you've already had me laughing. >> you know what jenna bush hager i want to show up today? >> which one? >> the one that has us all in fits in the makeup room. is she here today? >> she'll be here. the pg-13 version. >> darn. >> mama is watching. she doesn't want rated r. >> i know your mom and dad are watching. the stuff we learned about you today. it's safe. it's not going anywhere. >> we hope it's safe. we hope it's safe. >> no, jenna. everybody knows. we have just welcomed you since the day you walked through these doors. and you have become -- you're family to us. we want to come down and be family to you. when are we going to the ranch? >> what? >> family is a two-way thing. you married henry. you sometimes go and visit henry's family. >> no, that's true. you're my fam -- >> you did invite me to your beautiful home. >> you came. >> you invited me to your beautiful home. >> you have yet to invite me to your huge, beautiful, childhood home. >> well, do you do crawford, texas, well? >> i would probably for a night. oh, yeah. >> i was going to say i can't really imagine w

jenna bush hager helping us for the rest of the week.ublic. i think we have footage. >> if you had the chance, would you do it? >> of course. ♪ islands in the stream, that is what we are ♪ ♪ no one in between, how can we go wrong ♪ >> it's good for the tone deaf community. >> i may be a little tone deaf, but i got to sing with kenny. >> and you rose to the challenge. if he says sing, you sing. >> i got to wear his sparkly jacket. >> any time you want to karaoke, we can. >>> by the way, incredible news to celebrate. can we get to the good news right away. savannah and mike welcomed vale guthrie feldman yesterday morning waying in at 8.5 pounds, measuring 19 1/2 inches long and the name vale is an old english word meaning valley by a stream. >> so cool. so original. >> i love it. now it's going to be the top baby name. >> exactly. >> savannah said in an e-mail that if you look at this picture and this one, too, the baby is more cheek than baby. a lot of cheeks for vale. >> i love that -- savannah looks so great there. you can see she looks

i should say we are good social media friends with hager, the pants brand now. it was short, people rashlgs you didn't have to tell anyone how to spell it i have a thing against those names where it's -- unclear how you're supposed to pronounce it and then have to tell someone how to write it down. we wouldn't be embarrassed when we had to tell people what the name was, obviously, connotations that don't work for many people, slacking off and being a slacker. but not a des advantage necessarily that cause it is to stick a little bit more. also has, and is post fact attorney general not the reason we called it had this, but a lot of tension around communication in most organizations and at the same time, a lot of organizations are very rigid and not inflexible, having a bit of slack gives people room to police, explore, grow, stuff like that we can say that. not sure if that was really there in the beginning. >> okay. fair enough. now, flickr, tell the story about why flickr -- the first company to drop the e? >> we were definitely the first company to drop the e

and we have jenna bush hager on the phone from maine on vacation. first of all, how did the helmet hair comment go over with your mom? >> i didn't mean that. i meant a beautiful coif. but we have had several donations made already. and finally, and i think it was actually the golfer who challenged -- >> rory mcilroy. >> that's what really got him, i think. >> so it wasn't you, jenna. >> i put the peer pressure on a lot, but i would say my dad loves golf. i think it was probably rory. >> how did the challenge go down? because they put some thought into this, obviously, your mother and father. >> yes. well, the challenge went down without me here. so it actually shows that when i don't put on a lot of pressure, they do the things i want them to do. >> reverse psychological. >> right? you know, my dad was all for it. my mom had to keep that hair looking as pretty as it has since 1984 so she wrote a check. >> a lot of money has raised and you take another shot at your mother's hair. unbelievable. jenna, thanks so much and thank your mother and father fo

jenna bush hager took the challenge. we have that today, august 20th, 2014. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer alongside tamron hall and natalie morales alongside al roker. >>> we have to start with an horrific story this morning. these images we are seeing we are not going to be showing of the execution of an american journalist. this is an extremely disturbing story. journalist james foley was held for nearly two years after he was kidnapped in syria. his family saying that foley gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering there. andrea mitchell is nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. isis terrorists say they killed american journalist james foley in retribution for america's recent air strikes against isis in iraq. and they are now threatening another slaying unless president obama backs down. james

new model run coming in, into perhaps hagers down, fog now, those showers in there by around 2:00, 3:00. after that, between around 4:00, 5:00 in to the metro area. some heavy downpours with thunder and lightning. only a small chance that these afternoon storms will be severe with damaging winds and hail. stay with storm team 4, we'll let you know if there are any warnings or any watches issued as we get into the afternoon. doug and veronica will be here. and then the thundershowers roll off south and east of the met proceed metro area. this morning you'll be comfortable in short sleeves but have the umbrella with you because of the afternoon storms. later this afternoon, with the showers coming through, it will get up to around 90 and the showers coming through cooling temperatures down into the 70s. good weather tomorrow for the arlington county fair. dodging storms today, though. friday, too, looks like great weather. highs mid-80s both of those days. and then into the weekend, 80s on friday and into saturday. great weather for the skins game with the patriots. weekend, could get s

. >>> and jenna bush hager sits down with the country legend with his highs and lows and his relationshipdolly parton. >> looking forward to that. >> i love all of that stuff. thanks, matt and natalie. see new ten minutes. >>> you got it. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning, we have a nice day on tap for us. things a little below average. what we've seen in the humidity, we'll keep dropping. clouds will increase heading into the afternoon. below average temperatures expected as well. average for this time of year, 86 degrees and today, we're going to stay in the low 80s. even high 70s. philadelphia, 64 degrees. plenty of sunshine to kick off this thursday. humidity at 63%. wind speeds out of north-northwest at 9 miles per hour. across the rest of the area, low 50s in the poconos. 58 in pottstown. 59 in westchester. 60 degrees in wilmington. a mild start in atlantic city at the airport, 60 degrees. 66 at stone harbor. as we head into the rest of today, we are going to see our temperatures warming into the low 80s. but right

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also, once it is convinced that the former aggressor is trying to come to terms with this past the hager, it must be -- past behavior, it must be receptive. i believe it was a part of enormous political courage on the art of those political leaders. it is this kind of lack of political courage in both tokyo has inhibited relations where it is today. i recently read an article in " where threeirs following lessons learned were offered between the u.s. and russia. first, both sides need to recognize that this trust often distorts each other's perception of others'intentions. second, the two sides should stop blaming the other side and instead step back and consider what is it they each have done to contribute to the current tension. finally, more attention needs to be paid on influencing each other's policy choices by shaping events rather than trying to change each other's way of seeing things. i'm not saying that the tension between japan and rok is the same but i do think that there are some elements of applicability. first, on mistrust distorting perception, one immediate example that

jenna bush hager back with us. such a great performance, wasn't it?savannah this morning. >> matt and i went to the hospital yesterday and had a visit with her. we talked to her earlier this morning and she shared more photos with us as well. of course savannah and mike welcoming baby vale. >> mike looks different. oh, that's matt. sorry. mike's off to the left there. >> the cheeks have stolen the world. they're amazing. >> beautiful. >> and the softest little cheeks. >> you touched the famous cheeks? >> did it give you a baby wanting? >> any time i see a baby i'm like maybe one more. >> then joe calls and shuts it down. >> no, no. but savannah did say she's not getting much sleep. she got an hour the night before. she said she was so excited she couldn't get so sleep so the nurse had to give her something. she's so excited and over the moon. here's what she said about how much welcoming little vale into the world, how much it's changed her life. >> i feel so different. i feel like life just started. i mean, honestly, i just can't get over the joy tha

here's our good buddy jenna bush hager with her sister barbara.> you know what's also weird? >> just stop. stop now, i'm begging you. >> one time at band camp. no. willie, i've been getting tweets about willie's hair. people asked me if he dyed his hair. >> all week i've been getting them. i wouldn't know how to dye my hair. [ laughter ] >> just a couple more minutes on this, al. >> respond with tweets live. no, willie is not dyeing his hair. >> not dyeing my hair. >> hi, mr. roker. >> saturday it is a mess up and down the east coast down into florida. we're looking at sunshine around the great lakes. more monsoonal moisture into the southwest. west coast looking spectacular. then sunday sunday! maybe a hint of sunshine here and there. plenty of sunshine through the upper mississippi river valley. more rain in the four corners and pacific north >>> 9:33. it is going to be a hot one here today. this is a live look at sunol. mostly clear conditions at this point. hazy sky, meanwhile, over the south bay. it is a spare the air day. and temperatures ar