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a.j. and dylan. thanks for filling in. will choose new mayors. polls are open until eight this evening. in waterloo -- quentin hart and tim hurley are on the ballot. hurley spent three terms in the six of those years he was a mayor pro tem. cedar falls mayor jon crews will be on today's ballot -- but he drdrped out shortly after the runnf was announced. the other candidate, jim brown has never run for mayor before. a third candidate -- dave halterman announced a write- in campaign after crews dropped out. halterman was on t te ballot lastt month but didn't qualify for the run-off. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. snow showers today and tonight >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody! i'm sorry i am over there looking at the chicken schnitzel from donna. one of hoda's favorite days. >> and i love this song, and

a.j. and dylan. thanks for filling in. appreciate it. >> it was fun. >> wan >>> good morning. will be with us for the rest of the day. 55 degrees. it has warmed up nicely in philadelphia. we're only looking at rainfall here, nothing to shovel with this one. but you will have to deal with it today, tonight and tomorrow. temperatures in the 50s this afternoon with steady winds out of the northeast. >>> jessica, there have been problems on the road. we don't know if it's weather related but serious backups on the garden state parkway. >> double accident scene, possibly weather related. this could be a slippery area. dennis township, northbound before the cape may tolls. first one occurred around 7:30 at mile marker 17.9. that one isn't as serious as the one that happened at about 8:21, about an hour ago at mile marker 17.3. reports of the left lane being blocked. schuylkill expressway, big delays heading eastbound into the center city. >>> police in philadelphia are investigating two shootings overnight. in southwest philadelphia, a man was shot outside a speak easy after getting

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a.j. and dylan. thanks for filling in. appreciate it. >> it was fun. over the holidays. charitable donors will hear pitches from 13 bay area non-profits in san francisco tonight. last year, #givingtuesday was seen over 750,000 times on twitter. >>> temperatures this morning 30s and 40s. a little bit better than the freeze warning we had on monday. numbers close to 60 in san jose. upper 60s in san francisco and the north bay. about the same temperatures toward the tri-valley. i think it's tomorrow when you'll notice the temperatures climbing up. mid 60s around the south bay. north bay and east shore and tri-valley, but thursday we'll have wind and run and snow. skies clear again friday and to start the upcoming weekend. for a check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> chopper just removed from the scene. southbound 101 is completely closed because of a dump truck that turned over and spilled all of its debris on to the roadway below. that's the 101 freeway. so we're looking at the closure. you're going to take 280 out of san francisco and move over

. >> a.j., you agreed to hang out with me and dylan. >> i did. >> you watch "the take" every day. >> i do watch you all the time. i do! i text you and you don't respond. after i see you do things on the show and i'm like i like that. that was interesting. >> yes. >> look. >> did you see her, she hasn't respond. >> but you did invite me and thank you. >> we have a list of men that we wanted on this show. >> alphabetically you were at the top. >> that's what usually happens. >> so we didn't even make it past "a." >> thank you, i just found out that we grew up in the same town in new jersey. >> yeah. i was born there. >> what's the town? >> i was born from freehold, new jersey. >> is that where your mom met bruce springsteen. >> went to high school with springsteen. >> they dated, right? >> that one is a rumor we started. >> very early in the morning, i like it. >> rumor started by matt lauer. made my story so much cooler. >> and you have two beautiful daughters. >> i do have two daughters. >> amy belle and ava claire. >> and my wife deion. >> a patient and amazing woman. >> she is a pa