i'm natalie morales. thanks for joining us.ond republican debate, it may be now or never for some candidates. at least they are acting that way. are we starting to hear the sound of desperation on the stump? >> he says kanye west is great. why is kanye west great? because kanye west likes trump. >> chris christie barely qualified for in week's debate. he make a comeback? the governor joins me live. >> reporter: plus, after the summer of trump -- >> we are led by very, very stupid people. >> is the gop about to split in two. >>> majority leader and speaker john boehner. >> also. it took months for hillary clinton to get to this about her e-mail. >> that was a mistake, i'm sorry about. that i take full responsibility. >> but she continues to lose ground to bernie sanders. could sanders win the nomination? he joins me live. >>> how much is america's policy in syria to blame for the scenes we are wns witnessing today. >>> joining me to the, david brooks. maria, sara fagan, and the national journal's ron fournier. welcome to sunday

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from >>> welcome to "today." it's wednesday morning. can you believe it's the final day of september. >> wow. >> september 0th, 2015. 30 days has september, april, may june and november. >> all the rest have 31 except for february. >> willie along with al, natalie and tamron. morning jam by prince today. >> "1,000 xs and os." >> crank it up. this has something to do with nat mo. my jam of the day, i said tweet me, you know, what you think my song and al said why is it a competition and i said natalie morales taught me everything is a competition, so i solicited, oh, my gosh, so i was torn and looked at twitter and oh, prince, he always brings it, this is amazing. >> did somebody suggest it. >> funny you say that and i call, let me call someone who knows music. the phone rings, ring, ring. >> it rings like that. >> because it's old school, i have a rotary. >> old school rotary phone. >> hello, prince. >> and he said. >> hello, miss tamron. >> ladies and gentlemen, prin

here's natalie morales. >> a 4-year-old child is out and well, he's with his mama. >> it was a happynding for a little boy and his dog, after a 4-year-old who went searching for his missing pet monday. fell into a well near brookhaven, mississippi about 70 miles south of jackson. gabe was walking with his mother when he disappeared. the child's dog had already been missing for about a week. >> he must have heard the dog barking, he turned around and disappeared. >> the little boy spent about three hours in the well. the child had difficulty attaching the rescue rope to his body. >> it took a lot of talking and he finally made two loops that went around his arms and right above his elbows. >> eventually the dog and the boy were lifted to safety. >> you won't believe what long hall traffickers have -- >> the festival now, the cleanup, burning man leads to some big business for some companies, but the question is -- the burning question is, are they overcharging? >> it's now 83 degrees in sonol. our temperatures are heating up fast all across the bay area, i'll show you how hot it gets

i'm natalie morales. see something, say something. great advice. but how often do we follow it? if it's hard for adults, it's got to be even tougher for self-conscious teens. especially if it involves other kids and sex. tonight, with their parents observing from inside our watchmobile, we put teens to the test. will they say something? would your teen? it's a topic many of us parents would rather avoid. >> not really something that we talk about. >> i haven't talked to him that much about that kind of thing. >> it's uncomfortable talking about sex. >> i never spoke to him about sex. >> you haven't talked to him about sex? because now is the time. >> now is the time i know. >> we often don't know where to begin. so tonight we're going to help get the conversation started. >> it's not just the one big sex talk. it can be lots of little talks that you're having with your kids. >> and it's not about the birds and the bees. we're addressing some of the very real and sometimes dangerous things teens are confronted with today, from what goes on online. >> are you going to post it? >>

natalie morales spirited but uneven. nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning. i'm chris cato. let's see if it's warming up out there now. your first alert forecast meteorologist bill henley has that. >>> bright shaunshine and humidy higher than yesterday. a live view from lake wallenpaupack. 90 degrees at the lake today. in philadelphia, 74, 76 in northeast philadelphia and wilmington is in the 70s now. these numbers will be climbing into the 90s. a bit hotter than yesterday afternoon. 1:00, 90, 92 by 4:00 today. >> let's see how the rush is shaping up with nbc 10 first alert's traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're starting off out in camden, new jersey, where we have our cameras stationed right above the admiral wilson boulevard at 676, approaching the ben franklin bridge a slow crawl and jammed headed westbound into philadelphia. also watch out for the accident scene in mall vern on the pa turnpike between 29 and valley forge with the left-hand lane blocked. >> a little more than two weeks away from the pope's v

natalie morales spirited but uneven. a shrew must exist in toward be tamed and this play needs a woman of passion. >> the writer needs a . >>> good morning. 8:26. excuse me. looking at the george washington bridge. it's tuesday morning. september 8th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> police are at the scene of a small plane crash on long island. live pictures from chopper 4 over bay port. the experimental seaplane went down in great south bay off garretson avenue. only the pilot onboard. no reports of injuries. no word yet on what may have caused that crash. >>> a look at morning commute. >> still up to 90-minute delays from route 3 heading into the lrng lincoln tunnel. at the holland, 45. 280, an accident blocking two lanes. then on the l.i.e. westbound in queens, all lanes subject to closure after the l.i.e. a serious motorcycle accident out there. and on the garden state parkway northbound express lanes heavy delays an exit 114 with an accident there. back to you. >>> a check of are weather. hot, humid. high 93. a new recor

. >> reporter: lots of folks, natalie morales. good morning to you. def their super bowl championship this is going to be about a whole heck of a lot more than this season. tom brady back under center, coming off that huge preseason win in a federal courtroom last week. judge throwing out the four-game suspension. you know, it's -- it's one of those things talk to folks here on the ground and they really believe that that is going to motivate brady in a huge way this season. of course, he already hasour super bowl rings. if he picks up another super bowl win, he becomes the winningest quarterback in nfl history. and a lot of folks think that this team -- this team has it. 8:20 tonight, steelers, pats, natalie. >> awesome. going to be great, craig melvin, thanks. catch the season other, our coverage starts here at 7:30 eastern time. guys, you ready for a little football? >> yes. >> yeah. >> looking forward to it. >> missing that song. thank you. >>> now to something that's been decades in the making, help solving hundreds of thousands of unsolved crime

natalie morales spirited but uneven. ==topvo== three santa clara county correctional deputies accused in the beating deaf >>> good tuesday morning. it's 8:26. happening later today, three santa clara county correctional deputies accused in the beating death of an inmate are scheduled to face a judge for the first time. they face charges of murder, assault, and conspiracy. they're accused in the death of 31-year-old michael tyree, who guards found unresponsive in a jail cell. the district attorney says the three jail workers were the only ones to enter tyree's cell the day he died. it's possible all three men will enter a plea later today. their attorneys will also likely ask the judge to release them on bail. we'll continue to follow that. in the meantime, a traffic accident on the berkeley curve is making noise this morning. let's check in with mike. >> and as luck would have it, we just lost connection with our camera, but it was right there at the split where the berkeley curve moves away. it's out of the lanes but a

i'm natalie morales. >> i'm willie geist. hope you have a great labor day plan. we were talking about the video from a texas high school football game where two players appear to go after an officialle in the waning moments of the game. now people talking about motive for why they may have done it. >> the students have been suspended from the team and the school. we'll get more to it in a little bit. >>> first no holiday for the political candidates. new presidential poll numbers that spell bad news for hillary clinton as she's losing ground in the democratic race and the general election. we'll break down things with chuck todd in a moment. first, nbc's kristen welker is in davenport. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning to you. labor day means the presidential candidates will, as is tradition, be out in force. they will be ramping up campaigns for the fall season including secretary hillary clinton. her aides say they are not concerned about the latest poll numbers. they expected a competitive primary. still, they are hoping for a new beginning. hil

i'm natalie morales. >> i'm willie geist. hope you have a great labor day plan. we were talking about the video from a texas high school football game wheryotwo players appear to go after an officialle - the waning moments of the game. now people talking about motive for why they may have done it. >> the students have been suspended from the team and the school. we 'll get more to it in a little bit. >>> first no holiday for the political candidates. new presidential poll numbers that spell bad news for hillary inton as she's losing ground in the democratic race and the general election. we'll break down things with chuck todd in a moment. rst, nbc's kristen welker is in davenport. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morn g to you. labor day means the presidential candidates will, as is tradition, be out in force. they will be ramping up campaigns for the fall season including secretary hillary clinton. her aides say they are not concerned about the latest poll numbers. they expected a competitive primary. still, they are hoping for a new beginning. hijillar

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." getting steamy on the plaza. we are inside though. willie, al and tamron. >> this is my jam. >> this is yours? it was my jam a couple weeks ago. >> they didn't tell sp. "c ssic man." i love this song. if you're going to play it in the car with the kids, hit the clean version. >> there is an explicit version. >> that's true for every song. natalie and i talked about the weeknd, i can't feel my face. >> don't do that. just sing along and enjoyle. >> there is an empty chair. >> where is that thely? >> out on the plaza. >> ready to break my neck. >> you're a natural. >> i have a lot of help. this is a new mono rover, the new hot thing. >> does it come with people to hold you. >> it should. getting off and on isn't easy. it's like a segue. >> without a handle. >> iim getting better. it's b n five minutes of practice. getting off, i nearly broke my arm. >> i saw jamie foxx come on. >> wiz khalifa was arrested at lax on somethin

. >> announcer: 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. >> today on a tuesday morning, the first day of september, 2015. people say summer is over but it feels a lot like summer. >> these are july temperatures. >> continuing for the week. >> until thursday. then it will drop here. labor day weekend will be spectacular. >> i'm willie with natalie and al. tamron is on assignment. you picked a classic morning jam. >> "are you gonna go my way" by lenny kravitz. >> my cousin. >> really? maybe i vaguely remember. really? when did you reveal this? >> every chance i get. constantly. trying to get a little bit of his cool rubbed off. i'm constantly mentioning it. >> in honor of your cousin kravitz. >> cousin kravitz. that was on the adam's family. >> do you remember when lenny had the incident? >> i saw that. >> we talked about the relationship between al and lenny. >> i was on vacation. in my defense. >> on vacation. >> still, i brought it up like he was a hero on the show. >> anything else? >>

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio a in rockefler plaza. >>> o this steamy thursday morning. morning. >> i love that summer. summer of '91 that was my jam. >> i was in philadelphia. my friends in college went on to form a group -- i was a youngstert a temple university hanging out in fairnt pa.rk it's the last unofficial week of , righ heard you say? >> the last weekend. the unofficial last. >> everyone goes back to school very soon and summer quickly goes away. >> summerndserte1. or something le that. >> this is the unofficial end. >> we all have on white. >> you can wear it up until -- >> yeah. >> so we've got just in line with the heat we have a pool out on the plaza. yeah yeah. >> yeah. >> why do we hav that pool? >> there we go. >> jilli is jumping there. >> we have to do it again! these are the canine athletes featured in the purina incredible dog challenge. it's the first dog in the diving competition is chewy. we'll have more dogs later this morning. >> we'll see how far they can j

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist andy morning, september 11, 2015. i'm willie with natalie and tamron. al has the day off. it's a somber day as we mark the 14th anniversary of the attack of september 11, 2001. remembrances are being held across the country to honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. you are looking at the pentagon there. we saw a reading of the names at ground zero a few minutes ago. of course the ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, where some heroes took down the plane perhaps bound for the capitol of the united states. it's amazing. we were saying you wake up on september 11 and it hits you. it's been 14 years. i come from a town across the river in new jersey that lost 12 people. my next door neighbor was one of them. there are personal stories. my sister in law was in one of the buildings. you think about the firefighters and their families. men and women who went to iraq and afghanistan and their families and the wounded warriors still dealing with it. the ripples go out forever. >> th

that and more coming up now >> announcer: 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. we are the champions, my friend >> oh, man. >> what o chose this song? >> i'll toll you, willie along with natalie and al and tamron are off so our cohost, the champ. >> wwe superstar jon cena "we are the champions" by queen. >> hoping i can celebrate, sunday night of champions and i have a chance to be the united states champion. >> and you've been the united states champion. >> and i want it back. get it. >> that's a story, we'll get to that. >> we're going to get into that in a second. man, you've had an unbelievable year, "train wreck," so good in that movie. you and lebron were like these crazy surprises. >> the acting, amazing. >> the one scene with miss schumer that you got to shoot over and over and over. >> we're here, the best part of the year so far. >> can i point out something that you put up on twitter yesterday because i had a good laugh about this. >> sure. >> you were at the gym and you tweeted th

that and more coming up now >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take "with al roker, natalie morales, willie studio 1a in rockefeller, plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's tuesday morning. it's september 29th, trust. it's a beautiful day here in new york city. i'm willie along with al and tamron. natalie on assignment. can't get the global citizen fest that we were at saturday night. beyonce opened with this song. >> you're still in beyonce land. >> my morning thing. >> right after she left global citizen she and jds uniphase were at some pizza place in brooklyn could. have tagged along. jay-z and willie. >> just like us. >> just like us except they make hundreds of millions of dollars. >> and they look incredibly amazing. >> i feel pressure because you picked little mix as your jam. >> and you've got beyonce. tomorrow is my day. the pressure is on. >> it's just a song. >> i know, but xetdtive natalie jumped into me. natalie is a competitor and i feel like i should channel. please help me. can you tweet me and tell me what my song pick should be tomorrow. >> let the viewers pick the s

and more coming up right now >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie moralesn rockefeller plaza. >>> and welcome to "today" on a to us morning, september 22nd, 2015. i'm al along with natalie and tamron. willie on assignment. my morning jam, i love this song, "oh, me." hula hoop. >> a good one. >> in fenway park, we have alex out on the plaza. >> he's not hula hoping. >> and kate is pretty good at it. >> alex is as bad as i am. >> you've got to move your hips. >> that's one of those skills. >> it's all in the hips. ready >> i can't do it anymore. so weird. >> it's a great workout. >> there we go. look at that. >> hula hooping. >> this is not -- >> come on. >> but, you know. >> especially -- >> never stopped us before. >> coming off a night of melatonin. >> yes. i took a melatonin tea and still feel asleep. >> hula hooping, wouldn't that wake you up? >> makes you go to sleep. >> whenever i take that i feel dousy. >> isn't that the point. >> but not next day. >> you want to wake up the next day. >> if you're going to nitpick. >> supposed to be perky. >> you said

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist andthe 14th, 2015. nice crowd outside on the plaz ars. al, natalie, tamron out today but my goodness do we have a couple of strong reinforcements, the great did i drier is here. >> thanks. >> and mindy kaling, the new season of "the mindy project". >> thank you. >> her new book "why not me" both roll out tomorrow. thank you, mindy. >> you really miss al. i bring the al energy with me. >> and then some. >> and then the al mind and the tamron body, so i think like everyone -- i think we're going to be fine without them. i respect them a lot. but you know what the deal is. >> you capture both of them. we only need one mindy. >> "your book, "not me" that comes out tomorrow i read it on friday alone with a bottle of wine. that's all i did on friday. >> sexy. >> beyou're so warm and open and funny in the book that i feel like we're now best friends. >> oh, boy. >> i'm totally hanging out with you. we just hung out on friday, this is great. >> nice to have that kind of reaction because i feel li

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron halla very special wednesday morning, september 23rd, 2015. that's our crowd outside. i'm willie along with al, natalie and tamron. i love the choice on this day, beyonce. >> ave maria. beyonce's rendition. i called it my morning jam and the producer said you don't want to call it a jam. i jam to spiritual music. i wake up and it gets you going. this is in honor of pope francis who is now in the united states. he's in washington, d.c., being greeted by the most beautiful, angelic faces. children who waited all night long to just get a glimpse. and many of them got a hug, a handshake, a touch on the face. let's go to kelly o'donnell at st. matthew's cathedral. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an extraordinary welcome is under way for the holy father in washington. he has just completed a visit with the president in the oval office. an historic moment captured for cameras. but that was only part of his white house visit. earlier, 11,000 people on the south lawn were part of all the p

. >>> from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker and natalie morales and willie geist and tamroniful baby. on one of those muggy, steamy, you can see the air days here in new york city. i'm willie alongside with natalie and tamron. alongside with natalie and cameron. al is on assignment. mclemore lewis jam downtown. >>> like his songs. >> special shout out to eric nalgy of sha zam, he's the guy that sings in the chorus. the part you are hearing right now. he goes full onned frommy mercury. their performance at the vmas was incredible. >> you glosed over al is on assignment. not just any assignment. >> on the assignment of a lifetime. >> he is on ghost busters duty right now in boston. that's the scream you heard last night, when you woke up, al living in joy. >> his dreams coming true today. >> can you imagine what he is doing right now. >> freaking out. hopefully he will show up for a cameo. >> he will we'll see. >>> incredible pictures coming out of las vegas. a british airway's flight caught fire at vegas's mccarron airport. it was taxiing in route for london. when it caught o

. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron halle little baby on one of those muggy, steamy days here in new york city. i'm willie alongside with natalie and tamron. al is on assignment. we are our jams. >> nice. >> "downtown." a shout out to the man who sings the chorus. not the part right now, but he goes full-on eddie mercury. >> i saw them back together. >> their performance at the vmas was incredible. >> nice. >> you said al is on assignment. he's on "ghost busters" duty right now in boston. that's coming up. >> that was the scream you heard last night when you woke up. >> his dreams are coming true today. >> can you imagine what he's doing right now? >> he's freaking out. he won't be able to contain himself. i hope he sneaks in for a little cameo. we'll see. >>> incredible pictures out of las vegas yesterday. a british airways flight caught fire at las vegas' mccarren airport. the left engine caught fire. all 157 passengers were evacuated sliding down emergency chutes. the fire was put out within four minutes, but look at the

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist andler plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this labor day morning, monday, september 7, 2015. nice crowd outside on the plaza joining us. thank you all for sharing part of the day. i'm willie with natalie. al and tamron are off. we have a special guest co-host, host of "eat the trend" brandy malloi. >> we are lucky to have you here. >> i'm so excited. >> giving up labor day morning to be with us. >> i came in, i had my sprinkle donut. >> that's what you eat? >> breakfast of champions. >> and you look like that. >> and you picked our morning jam. what's our song? quo "shake it off". >> why this one? that's your jam? >> i love taylor swift. my sister and i went with my nephews to the continue krert in glendale, arizona. she's so good. >> awesome, yeah. >> this song makes me want to shake my booty. >> feel free. >> nobody's stopping you. it's a brandy party. >> if you don't know she reports on fashion, beauty, fitness, and food for pop sugar. we have random trivia. >> do you? >> you were once kn

that and more coming up next >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie moralesna colada. >> welcome to "today" on a monday morning, september 26th, 2015. i'll willie along with al and tamron. al, i love it. good morning jam. >> a little mix and black magic. >> who picked this, leila in. >> no, i did. >> i -- wow. >> know, i'm sure dads everywhere crank this up on their way to work. >> with the pope here this past week the feeling of love and togetherness, i thought it would last for awhile. >> i swear i wasn't coming for you. we were at the jets game last night and i saw you with leila and thought maybe she didn't pick it. i didn't picture this as an al roker song, little mix. >> al roker surprises you. >> every day. >> she saw me coming. >> i got scared. i got scared. >> oh, my goodness. you mentioned the jets game yesterday. >> yes. >> saturday night. >> tamron and i were both at the global citizen festival at central park. >> you weren't just there. >> we were hosting the coverage. >> a little program. >> it was incredible, incredible night. the global citize

. >> announcer: 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. >> welcome to "today." it's monday morning, september 21st, 2015. a beautiful day outside new york city to go along with a beautiful crowd. starting to feel a little bit more like fall out there. willie, a along with al and tamron and al is back. missed you, sir. >> missed you guys. >> and natalie, you brought al a nice morning jam. >> pleased to sit next to you. >> red carpet, hot one. >> 90 degrees. >> at least 95 degrees. >> crazy weather. >> all of the pope showed up to see the pope, 90 degrees with 91% humidity. >> 300,000 jammed together in a plaza. crazy weather. >> talking about those emmys. my favorite moment, our lead on on daly. >> and our team at "the voice" winning the race and "the amazing race" wins every year and he made a joke the other luis aliceaing congratulations already to "the amazing race." carson is on his way back and instagrammed a photo of his emmy going through screening at the tsa. >> got a sweet shout

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist andul friday morning here in new york city. it's september 18th, 2015. we can't stop once that song comes on. we just move. >> yeah. >> inside. willie along with tamron and our guest co-host this morning brooke anderson of "entertainment tonight" fame. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this is your morning jam. >> this is the morning jam and the nickelodeon version. >> you have kids. >> once you have children and you're a parent your play list is not your own anymore so instead of do do "the stanky leg" but do the crazy leg. >> why is stanky not kid approved? >> you might not want your 6 and 6-year-old running around, you know. >> his kids sing "drunk on a plane." >> lucy knows the words. last week we had a big family competition and one of the events was a lip synch battle and my daughter lucy who is 1 chose as our lip synch song "whip nene" and we did the whole thing and she was doing the stanky leg. >> and my child thinks it's hilarious. >> it's because, you know,

. >> announcer: from nbc news, roker, natalie morales and willie geist and tam on hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this bdeautiful friday morning in new york city. it is september 25th, kristen, our beloved producer. >> her las, day with us. >> don't start crying, kristen. >> she's heading back to her hometown outside cleveland. one of our very favorites. we might talk about her a little bit. i'm willie along with natalie and tamron. al has the day off. our producers chose this song for us, "empirestate of mind" withnthe pope here. what a fantastic night at st. patrick's cathedral and nbc's raheema ellis is at the papal nuncio up on the upper east side. >> reporter: pope francis left here a short while ago to begin of a 39-hour wirl whind visit to the city. as you mentioned he headed down to the united nations, down there. he was greeted by the president of the u.n. and his wife, and there the pope will really address the world. he is going to speak before the general assembly addressing 150 leader this. all comes after you mentioned he arrives in