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someone you know who has a creative thanksgiving day recipe. this is for today's turkey trot. we may just surprise them with a visit from one of their favorite celebrity chefs. >> very cool. >> what's coming up? >> colin hanks. he's got a great sitcom. and we're going to ask him about his dad and david s. pumpkins. >> i missed this. >> it's an snl skit. >> we have a challenger for you, hoda. we have a family in that's going to do the pringles challenge.

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