from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is booze day, tuesday. it is february 23rd, also spanky tuesday. that mean ss thrills with sia. >> in our kitchen is the always fun debra messing. debra i not just hanging around the kihen doing nothing, she's live tweetingur chat. what is your handle? >> @debramessing. >> it is very creative. >> is it provocative? >> i don't know. >> naughty. >> it is like that. that's what you got going. >> then we're going to be cooking up something in the

i see a naked chicken. >> absolutely. >> what are we cooking? >> sage roasted chicken, five ingredients, though. >> the best roasted chicken of all time. >> of all time. >> so he says. >> that's what joel says. >> all right. >> all righty, we're going to meet elvis' newest artist ofhe month, we had one last week. his musical in middle school turned him into a youtube star and he's getting everyone's attention from ellen and lady gaga and now he has new music. >> we have a headline from yesterday's show. you m have missed this. if you did, i want you to please fix your eyes on what happened. at the end of our show, kathie lee dropped her robe and it was quite a moment. >> it was my favorite thing. >> it was her favorite thing. so i think we have that and look what's happening. >> yes! >> go, girl. >> oh, my god. you lk good.

>> kath, lookt your bod. looks good. >> that's really kathie lee's d. >> who cares. >> people care. people cared! people -- >> you guys, you guys are not a cross section of america. you're all perverts ananyou know it. there is something far more important and this is what i took a picture of yesterday, everybody. feast your eyes upon this. something wonderful is happening how wonderful is spring spring, spring >> this is what eye holdihoda feels like in reverse. >> liz callaway singing "spring." a crocus.

>> not yet. not yet. not even a lip mark. >> maybe one from yesterday. but, anyway, gosh, it makes your hear sing, just to see the first sign. >> that's a crocus. >> so eva longoria did something really funny yesterday. i don't know if you know but it has been 20 years since the spe girls first started out. eva longoria did something with mashab and she was performing their hit song wanna-be. she didn' do it as a singer, she did it as a telenovela soap opera character. maybe it is disturbing. maybyou'll like it. take a look. >> what i really, really want. tell me what y y -- that you really, really want. i want a hat. i want a hat. i want a hat. i want really, really, really

>> those brilliant lyrics still hold up. >> tell me what you want, what you really, really want. >> that's a good one. >> another sweet picture from jennifer lopez. she posted this picture on instagram from her t tns, 8 years old. >> it is her birthday and she captioned it, happy birthday to the light of my life. i remember i was at her concert in vegas and her kids were there and very provocative portion of the show. and it is so interesting because her mom grabbed one of the kids and shoved their face into her bosom so they couldn't see and grabbed the other kid's face so they couldn't see what mom was doing. >> what was mom doing? >> it was really good. >> bosom. >> bosom. >> did you tweet that? >> yes. >> okay, excellent. what's going on? where are the tweets? are we seeing them on the screen? is that what' supposed to be happening. >> are they drunk? >> that's old. we already saw at.

that's why it is called tweet. we go one after the other. >> there is a ceo, has a test, anmployee test. we spoke abobt office -- thomas farley yesterday. >> the guy comes in and he says he hires potential employees and he does this every time. he brings them to breakfast. guy works at charles schwab. he brings them to breakfast and he says please mess up their order badly. >> do something to their food. do something. and then he's going to watchow they react. and that will help him decide if he's going to hire them. if they have good character. or what they do. >> you and i talked about this. if you're sitting across from the ceo of a major company that you want to work for, you're going to try to impress that person with everything in you. and i think you're going to be on your best behavior even if they bring you a slop of junk, you know?

>> you'd eat every bite of it. i wouldn't do it but i would nicely ask them that they got my order wrong. >> i think you're right. i don't think you would react the right way. i think if they ruined my m ml and i was on a job interview, i would just push it all around like -- >> what would you do, laura, mysteries of? >> i would go in the kitchen and find out who did it. >> you are a detective. >> with my gun. >> yes, you would. >> a a righty. okay. >> they also say you can also find out a lot about -- if you're going on a date, they say if you pay attention to a guy on a date, on a date with him, you'll learn a lot about him. is he polite, does he get up when you have to leave the table, does he tip? >> can we please get on to the bachelor? >> yes. >> time for "the bachelor". >> do you watch "the bachelor"? >> i don't. i used to. >> i love that show. >> the update. >> an emotional night last night. really was. i have to say. i didn't sleep much. >> why? >> it was emotional.

to the final four girls' homes, meets the families, talks to the parents and siblings, so it can go really good or really, really bad. let's talk about jo jo's time and how -- we do like jo jo, she's great. her brothers are extremely protective of their sister and brought up good points. let's take a look at what they said. >> i'm going to put this in perspective. u've been on two dates with the guy and you're my sister and i love u. but how can you fall in love with someone who you've only been on two dates with. >> i've bee on many dates with him. in the group dates we have time alone wit him. >> talking to you we see how emotionally invested you are in it. my read is he's not as emotionally invested in it as you are. to see my sister like that after two dates, you're put in a position of you're desired by a lot of girls, that all makes them, you know, want you. you've been on the other side a little bit. so to see our sister get a

would like, you know. >> only thing i would ask is that you're truthful in all your answers. >> i fl like i was honest with the brothers. i never told them anything tonight that was fake or false. >> he's not going to pick her. i love those brothers. >> yeah. i love those brothers. >> i feel bad for jo jo because she's invested in this and they ruined her chances. kind of ruined her chances. let's move on. sorry. so this is the date that went really well. lauren. i think she's a front-runner in the competition. so let's take a look at it. >> okay. >> you think that, like, yound ben are compatible, truly, like your personalitys? >> are you asking if i'm in love with ben? >> well, yes. >> i feel like ben's, like, my person. it is crazy.

i'm definitely in love with him. 100%. >> what makes her stand out to you? >> there is something about your sister that is, like, i can't pupu words to. i don't know. i feel really lucky. >> mm-hmm. >> i do. i don't know. sorry. >> you answered m m question. don't cry. >> yeah. he's been crying a lot. >> he has? >> yeah. that was the first, like, b b cry, you saw tears but he gets choked up. it is going to be a rough road. >> you want a guy that cries had his dog of 15 years dies. something, you knkn? >> he expresses his love for

>> can i tell y y one thing, in "dateline," they tell you if the pepeon looks down and left, they're not telling the truth. i was looking at that. i'm sorry. >> is there more? >> amanda, her date went really well. she's the only one with kids. it is cute. ben met the little kids, but she was sent home in the end. it was bad. he just met the kids for first time and he sends her away at the rose ceremony. >hildren aren't invested. >> why meet the kids if you knew you were goioi to cut her. she cried in the car. he cried. >> he cried? >> he cried again. it is lauren, jo jo and kayla. >> here they are. those are the top three. >> i'm going with -- he's going to pick the middle one. >> lauren. >> the one who he was crying about. >> debra, what do you think? >> the blonde. >> the blonde? >> what do you think, kath?

pick the other one. >> jo jo. >> next week. >> amanda, i'm going to continue to pray for you. >> all right. hoda's favorite day of the week, spanky tuesday. >> don't miss all the fun we have when we give it away. >> more fun to come with the mysterious debra messing. what does she do on weekends? >> i don't kno at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. that's why our craftsmen season every sausage perfectly. so you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. the results are something to savor. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. jane's always on the move. luckily her light & fit protein smoothie can keep up with her.

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you're lying, your lips are moving. now tell me what you're really into. >> mostly yoga, meditation, just trying to find balance in life. >> you do not want to mess with me today. i'm trying it help you. >> do not mess around. >> i do not mess around. i don't. i don't. yeah. that's debbie ryan. come on. >> what do you think she's really doing? >> she's bad. she's bad news. >> all kinds of horrible things. >> she's bad news. >> can we talk about your live tweeting skills? >> okay. >> we put you in the kitchen with the tweeting. you tweeted justin bieber. >> i did. i was watching the grammys in my pajamas in bed. i'm just, like -- and then all of a sudden, justin bber comes up, before even saying, and i just -- i don't know what possessed me, i just said, he's

sudden it became, like, this internet viral crazy thing. >> angry at yo >> it is interesting. a lot of people said, you know, i got the tweet from the wind. but then there was -- i got a couple of girls who were, like, but he's great. and i'm, like, of course he's great. i'm just saying that the dad is a little weird. >> i've seen the nude pictures taken -- >> they were leaked and then it was big news and then his dad was, like, what -- >> was it big news or -- >> don't know. >> i didn't see it. >> i don't know. >> you know what is funny, you can tweet -- forget it. i think we should talk about your series, don't you? >> yes. >> waiting to see if you're picked up for your third season. >> yes. >> wrapped up. >> come on, now. >> come on, nbc. that's right. we're -- tomorrow night the first half of our season finale and it is going to knock your socks off.

>> bad girl. >> that's part of it. there is a lot of surprises and a lot of things that are going to sort of shake things up. >> you don't mess around. >> no, we don't. >> we don't. >> that was me. >> i'm looking down to the left. >> was your son happy that the season is winding down and you'll be home more? >> yes, he is. so is my dog henryry who you met on the set. >> i bonded with henry. he comes to the set with her every day. >> i was veryy jealous actually. he immediately was, like -- >> i love you. >> he loved kath. he's been sort of a bad dog lately. >> you have to get caesar milan. >> can he fix him? >> he was fixed. >> you know what, it was incredible. it was incredible.

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scares people. but this is easy. first, kathie lee, i got butter. it is room temp. can you mix in garlic, lemon and sage. we're going to spice this butter with all this great ingredients. >> you say this is one of the best roasted chickens. >> i didn't say one of. i said the best. we have the chicken here. this is room temperature. i made some room under the skin. and a great trick is to take the butter and put it in a little pastry bag and squeeze it. >> under the skin. >> it is going to marinate. >> how long do you leave that in there? >> right away. go to the next step. we have to truss it, we have to make the chicken all one shape or it will cook uneven. the great trick is to put the twine in the bowl so it doesn't go all over the place. i'll cut this. this freaks everybody out but it

>> hoda likes it -- >> i don't know if you're a leg or a breast person. i like to go leg first. i put thehetring under, string under, pull it together. >> like sneakers or something. >> yes. and then tie that and you have beautiful -- >> want me to cut ? >> good enough. good enough. you put it on the potatoes and then something my jewish grandmother says, it creates smultz. >> do you know what that is? >> good stuff. cook that to get that supple velvety interior. >> cover it or just in like that? >> in like th, easy. >> very simple. >> the key to this, i'll wipe this off, i got a little bit of -- the key is to let it rest for 20 minutes so the juices don't go all over the place. >> okay. >> i like to take the legs off first. take off the twine. >> did you put a lemon in there?

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up at 11:00. >>nnouncer: this is an nbc news special report. here is willie geist. >> good morning. in just a moment president obama will make a statement from the roosevelt room at the white house. we expect him to put forth a plan for closing the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. this is something the president has vowed to do since he first ran for the job as a united states senator. we have already heard clear opposition from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and it will stir up debate on the campaign trail. let's bring in jim mik la she have skier in there were as many as 1,800 detainees at guantanamo bay. that number down to 91. under the president's new plan as many as 35 could be released to other country and it could

build detention facilities for 30 to 60 of those detainees who would be brought to the u.s. and inncarcerated many most likely for life. we have republican majorities in both chambers of congress. let's go to the president right now. good morning, everybody. in our fight against terrorists like al qaeda and isil we are using every element of our national power. our military, intelligence, diplomacy, homeland security, law enforcement, federal state and local, as well as the example of our ideals as a country that's committed to universal values. including rule of law and human rights. in this fight we learn and we work to constantly improve. when we find something that works, we keep on doing it. when it becomes clear that

intended, when it does not advance our security, we have to change course. for manynyears it's been clele that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our nation security. it undermines it. this is not just my opinion. this is the opinion of experts, this is the opinion of many in our military. it's counter productive to our fight against terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. it drains military resources. with nearly $450 million spent last year alone to keep it running. more than $200 million in additional costs needed to keep it open going forward for less than 100 detainees. guantanamo harms our partnerships with allies and

cooperation we need against terrorism. when i talk to other world leaders they bring up the fact that guantanamo is not resolved. moreover, keeping this facilily open is contrary to our values. it undermines our standing in the world. it is viewed as a stain on our oader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law. as americans we pride ourselves on being a beacon to other nations, a model of the rule of law. but 15 years after 9/11, 15 years after the worst terrorist attack in american history, we're still having to defend the istence of a facility and a process where not a single verdict has been reached in those attacks. not a single one.

it was widely recognized that this facility needed to close. this was not just my opinion. this was not some radical far left view. the was a bipartisan support to close it. my predeeessor, president bush, to his credit said he wanted to close it. it was one of the few things that i and my republican opponent, senator john mccain, agreed on. and so in one of my first acts as president i took acacon to begin closing it. and because we had bipartisan support, i wanted to make sure that we did it right. i indicated that we would need to take our time to do it in a systematic way and that we had examined all the options.

where we were putting the pieces in place to close it what had previously been bipartisan support suddenly became a partisan issue. suddenly many who previously had said it should be closed backed off because they were worried about the politics. the public was scared into thinking that, well, if we close it somehow we will be less safe. and since that time congress has repeatedly imposed r rtrictions aimed at preventing us from closing this facility. now, despite the politics we have made @rogress. of the nearly 800 detainees once held at guantanamo more than 85% have already been transferred to other countries. more than 500 of these transfers, by the way, occurred under president bush.

far transferred 147 more. each under new significant restrictions to keep them from returning to the battlefield. and as a result of these actions today just 91 detainees remain. less than 100. today the defense department, thanks to very hard work by secretary of defense ash carter as well as his team working in concert with the office of management budget, today the department is submitting to congress our plan for finally closing the facility at guantanamo once and for all. it's a plan that reflects the hard work of my entire national security team. so i especially want to thank ash and his team at d.o.o. this plan has my full support. it reflects our best thinking on

and deal with those who we may capture and it is a strategy with four main elements. first, we will continue to securely and responsibly transfer to other countries the 35 detainees out of the 91 that have already been approved for transfer. keep in mind that process involves extentsive and careful coordination across our federal government to ensure that our national security interests are met when an individual is transferred to another country. so, for example, we insist that foreign countries constitute strong security measures. and as we move forward that means that wwill have around 60 and potentially even fewer detainees remaining. second, we will accelerate the periodic reviews of remaining detainees to determine whether their continued detention is

a review board, which includes representatives from across government, will continue to look at all relevant information including current intelligence and if certainidetainees no longer pose a continuing gnificant threat, they may be eligible for transfer to another country as well. number three, we will continue to use all legal tools to deal with the remaining detainees still held under law for detention. currently ten detainees are in me stage of the military commission's process, a process that we worked hard to reform in my first year in office with bipartisan support from congress. but i have to say with respect to these commissions they are very costly. they have resulted in years of litigation without a resolution. we are, therefore, outlining additional changes to improve

require congressional action and we will be consulting with them in the near future on that issue. i also want to point out that in contrast to the commission process our article 3 federal courts have proven to have an outstanding record of convicting some of the most hardened terrorists. these prosecutions allow for the gathering of intelligence against terrorist groups. it proves that we can both prosecute terrorists and protect the american people. so think about it. terrorists like richard reed, the shoe bomber, of abdul mute la who tried to blow up a plane over detroit, the man who tried to bomb times square and the bm, they were all convicted in our

behind bars here in the united states. so we can capture terrorists, protect the erican people and when done right we can try them and put them in our maximum security prisons and it works just fine. in this sense the plan we're putting forward today isn't just about osing the facility at guantanamo, it's not just about dealing with the current group of detainees which is a complex piece of business because of the manner in which they were originally apprehended and what happened. this is about closing a chapter in our history. it reflects the lessons we have learned since 9/11. lessons that need to guide our nation going forward.

commissions to close out the cases of some current detainees, which given the unique circumstanans of their cases make it difficult for thth to be tried in artrtle iii courts, this type of use of military commission should not set a precedent for the future. as they have been in past wars, military commissions wl continue to be an option when individuals are detained during battle, but our preferred option, the most effective option for dealing with dividuals detained outside military theaters, must be our strong proven federal courts. fourth, and finally, we're going to work with congress to find a secure location in the united states to hold remaining detainees. these are detainees who are subject to military commissions,

cannot yet be transferred to other countries or who we have determined must continue to be detained because they pose a continuing significant threat to the united states. we are not identifying a specific facility today in this pl. we are outlining what options look like. as congress has imposed restrictions that currently prevent the transfer of detainees to the united states, we recognize that this is going to be a challenge and we are going g keep making the case to congress that we can do this in a responsible and secure way taking into account the lessons and great record of our maximum security prisons. and let me point out the plan we are submitting today is not only the right thing to do for our security, it will also save money. the defense department estimates that this plan compared to keeping guantanamo open uld

a year. over ten years it would generate savings of more than $300 million. over 20 years the savings would be up to $1.7 billion. in other words, we can ensure our security, uphold our highest values around the world and save american taxpayers a lot of money in the process. in closing i want to say i am very clear eyed about the hurdles to finally closing guantanamo. the politics of this are tough. i think a lot of the american public are worried about terrorism and in their mind the notion of having terrorists held in thehenited states rather than

scary. but part of my message to the american people here is we're already holding a bunch of really dangerous terrorists here in the united states because we threw the book at them and there have been no incidents. we've managed it just fine. and in congress i recognize in part because of some of the fears of public that have been fanned oftenenmes by misinformation there continues to be a fair amount of opposition to closing guantanamo. it were easy it would have happened years ago, as i wanted, as i have been working to try to get done. but there remains bipartisan support for closing it. and given the stakes involved for our security this plan deserves a fair hearing. even in an election year.

open, honest, good faith alogue about how to best ensure our national security. and the fact that i'm no longer running, joe is no longer running, we're not on the ballot, it gives us the capacity to not have to worry about the politics. let us do what is right for america. let us go ahead and close this chapter. and do it right and do it carefully and do it in a way that makes sure we're safe, but -- but gives the next president and more importantly future generations the ability to apply the lessons we've learned in the fight against terrorism and doing it in a way that doesn't raise some of the problems that guantanamo has raised. i really think there is an opportunity here for progress. i believe we've got an

president bush said he wanted to close guantanamo despite everything that he had invested in it. i give him credit for that. there was an honest assessment on his part about what needed to happen. but he didt get it done and it was passed to me. i've been working for seven years now to get this thing closed. as president i have spent countless hours dealing with this. i do not exaggerate about that. our closest allies raise it with me continually. they often raise specific cases of detainees repeatedly. don't want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it is. and if as a nation we don't deal with this now when will we deal with it? are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years, another 20 years, another 30 years? if we don't do what's required

are going to look back and ask why we failed to act when the right course, the right side of history and of justice and our best american traditions was clear. so, again, i want to thank secretary carter, you and your team did an outstanding job and you have shown great leadership on this issue. with this plan we have the portunity finally to eliminate a terrorist propaganda tool, strengthen relationships with allies and partners, enhance our national security and most importantly uphold the values that define as americans. i'm absolutely committed to closing the detention facility atatuantanamo. i'm going to continue to make the case for doing so long as i hold this office, but this is a good momt for everybody to step back, take a look at the facts, take a look at the views of those who have been most committed to fighting terrorism

our operatives, our intelligence officials, our military,)let's go ahead and get this thing done. thanks very much, everybody. >> president obama addressing the country from the videos velt room at the white house laying out his plan once again for closing the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba. let's bring in chuck todd nbc's police cal director moderator of "meet the press." the president twice invoking president george w. bush as someone who once shared his view that guantanamo needs to be closed. >> you know, on his first full day of his presidency i remember sitting there watching him sign an executive order that t id he was closing down guantanamo bay. that prison within one year. here we are nearly eight years later and it's still not closed. the point is this, willie. he had -- he had more bipartisan support for shutting down gitmo eight years ago than he does today. he had john mcmcin ready to work with him, lindsey graham ready to work with him. they don't do it.

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>> no more! breaking newsut of our nation's capital. president obama announcing his plan to shut down the prison in guantanamo bay. what it means for the suspected terrorists held in that prison a teenager shot. what he may have been doing. and a fire rips people from their homes. live, this is nbc 6, south florida breaking news. >> keeping this facility open is contraryryo our values. it under mines our standing in the world. >> and those words coming just a on a campaign promise just a few minutes ago. as i mentioned, president obama presenting his plan to shut down the detention center at guantanamo bay. thank for joinin us everybody