frank lokai. frank is from urbana. guy brown is in st. petersburg, florida. we all know that town. 100 years old today. he loves to play pinnocle. they say he can beat anybody in down. lenora taylor is from ohio and she is 102 years old today. how do you do it? she stays active and feisty. i mean feisty. happy birthday. that's it. now back to little old new york city. >> thank you, willard. >> thank you. hoda is back. you're going to cross something off your bucket list. >> okay. so i've always wanted to sing backup because i figure it's safe because no one can hear you. and you know how much i love music. anyway, so we were trying to figure out how to do it. we decided we were going to sing backup. kathie is going to teach me how to sing backup with kenny loggins. the song is "foot loose." >> kenny was supposed to do this today. >> we were waiting. >> poor thing, he got stuck in ohio. >> kenny's on the phone today. >> hello. happy birthday. >> hoda is putting her ear piece on. now that she's 50 it's hard for her to hear. kenny said happy birthday. >> thank you, kenny. we are so excited about tomorrow, we're busting. >> i heard you say you're going to sing backgrounds. i thought you were going to sing lead. >> oh! >> well, kath said you said something about choreography which we clearly need to work on before you get here. >> it should be fun. >> what happened? you were going to come. what happened? what was the -- what happened? >> we had a plane lined up to fly us from our show last night in dayton to new york city. and the plane didn't show up. >> what? >> that'll happen. >> we were scram being to find something. so i found myself waking up on the tour bus this morning. >> the lord works in mysterious ways. 24 more hours for hoda and kathie lee. >> you get to choreograph. >> good point. >> kathie trying to explain harmony, sing high when i sing low. any pointers? do you have any tips or pointers that could help me out a little bit? >> i would say my primary tip is listen to kathie lee. >> when we're doing this live tomorrow, we'll kill your lead mic for a second and bring up the back vocals. >> that is uncalled for. >> it should make a good youtube video. >> exactly. >> we're excited. so we have a little setup piece where kathie's going to teach me and we're going to jump in and sing backup to "foot loose." >> singing with choreography. >> i'm excited. i just took up the guitar. this is the next thing. >> kenny, before we let you go, is there anything hoda should abstain from to make sure her voice is in tiptop shape? like wine or alcohol or something? >> birthday cake mostly. no birthday cake. >> kenny, you are great. thank you so much. safe travels. see you tomorrow. >> all right. see you tomorrow. >> pressure's on. >>> all right, well, coming up, natalie and tamron are going to get help from two special guests. ian ziering and judd apatow. help doing what? >> they'll help host the next hour. >> for one hour. >>> well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. for the first time, the 49ers are going to let the field the levi's stadium. the practice is from noon to 4:00 and the team is allowing 10,000 fans to come into the stadium and watch. but the tickets have already been raffled off. there are going to be two more open practices at the stadium before the season starts. >>> well, let's get your first day of practice weather from rob. >> yeah, the weather looks mostly cloudy during the day and mild and muggy outside. 80 degrees in san jose. slight chance of showers around morgan hill. mid-60s in san francisco. 70s around santa rosa. low 80s, a chance of showers that could linger into tuesday and then temperatures begin to climb through the middle part of the week. another local update coming up. >>> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and welcome back to "today" on this monday morning, august 4th, 2014. i'm natalie morales alongside tamron hall. al and willie are off. keeping us company, we've got vips in the house. "sharknado" costar ian ziering. and judd apatow behind some of the funniest movies of the last decade. great to have you guys here. >> i wish i was the star of "sharknado." >> take a number. >> everybody had a cameo in it. >> i'll fight a shark. i'm ready. >> we can work this out for "sharknado 3." >> this is a hit. >> it was a meteor shower. it wasn't just here in the united states. the movie opened up in 90 countries around the world. the twitter response was unheard of. there were a billion twitter statuses. >> it's "sharknado." >> who could have predicted such a thing? >> i wish i could have invested. >> you and me both. >> i would have got in on it. >> will you be in "sharknado 3" perhaps? >> we'll talk for sure. >> what were you doing the night of the premiere? >> i was here in manhattan. i was at the syfy network. they had a party on top of a building here in manhattan. we watched it live. it was insane. the reactions from the people at the party were indicative of what was happening around the world. my twitter blew up. all my social media platforms were blowing up. people really responded to this movie. it seemed like it was a completely different genre where you have action adventure and sci-fi and comedy. everyone is in on the joke except the people in the movie. you know? it's just so different. >> people expect to see you walking around with the chain saw. >> i didn't get enough vet for the behind the back kill. >> that was a good kill. you guys look amazing. >> thank you. >> who looks better though? >> okay. let's see. >> you both are wearing the jeans with the blazer which is the thing now. >> i love ian is rocking the white jeans. that's a risk. >> i have dark jeans. >> i like sneakers with a jacket. you own it. >> ian has the cooler name. because he changed the pronunciation of ian. >> my parents did that. >> i'll change mine to judd-dd. >> we have fun though. just googling your name. >> whatever is sexier to you. i think it's apatow. i don't correct people. >> that's good. >> i think you said in some video that apatow was more refined and elegant. >> and ian after this, your fans are like ian ian ian. i said one day ian. did your parents go rogue on the pronunciation? >> my grandfather's name was irvin. my mother wanted an "i" name and i got ian. it's my my cross to bear since birth. >> it's not a bad thing. >> now that i have the world's attention. it's ian. >> now everybody knows. >> the first time it was my friend's family called me ian. >> his name is richard and he doesn't like being called dick. and you're like hey, dick. it's richard, man. are you cool with it? >> i'm cool with it. >> we're calling you that the rest of the hour. >> you're here also because you're directing a new film called "train wreck." interesting cast. >> it was written by and stars amy schumer. and it has a cast similar to "sharknado." john cena the wrestler, lebron james, amar'e stoudemire, tony romo. >> how'd you get all those -- >> the normal cast. >> it is a train wreck of people, right? >> it sounds like we should be fighting sharks, doesn't it? that would be a fighting movie. >> you need a weapon. >> blend it together. >> it comes out next summer. i don't know if the tickets are available now if you're that kind of person. >> we are planners. >> if it's a judd apatow film, we're signing up. >> then "begin again" which is in theaters now. that is a great, great movie if you don't want to see people killing each other in a movie. >> and i thought it was adorable. but you focus so much on sporty. hoda is 50. now do you have to change your game now that hoda is 50? >> i need to be the 50 guy. i'm 46. >> so you're already over the cusp. you're getting there. >> if i hear 50, i think she is so old. but i'm close. >> i turned 50 many march. >> he looks eight years younger than me. >> because he's chipping up for chippendales. >> when you're young you get the body you earn and when you're older you take care of the body. you use sun block and skin care. eat right and exercise. genes only take you so far. you've got to carry the torch. >> what's the program? >> my program? >> yeah, dude. >> eat right. i eat a lot of antioxidants. stuff you get from fruits and vegetables. >> does mcdonald's count? i spin. i go to soul cycle. does that get me free soul cycle? hello, soul cycle. coupons. coupons. >> that class is amazing. >> it is. here's why i like it. it's a lady saying you like yourself, you like yourself while playing coldplay with a disco beat. and i enjoy them trying to fill the time and make me have high self-esteem and it's impossible. i'm not going to like myself within that hour. >> are you able to finish a class though? >> you can't sit in front unless you're in perfect sync with the teacher so i'm back in a dirty corner having snacks. >> we're in the back. >> i'm never in sync. i do my own thing. i go by my own beat. >> something else caught us today. where do you get your best ideas? when you write your scripts? >> well, you know, every once in awhile i'll be naked in the shower and i'll look down and think of a joke. >> there you go. >> i have a shaving mirror and i'll catch myself and say a movie about someoneho can't get anybody to have sex with him. and it just happens. >> okay. >> i'll sip to that. many people say the shower is the place where they get all their great ideas. and as judd pointed out without your clothes on. it's a whole other thing. psychologists call it incubation where a thought needs to incubate in the back of your mind. i read once although this is about showers, michael jackson wrote billie jean like he was asleep in the bed and he would wake up and write the lyrics on the sheets. >> he was writing on his sheets? >> on his sheets. i read it. it was on wikipedia. >> he can't afford a note pad. he's literally on the sheet. >> that's what i read. what about you, ian? >> when i'm asleep i'm out cold. but inspiration from things i see throughout the day, whatever comes into my mind it resonates later. >> i think running or when i'm out and about doing something. when you're out doing something. >> it comes to my later. >> saying hello to a good friend who was in the car accident with tracy morgan, he is doing okay. i wanted to say hello to him. i'm glad you're feeling better. i hear -- they're pointing to which one to go to and i don't know how to do this job. i want to say hello. glad you're feeling better and i hear you're having relations with the nurses which is a good sign for your health. i feel good about this. >> i'm glad to hear that. >> all right, guys. they're going to have fun with us all morning long. let's go to dylan for a check of the weather. >> good morning, guys. rain in the southwest. we are going to see pockets of heavier rain especially across southern nevada where in las vegas right now we're getting heavier rain. a closer look shows you the heavier down pours. localized amounts up to 1 to 2 inches of rain. tropical storm bertha is still on the radar here. it is about 250 miles to the east/northeast of nassau bahamas. moving north at 16 miles per hour. then a turn to the north and east. it's going to pass between the carolinas and bermuda then out to sea. rough see on the coast, but other than >>> and we're seeing a mix of sun and clouds right now in san jose and eventually later today, an increasing chance of showers, especially out towards the east bay and north bay hilltops as the moisture moves away from the sierra and begins to fill up our skies with clouds and more humidity over the next couple of days. a chance of showers will continue into tuesday. highs today near 80 in san jose. mid-80s around saratoga and morgan hill. 70s around the north bay. low 80s around the tri-valley. the sky will clear through the middle of the week. that's your latest forecast, guys. >> thank you, dylan. >>> we want to give a shoutout right now. take a look at your screen, she is our cover girl. september issue nonetheless which is the most important issue for any magazine. natalie's on women's day for latinas. >> i love it's organized for fall. do you have organization tips? 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>>> we have a broader picture here in fremont. we see things slowing down right at the interchange. look at the map. a slower drive from 237 where a crash is blocking one part of the lane towards the transition of 880. northbound 880, an earlier crash bogging things down on 880 north as well as 101 approaching the area. at wilshire boulevard, the overturned dumptruck is trying to get out of the lanes. >> have a great monday morning. >>> welcome back once again to "today" on this monday morning. fourth day of august 2014. i'm natalie along with tamron. your eyes are not deceiving you. we have a couple of celebs in the house. we have ian ziering or shark killer fin. and judd apatow with us. >> i'm holding cards. >> and holding cards. >> to look like i know what i'm doing. >> are you comfortable? >> i feel this. this is pretty comfortable. >> it looks comfortable. >> as i hold my cards here. >> question for you guys. what is your perfect vacation? >> you know what? i'm not a very religious person, but god seems loudest up in the mountains. i like to ski. i like when it's cold. i just feel very appreciative of everything when i'm there. i'm not big on being hot and sweaty on the beach. but to be active, hiking, skiing. >> in tune with nature. >> yeah. >> what about you, judd? >> i think god seems loudest to me in las vegas. >> with the slot machines? >> yes. >> rolling the dice, god help me. >> how many days do you need to feel like you've relaxed? >> really had a vacation? >> 57. >> that's acceptable. >> about a week. but it's an active one. skiing, hiking, running around. >> i'm sleeping, lying down, eating in the bed. >> we keep energized. and you look to be inebriated? >> that's why i look 68 years old. >> according to a study, they say the perfect vacation is about 11 days long in july. perfect flight time, four and a half hours. anything longer is a killer, right? >> especially with kids. brutal. >> especially little kids. and you want to be near a pool, an all-night bar, a seven minute walk from the beach. >> this is the perfect vacation? seven minutes? >> how much does this perfect vacation cost? >> that they don't say. it's going to set you back. 11 days is a long time. >> i haven't taken 11 days in forever. >> since my parents were paying for vacations. >> let's turn it over to dylan again with the forecast. >> speaking of hawaii, we have a lot of activity going on in the pacific. tropical depression genevieve not an issue. but hurricane iselle is right now extremely far away. but winds at 125 miles per hour. look at the path of this storm as it moves into less favorable conditions. weaken into a category 2 and then a tropical storm. by the time we get into thursday night, 8:00 p.m. thursday night is when it will cross over the big island. then westward into friday night. then i >>> variable clouds around san jose. muggy conditions at 61 degrees and eventually we'll see some of the clouds off to the east of the south bay and most of the bay area. rain-producing clouds trying to drift further to the west as we head to the afternoon. north and east bay hills later on this afternoon, we'll see a chance of showers. temperatures today, the increase cloud cover will stay mild. mid-60s for san francisco and a dha chance of showers up towards the tri-valley with highs in the low 80s for this after tune. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you. >>> well, we're huge fans of "orange is the new black." you have catching up to do. >> i haven't seen it yet. i'm looking forward to it though. >> my daughter watches it. i guess it's appropriate. >> your 11-year-old child? >> i don't think it's appropriate for an 11-year-old. >> she says it is. >> she apparently rules the house. it's one of the biggest contenders at this month's emmy awards snagging 12 nominations. >> huge fan of the show and i got a behind the scenes tour of the set where they are currently shooting season three. who would have guessed that america could fall in love with life behind bars? with names like piper, red, and crazy eyes, the women of "orange is the new black" are favored for any gold. >> are you leaving visitation? >> leaving visitation. we're officially in. >> she did start out as crazy eyes for me the fan. now we know more about her she is the fans. >> we come in through the lens of piper and her world view. so i kind of think we are on versions of who they are. >> we're in the cafeteria where you earned your stripes. i won't the mistake piper made in insulting the head cook. >> the food here is disgusting. >> i think we're sitting at the exact table where piper had one of her biggest moments of foot in mouth disease. >> did i mention red runs the kitchen? >> it's not about one particular character. i think the beauty lies in all of these individual voices being heard. >> i want to look fierce. >> fierce or fierce? >> this one. >> do you believe this journey? emmy nominated. >> it's amazing. i have nothing but absolute happiness. at my stage in the game in for 40 years to come along a role like this is pure joy. because it doesn't happen. it's like love. >> what do you love most about red? >> i love her excellence. you are going to have a chicken like you've never had a chicken in your life. and that's who red is. >> soul-saving chicken in prison. >> that's correct. >> i'm told i have to head off to the shower. >> you can have that shower. >> can i take anything from the kitchen? >> that's what i'm talking about! you and me, we going to be friends. >> what's up, ladies? >> hi. >> my gosh. this is the warmest welcome from prisoners. >> my greatest strength is my positive attitude. >> we're all three dimensional characters. we're not just one way. it's very intelligent. and she can be very manipulative. >> hey. >> i have never worked with this many women before. it's been such an amazing experience. like, it really is like throwing you out of your comfort zone. >> i've got to get a prison name. >> fancy t. >> thank you. congratulations, ladies. >> what you doing in my bed? 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>>> as you may have heard by now our friend hoda kotb will be 50 in a few days. we asked baby boomers to take this this is 50 survey. 76% say they feel wide wiser in their 50s. 52% say they laugh multiple times a day compared to the 40s. annabelle girsh makes that point in her new book. good morning. i think one of the things we were laughing in the commercial break that makes. hoda spectacular and people who turn 50 say i'm going to put it on the line. she was telling us about hot flashes. this is what i'm going through. >> they come up in a weird -- i didn't see mine coming. i had sweat rolling down my face and she was like what's happening to you? >> it's like a "sharknado" attack. that's what it's like. you're open about it. you're not hiding it as women did 30 years ago. i have to say it is a really strange thing when it happens to you. when you talk about this, your male friends evaporate into thin air. >> i love it. i love talking about hot flashes, menopause. if you don't bring it up, brill i think it up all the time. >> when i was in my 20s when i thought about dating someone. when someone said he wants to date you, how old is he, 50. he's crusty and old. and now it's appealing. >> you know what? my brother, i feel bad for him. >> why? >> because his wife gets these hot flashes in the middle of the night. he sleeps with the air conditioning on in the middle of winter. have her sleep outside. >> that's kind of you. have her sleep outside. >> it's literally freezing. it's like hanging meat in his bedroom because it's so cold. >> you do need your sisterhood. there are certain things men can't hear. i found when i talk about the dry vagina -- >> oh, boy! >> -- something men don't want to talk about. 80% of men only hear the word vagina. >> i heard it all. >> you're the 2%. i have an idea for you. i think you could give your fans a gift. i think you should give them the gift of changing your name to ian. 50 years of ian. >> i'm just getting it to turn that corner. i can't go back now. >> is there a male menopause? because i feel changes. like i took my ear piece out and there was so much wax on it. >> ear hair, nose hair. it all starts to grow. >> i'm 46. >> you're getting up there. >> i think it's really different now. i think the new thing is men don't love cars, they love their kids. in a way that's cooky. my husband posted a picture on facebook and id said my one own only, the love of my life, and it was our son. what happened to me though? >> well, your book is fantastic. it's the hoda jubilee the whole week. we're going have a lot more to talk about. get annabelle's book. >> where can we get it? >> for more own turning 50, go to today.com. we are back in a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> how about the party wine? >> we've got this, by the way. af gift for you. it's a special package for turning 50. it has a pair of granny panties just in case you have that kind >>> good morning. it's 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. we now know the name of the man that crews are being looking for. he made a distress call to another fishing boat overnight saying he was going to jump ship from his. crews found the boat ran aground at about 3:30 in the morning. the water is so cold and he's been missing for so many hours, if he's been in the water the whole time, he will probably not make it. fuel from the boat has been leaking into the bay but us unclear how much. >>> an elderly san jose man will have to retake his driving test after he ran up on a sidewalk and injured five people. he was trying to parallel park when he accidently hit the pedal instead of the brake. if he doesn't pass the test, of course, he'll lose his license. >>> let's check your weather with rob mayeda. >> we're seeing an isolated thundershower coming in for the afternoon. highs today close to 80 in san jose. a few showers possible in morgan hill and san francisco with cool highs in the mid-60s. north bay, mid-70s. a chance of the scattered showers today. highs in the low 80s. passing the middle part of the week. we will warm temperatures up as we head towards wednesday, thursday, and friday. >>> we had a weird -- i shouldn't say weird but an update from b.a.r.t. saying that a transfer is going on between sfo and perhaps the east bay of some sort. details are on bart.gov. they will continue to update that. meanwhile, towards the south bay we have a good slow down for southbound 85 which is getting much less now that they have cleared the dumptruck, finally. it's clearing up past winchester. a smooth drive but slow across the san mateo bridge. >> mike, thank you very much. i " don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft, beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well, they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline plus. . >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. yes, it's the beginning of the big week. the biggest ever. >> epic. >> the biggest ever. >> tell us why. >> in case you're counting the days, it's hoda's 50th birthday. no matter what is happening in the corralled -- >> i want to apologize if you are over it already because it's only monday, but it is going to be my 50th week, and we're going to do something fun every day. >> every single day. hopefully you're going to learn something too. 50 is the new 30. yeah. >> you know what, it can be empowering, i have to say. it's one of those things that i do remember when i was younger thinking of someone who was 50 and, remember, you looked at them like, oh, they're 50. >> i know. >> oh. now -- >> they looked it then. let's be honest. we have a lot of things available to us today we didn't have before. >> when you think about a sandra bullock -- >> who is in her prime. she's never looked more beautiful. all of these people. >> oh, my god. >> we've shown a lot of your pictures through the years. you have never looked as good either. embrace it, cookie. thank god for character. you had a pre-birthday party. >> i went with my girls to puerto rico. asked you to come. you were busy with cassidy. i was a little happy birthday. we went to a little place in puerto rico. we wrote in the hand happy birthday because the tropical storm was coming. we snuck out just before it. >> good girl. >> my favorite thing is going to come up later in the show, but it was a guy there named renee that made a gauacoamole. there he is. he is my favorite thing. his name is renee. he is at a restaurant called avocado. >> look at you. you barely have any clothes on. why are you taking a picture like that? >> because i can. >> because we're going to love it. >> i am now officially very, very, very big. >> oh, my gosh. >> i have my own bobblehead from depends. because even though you're >> even though you are turning 50 and you have granny pattys, they have -- it's under awareness. they are trying to reduce the stigma of products associated with incontinence. all i can say is, enjoy 50. all right? pretty soon you are in depends. >> re cogis had fun with you. >> i was so happy to see him. jenna did the show on thursday with me. and regis came on friday. knowing anything can happen, during an animal segment, but then when with you introduce regis into the mix. >> tell me. i want to see. >> you will see. >> bird flying in. >> are you serious? yes. yes. honest to god, that's not funny. you will manufacture see me here again, believe me, never. let's hear it for the bird. you want to have something to give -- >> they are wonderful ambassadors. >> he is pooling on my head. >> yes, he is. look at kathy lee. you will never see this again. what's wrong with you people? >> everything is ignoring. >> it's all in a day's work. >> it went on and on. >> wait a second. >> it was unbelievable. >> was it nesting? what was happening up there? >> it was doing something weird. i kind of liked it. after a while it was like -- i bonded with the bird. it was funny. thanks. he came over. i couldn't get rid of him. then he came over saturday night. it was there is joy and -- that's elaine batista and stanley moore. we have a little -- >> who got blocked out? >> i think that's frankybody is home. from that bird to another bird. >> this sinting. have you seen traffic cams? sometimes the sky cams and you see an inspect crawling across or a bird flying by? you go, look at that. this was crazy. there was one of these hijacked traffic cams. >> he liked what he saw. >> look at me. he hung out there. you can watch that. i can't believe it's just a -- it was brazil. >> a couple of nice guests watching. friends of kathy ryan. >> your assistant. >> hope you enjoy the show. >> there's yet -- even though it's a big week for you, it's sad. forbes has come out with their big list of highest paid and you are not on it again. >> we're going to have to redo your deal. these are actresses. some of surprising. the third highest sglsh jennifer aniston. that's because of reruns. >> vitamin water and make lucrative deals. jennifer lawrence had a big year, $34 million. and birthday girl, sandra bullock, 50 years old, 51 million because she got back end of the movie "gravity." she was g