never dawned on me until kath kept saying repeat it. >> love is in the air today. we are in the process of throwing a big fat "today" wedding with the release of big thought it would be fun to throw our own wedding today in one of the most bif changed and wal head. >> and they're going toe for their honeymoon. isn't that kind of a cool thing? >> yes. >> a greek wedding and then going to greece? >> couldn't really send them to sicily after that. >> weird. we're going to join them. >> how can they have a party without them. we see yo of ambush ndke tand-new wedding dresses for thi the contest we called my big fat today wedding. and three couples started out competing against one another. america voted. this couple is from chicago, dating five years. she's a teacher. he's in software. and, you know, it was pretty cool. >> and they seemed up for everything. more than that, the people who are voting on this, the fans watching the show, really wanted to be out there with everything, you know? >> it was cool. and you know what's interesting, sometimes when it's so big, yo

never dawned on me until kath kept saying repeat it. >> love is in the air today. we are in the process of throwing a big fat "today" wedding with the release of "my big fat greek wedding 2" and we thought it would be fun to throw our own wedding today in one of the most beautiful spots in new york, the rainbow room. hoda and i closed that place down one time. >> yes, we did. >> caitlyn and justin exchanged vows in a very unusual way. >> it was crazy with their family and friends. millions of other people watched, as well. joey fatone is the one who officiated the wedding. and from rogue to reception, 3:30. so she was in a robe, she changed, the bridal party changed and walked and ended up in the rainbow room. and andy grammar saying good to be alive right about now, which is a song i'll be singing the next three weeks. >> can't get it out of your head. >> and they're going to greece for their honeymoon. isn't that kind of a cool thing? >> yes. >> a greek wedding and then going to greece? >> couldn't really send them to sicily after that. >> weird. we're going to j

*the special program today to prevent another good morning tri-state, i'm kath rine nero.chris riva is in st. louis today with xavier. here - it's getting cooler ... jennifer - it's a good for watching basketball.. skies will be mostly sunny again tonight and temperatures will be a bit cooler. winds are shifting to the northwest today and this will keep highs in the mid 50s this afternoon. rain returns for saturday with the potential for a few snowflakes mixing in early

good morning tri-state, i'm kath rine nero.chris riva is in st. louis today with xavier. here - it's getting cooler ... jennifer - it's a good for watching basketball.. skies will be mostly sunny again tonight and temperatures will be a bit cooler. winds are shifting to the northwest today and this will keep highs in the mid 50s this afternoon. rain returns for saturday with the potential for a few snowflakes mixing in early breaking overnight... one person is recovering after being shot inside a clifton area restaurant.police say the man was shot in the leg just before 1 a-m inside the "elephant walk" at the corner of clifton and mcmillan.he was taken to u-c medical center with non-life threatening injuries.there is no suspect information at this time but police say if you know anything call crimestoppers the tri-state mother who police says admitted to putting her four year old step-son into scalding water... will appear in court in just a few hours. anna ritchie is charged with child endangerment... but that will likely be changed to a more serious charge.the warren co

. >> the police kath up with the two and found the cat littic converters in the car. >>> san francisco demand ride company offers uber pool in the east bay that can cut rates in half the new ceo of zynga is gtting promoted after spending seven months on the board of directors. the dow added 34 points and nasdaq wun as well, by 13 points. >>> a high school could have a new mascot after complaints their current one is racist. >> he is everywhere you look. on the sign, in front and sweat shirts and outside and inside of the gym. some say it's time for rebel guy to go. >> we want someone who has 0 reflection of a confederate like image. >> we really love being rebels and high spirited, standing up for what is wrong and right. >> the current mascot was dated back to 1997 seen as a softening of what was then depicted as a confederate colonel. and the year book was called the confederate. jim told us his kids graduated from the high school in 1970. he thinks what was fashionable in the old days may not be now. >> do you think it's time to change it? >> probably, yes. to be politically correct

. >> and kath won for best tv host. >> must be a mistake. >> hoda won for siris xm radio show. >> you won my award last year. you're cleaning up. >> kathie also won this. with me on the show. >> nia didn't win anything, but next year, i hear she's up for another academy award -- >> yeah. i didn't bring a toothbrush on >> it works? >> uh-huh. we also want to see your photos of your most beautiful day ever. because next week -- >> an amazing performance. doesn't give anything but an amazing performance, from broadway. a tony nominated for my musical "scandalous." we'll show your photos during a song she's going to be singing. head to facebook page, we've posted photos and would love to share them with everybody. >> also, if you are a bride and want to get ambushed, come thursday. we may find you out in the crowd. that will be fun too. >> if you're going to be getting married, not if you've been one. >> no. right. >> and don't miss our favorite things. >> oh, i need to find one. >> i didn't know. >> oh, yeah. >> studio celebrity gossip and "today's buzz" coming up right after this. >> ri

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havana, where the president took a tour of old havana, they had to hold the umbrellas, checking out the kath eid ral and met with staff. >> as the motorcades passed by. no one was in the streets, we heard shears cheers from apartments. according to a post. 90% spour normalize as. >> reporter: ask anyone on the streets of havana, the overwhelming majority support normalization between havana and america. both support the changes, from the opening of the embassy to john kerry strolling through down. now with president obama's trip, will it be style or substance. >> i think obama has an opportunity to address the cuban people. he has a huge popularity among people. they want to hear from the president that he is able to change the policy. >> development has taken place at a rapid clip. in january, the u.s. eased restrictions on financing. in february, the two agreed to restore commercial fights and by march major league baseball allowed players into the country without defecting. american efforts sent a signal to other countries, hesitant about engaging with cuba, to go ahead and do so. europe

matt is joini kath is off. she's in florida in her thong. >> is she really? instagram photos out there? you know you're doing a different kind of show than what we do in the first two hours because in the ten seconds before we went on the air, hoda says we don't have the paddles. i'm thinking, what is that for? >> i'm going to fill you in later on exactly what. we have a fun show. almsl the celebrity buzz that happened over the weekend that you might have missed. >> how w your weekend? >> my weekend was good. i was supposed to go to cancun with joel and his daughter and then there was a little flub with the hotel and whatnot. so instead of having two room, we had one room. so i decided i wasn't going to go. >> did they go on without you? >> they went on without me. >> and where did you go? >> i went to west palm beach because i had time. it can be a little weird. place in rohoboth, sometimes my mom and i sleep in the bed and it's a small place so joe will sleep on a blowup mattress next to the bed. >> like the beverly hillbillies. you have a ton of money, jus

kath win soy >>> still ahead on this program, in the sports news, putting their fashion feed forward, pointed out which national have the rio olympics sorted. ics sorted. >>> welcome back. the u.s. president obama has announced more steps to fight the countries's growing heroin epidemic. he criticized the traditional view of addiction and is requesting for treatment centers. he says it's a medical problem not a criminal problem. >> reporter: as this man walks the streets of chicago he knows by nightful 78 americans will have died on this day of a drug overdose from opioids. he knows because his 20-year-old son was one of them because he taught him how to do heroin >> what people don't realise is how quickly it turns into a monster. you live to use and use to live. it takes away all moral value judgment, all you care about is getting that next fix, whatever you have to do to get it. >> reporter: this man was a successful be that as it may turned addict, turned convict for drug crimes. his is no longer an unusual story as the u.s. president pointed out at a forum. >> this is not somethi

they say the kath forward the narrowing. donald trump has something to worry about.on trump seem to be chipping away at him. perhaps the most effective, comparisons to adolph hitler. >> the media has been saying some pretty negative things about donald trump. but what are real americans saying? >> the guy is a winner. >> he's authentic. >> so when people ask why you support donald trump, you just tell them -- >> he's going to take our economy from here to here. and i like that. >> he's not some cautious politician. he says what i'm thinking. a message from racists for donald trump. >> all right. saturday night live was not alone. glenn beck said this on abc. >> we all look at adolph hitler in 1940. we should look at adolph hitler in 1929. he was a funny kind of character that said the things people were thinking. where donald trump takes it, i have no idea. but donald trump is a dangerous man. >> all right. glenn beck also compared donald trump to adolph hitler. another says please stop it with voting for trump. ck went onto say it was funny for a little while, but t

never dawned on me until kath kept saying repeat it. >> love is in the air today.

kath is off. she's in florida in her thong. >> is she really? instagram photos out there?