is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. >> e're sorry, we were talking about what we're going to do tomorrow for lunch. >> we're very busy. >> we're going to try to take tease two kids out to lunch tomorrow. >> a little buzz from last night. >> i brought him home, walked him home safe and sound. >> good girl. >> they will be with us for buzz in just a little bit. >> buzz, how appropriate. >> and grease is good for a hangover. >> who is giving me this bad wrap? i eel very sharp. >> sharp and smart. >> he just told us the exact opposite. >> it is the start of the ccinese new year, everybody. so happy chinese new year. i wish i had known that before today. >> why?

driving me for 33 years back and forth from connecticut is chinese. he's my faithful friend and i have been remiss not wishing him a happy, happy chinese new year. >> all right. we do have a great show today. we have the great creative mind behind girls this is 40, a new netflix show called love. it's reallyly funny. they will get you talking. so they will be with us. >> and also tomorrow is a big night for hoda. she is hosting the woman's day red dress award. you to tdo it every year. we'll meet all five a little it. >> and tundo you know who is walking in the red dress awards? >> i'm ko nervous.

>> i did a little lip sync. >> i trtred it choose the dress for her and she overruled he me. i think the shorer dress for kitty with the legs and the whole thing. >> horter was probably a better idea. everyone wears long. >> i'll get there with my scissors and take care of it. >> it was a very big dad on saturday for me because bambino celebrated his sixth birthday. he's the one with a hangover. he has not gotten over his fifth birthday bash. and you went to a super bowl party. >> i went to the roker's hhse. guess who cooked? courtney who is right here cooking away now. courtney cooked last ght. she made the craziest which i am any cmimichanis.

they like it. >> anyway, it was tee lish issues delicious. so hats off to the broncos and 24-10. >> panther fans are heartbroken, but that's a solid amazing team. they will be back, back, back. and go on -- somebody in-in-intake sgramed me, a message cam newton's mother sent to him. and he put it on instragram i think. it was really, really gree advice from a mother. it was excellent. >> peyton had a huge, huge, huge -- he's not only the winningest qup estest quarterback, but at age 39, also the oldest to win a super bowl. the performances i thought were crazy crazy. lady gaga dressed elegantly.

>> yeah, when she sapgng, it was incredible. rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star >> the most moving part was them standing at attention putting their lives on the line. >> and then halftime came and i was dying waiting patiently. >> you knew your song was -- bruno mars is there. >> you're never sure because sometimes they pull a fast one. cold play came out and it w beautiful and fun.

dreesed to the nines. singoff which was crazy. let's watch. >> the dancing was great. >> what else is there? what happened? >> i like this move. >> all of it -- >> with the legs is wild. wild moves. >> it's a funky chicken. >> oh, my gosh. and then when you watch them all together, beyonce, brew know andmoe bruno, chris martin, you could tell they were

>> i was like hyperventilating watching that. joanne was texting me is in the best ever? i'm like ever, ever. and you knew that chris marrn and beyonce were pals i guess eneth is friends with the whole group and they posted this picture that illustrates the friend ship. it's chris martin's and gweneth's daughter with jay-z's daughter. >> yeah. so sweet. well, i would like to make a request for those of us who are a little later and longer in the tooth. older, all right? i want to start a petition to have chicago and earth wind and fire at the super bowl some day. i just -- i've mentioned it a couple couple months ago. got the sweest letter from their manager saying we would love to, we're on tour, we're sold out. so i mean, i don't mind the

but i think they really should like the grammys give it other people. it's america -- the super bowl is america's. and we come in lots of ages. >> you know what was cool, too, when chris martin sang a look back at all the super bowls and you sawll the different -- i thought that was such a great thing and really did remind you about everything that had come before. they had u2, the stones, michael jackson. >> yeah. >> can we talk about this? >> the hot ref. who cared about the game. did you see him? >> how did i miss the hot ref? >> he's name is cleve blakeman. look at his arms. look. he's like a haillo is around him. of course i believe what you say. of course it was incomplete. of course it wws. >> just look at him.

yeah, looking everyone loved him on the internet. everyone was all about him. he's a 51-year-old league if i recall from omaha. he's work for the nfl since 2008. his twitter account says he's a personal injury attorney? >> now i'm interested. >> married with children. aah. be happy for him. >> well, goody for you. >> nebraska huskers tweeted out he was actually a backup quarterback for their '80s team. so he knoo the game. so there is a lot of controversy every year. it you have a favorite of the commercials or did you position one just totally fell flat? >> puppy monkey baby is the stuff of nightmares. >> mountain dew. >> you don't do that selling a minivan.

>> a little weird, but good. >> yeah, the sonogram one. let's take a look. >> and there is our beautiful baby. any day now. >> really, you're eating doritos? he's eating doritos on my ultrasound ultrasound. see what i have to deal with? >> i know. >> aah! >> why see why people are upset about that. the colonial williamsburg one maybe. >> that wgs funny. >> people are so interesting. something that makes one person laugh owe depends another. it's just so bizarre.

letter in my popoket ready to go. >> don't we have my crawl? we like to apologize if what she's saying, what she has said and what she's about a b. to say. who cares. enjoy. but i thought overall that the commercials were not as great. >> they release them on the internet. >> tey give away too much. they let everybody see them too soon. >> i love christopher walken. anything he does. he can sit in the walk-in closet and i enjoy. >> all right. enough of you guys. we'll see in you a bit. southern california lawyer is our hero of the day. >> marty burbank, he and his wife have offered to pay the college tuition of 26 kindergarten students at an elementary school in anaheim, california. here's what he had to say. >> getting interested will

decide which one to get and about that same time, last december, my pastor gave a sermon at east side christian church andd he was talking about charity and giving. and whenhe gave that sermon, i just felt moved that buying a boat was a very selfish thing for me and i could do so much more@to impact the lives of these kids. and i want to make sure that these kids have every opportunity to go to college. the school is working hard to make sure the children are inspired to go to college and i just want to remove the financial barriers. [ applause ] >> he is actually paying for free college. people like that. >> how awesome is this guy. so he will pay for two years of community college and two years tuition at california state university or the equivalent at a private school. good for him. what a sweet guv. he could have very easily bought the boat. >> and theres nothing wrong with buying a boat.

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against infection. >> but i thought we weren't supposed to sit. we're supposed to hover. >> if you want a thigh workout. >> nobody hovers that long. they say they todo, but it's hard work. >> unless somebody theezs sneezes on the toilet seat, no need for that. >> should ou wash your hands after usingthe rest boomroomestroom. >> in my reality, ifound 10% skip the sink. >> no matter what is going on in the stall? >> 30% skip the season and the rest of us don't wash long enougg >> but it's two minutes or something. >> it's as long as it takes to sing happy birthday two times. washing with soap and water a

nails, too. >> what about hand sanitizer if you're in a pinnh. is that something that you think is a good thing? >> if you're in a pinch and you don't have soap and water, it's your next best bet. there but >> but there is a controversy. >> you want to look for one that contains 60% alcohol. not antibacterial. there is controversy about a substance which has been studied by the fda for a number of years. they don't have enou evidence yet to say whether or not it's dangerous for humans, but animal studies suggest there could be issues. >> because the skin is porous? >> no, your skin will not absorb anything, but thehe idea is that perhaps it could bree antibiotic resistance. >> let's go to t dentist. they say should you go twice a year. i thought it was just once a year. >> well, they say twice a year

in reality, it's a lot like the rest of your hehelth where t really depends on your own personal risk factos. something worth talking to your dentist about. >> if you don't have teeth, still necessaryto go to the dentist? >> yes. >> saving the gums. >> and the other thing you want to think about, other groups need to go more frequently. smokers, people with diabetes, people with dry mouth, and pregnant women. every three months theyey want you to go. >> if you have a yoga mat or even gym equipment, do you need toen a saaitize it? >> i thought they were doing it because they were sweating, but yoga mats are a perfect home for a lot of germs. and the only thing else, another couple tips are also if you have anyopen wounds or any cut,

that's how organismsscan get in. and if you have towels, don't use the same towel that you wiped downwn sweaty piece of equipment and then put it on your face. because that is your portal of entry. >> why would you? >> exactly. last thing we're talking about, the water filters. >> you probably don't need -- you do need to change them.m. you don't need to necessarily filter your water because it's been treated. >> uess you're in flint. >> so what the epa says is about 91% of households have community water which is supposed to meet certain standards. so certainly people who get water from their own well or something like that, it's their responsibility. but you can look to your local board. >> and sunscreen we know all the time. thanks, guys. >> thank ou. >> if you liked girls rain wreck

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i have a column and every year we to a call out around the country and we recruit women whoo have had heart disease or in the midst of heart disease or a family history and we literally turn their lives around. so i'm so excited. we'll introduce you to all of them. so first up we have our cheer leading queen. this is nicole. 42 from georgia. she's a busy mom, two beautiful daughters. and the reason that she has her pom-poms is she coaches the local competitive cheerleaders. she used to be a cheerleader. >> is thatat you behind you? >> yes, first time she's actually town to hh competitive cheer leading weight. she lost 77 pounds. e's lowered her blood pressure. cut her cholesterol medication dosage in half. >> thanks, nicole. >> and lita is my vegetable champion. she's 35,5,he's from pennsylvania.

>> go, girl. >> lowered her blood pressure and bad cholesterol all while bumping up the goo cholesterol. >> you look awesome. >> and she has a beautiful daughter, as well. and the ultimate healthy role model. thank you. awesome. where is maria? >> soma reae maria is holding her hot strappy shoes. she's 31, a very physically demanding job, always lug will wlingwilling around baggage. but she's dropped 47 pounds. normalized blood sugar.ging around baggage. normalized blood sugar.ing around baggage. normalized blood sugar. and she's holding her strappy shoes because she couldn't fit into them before. and now she lost so much weight, they're too big. she dropped a wholele shoe size.

you havvgreat feet, too. awesome. thank you. >> and next up we have my girlfriend. this is terry kelly, she's 55 years old from grand rapid abouts, michigan. she's h/lding a picture of her family. this is a bit of a heartbreaking but now heartwarming story. about two years ago -- first, she's a mom and she's a grand mom. two years ago, her husband went out for a jog and he was struck by a car and he was killed. and she totally put her health on the shelf. and it wasn't until one of her daughters called her hysterical crying saying, mom, i'm afraid i'm now going to lose my oter parent. so she's dropped 42 pnds, lowered her blood pressure, the bad cholesterol. >> you look awesome. >> and her husband is smiling down. he's so proud. >> we love you. awesome.

least, we have enchilada mama. she's49 from north carolina. mother of three. assistant director at a church preschool. mom. wow. >> she needed to be more selfish. she was taking care of everybody but herself. and now ss as droppedhas dropped 25 pounds and reduced her risk for diabetes because she steadied out her blrod sugar level. >> congratulations. >> that's fantastic. >> we should put the recipe on our website. love it. >> so this whole group has dropped about 250 pounds. >> ladies, thank you so, so much. >> awesome. >> sorry i'm speaking with my mouthful.

nbc. time to share our favorite things. you know our friend s suire always here with our god winks. and he and his wife have into phenomenal people. is thiss book called the 40 day prayer challenge. partnered rayer. they're doing a study with baylor university to see if there is something to the fact that that kind of prayer actually gets results. go on 40 day pray.com. >> and i just want to show you one of my favorite things is this ghi that i met this weekend, his name is tony luca. we walked into a music place and this guy started layingplaying. here is a song of his.

why can't you find that kind of music all the time? >> everybodynows every world. tomorrow is mardi gras.

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