and ava's esmerelda. >> do you mind if i show the pictures?oh my god. for the record that's not the real picture. >> that's not the child. >> i want you to hear what ryan said about his partner. the only quality he looked for in a woman is that she is ava mendez. >> he just got even better looking. >> 10 million people tuned into the voice to see blake shelton and gwen perform their long awaited country duet. >> the hardest part was not smiling. >> gwen and blake nailed it in two takes last night. it was shot in front of a live audience an hour before the show so here's what you din see. >> they looked amazing. even pharel joked you guys look so >> the first time they ran through the song they were staring at each other the whole time and at the end it looked like he gave gwen a kiss on the head. that's not the take in the show. we only ended up seeing on tv blake bowing down to gwen. >> they got a standing ovation both times and before the show he gave us the back story to the great love song. >> we started writing this song that we're perfor

april 14th, ava covered up that bump on mother'sday. same purse.ame position but now we know one reason for that smirk. a baby girl had already arrived. so what's the story behinddthe name? it was ava's character in we own the night and also her grandmother's name and the middle name of ryan andava's esmerelda. >> do you mind if i show the pictures? >> oh my god. for the record not the real picture. >> that's not the child. >> i want you to hear what ryan said about his partner. the only quality hh looked for in a woman is that she is ava mendez. >> he just got even better looking. >> 10 million people tuned into the voice to see bla shelton and gwen perform their long awaited country duet. >> the hardest part was not smili smiling. >> gwen and blake nailed it in two takes last night. it was shot in front of a live audience an hour before the show so here's what you din see. >> they looked amazing. even pharel joked you guys look so cute. >> the first time they ran through the song they were staring at each other the time and at the end t looked li

ava and isabella switched spots from 2014.he social security administration website has the top baby names dating back to 1880. i think it's interesting all those names end in a. i agree. people really like that sound. >> very -- >> my name is one syllable. >> grad you know. >> it works for you. >> brooke that's this weather is not working for me. i think there's sun somewhere out there. >> we have if news actually. >> i do. we'll see that sun return it will take little bit of time granted the rest of the day at least that's looking better than this morning did. not as soaking of a rain falling down there. but it's a mess. we really are dealing with drenching rain this morning. so many travel issues that came along with that. actually we'll take you outside first and for most to a look at just one of our use it a traffic cam a shot taken from our very own station head quarters from high a fop our cbs broadcast center here and what we're looking at is the intersection broad and spring garden i mean this is live picture it looks

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so i take ava to school in the morning and then come back and have my coffee and just relax and then -- maybe go grocery shopping. it's so boring. >> but when you don't get to do it all the time there's something delicious about it, right? you -- you know, y >> let me listen to one of your songs. this one, reckless, you said it feels like coming home to you. let's just listen for a second. ♪ i thought i wasn't worth it, keeping me when ♪ i didn't deserve it, looking it my eyes and seeing the soul ♪ inside and crying, crying, crying, ♪ i'm ready, i've got all my senses ♪ >> when you hear this, is it fun? >> yeah, i'll be honest, it is fun because, you know -- >> you worked so hard at it, it's your reward at the end. >> it's weird. after you make a record, you know this, there's a period of time where you listen to it and all you can hear is kind of what you wish you had more time to fix or whatever then a period of time goes by and now i listen to it and i'm like i like that. >> you get perspective. >> can we talk about your milestone? >> what's the big >> duh! >> tell us, young lady.

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>> riley, hazel, parker, oliva and ava. >> you got it. >> any trouble telling them apart?dentical twins and daniel got them mixed up. >> it happens. you know you have had cameras follow you for this entire journey, even through your struggles with infertility. what was that like? >> it was -- i mean, it was pretty good. i mean, we -- we had them with us from the very beginning and we got used to it pretty quick. the camera crew, almost became like family members. blayke was calling our producer uncle brad. so, she -- we took right to it. it hasn't been too bad. >> i think all of america is getting a sense of how difficult it is and how fun it is to struggle with quints. as they're looking for those cheerios. >> they're super mobile right now as you can see. >> danielle, how hard was it when adam had to go back to work? >> mom, stop feeding riley. >> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear you. >> how difficult it was when adam had to go back to work? >> i had to deal with all day. no, it was definitely really hard when he had to leave and you know i did have some help come in and famil

. >> reporter: johnny carson and ava gabor played on "the tonight show." suddenly the game selling millions of copies the next year. and decade. ♪ twister >> reporter: and decades. spinning its way to succession, and becoming a corner stone of pop culture. >> reporter: last year country store thomas rhett broke the record for the world's largest twister game, unrolling a 27,000 foot matt in arlington, texas. today twister is sold in over 35 countries. cashing in on the fun, and the nostalgia. >> i'm very happy that people are still enjoying it. and still having fun. playing the game. >> 50 years the game hasn't changed but fans are still willing to tie themselves up in knots. >> back in my day we didn't have cell phone, it was just good old family fun time. >> i am 42. i've been playing since i was little. >> left foot on green. >> reporter: the game that ties you up in knots, still tying people together. morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching

and girls owe live, yeah so fee, ava and isabella.ames making biggest jumps were aalayha and add line. >> no james. >> no james. >> and heaven forbid, no cecily. >> and no ducis either. >> no ducis. ducis has yet to make a top ten list, any year, any country, but we love ducis. >> i think mine is before his. >> what about that weekend accu weather forecast. >> thank goodness we will see some sunshine, about time. storm tracker six double scan is showing that we are still dealing with some showers, they are generally on a light side, generally north ape west of the i-95 corridor but we have some pockets of heavier rain that are right now, moving through pottstown and note that is rain is moving from the east to the west, and kind of the opposite of most weather systems. that low pressure is just spinning over it. but it is weakening, but today, temperatures, going no where, fast. our low 50, our high, it is only managed to make it up to 56 degrees. that is 15 degrees below normal. we will get up in the 70's. it will feel like a heat wa

ava, says there are many reasons why people don't admit to getting botox in other cosmetic treatments>> it's like okay i do look perfect in that dress you don't have to know that i'm wearing spanks. it's the same principal as like okay i look perfect and fabulous and it's just because i am perfect and fabulous. not that i had anything done. >> doctors say with a growing number of older men and women dating, many are hiding how they maintain a youthful look. >> there are more and more men who are in their 50s and 60s and 70s who want to date and so they can't look like they're the woman's grandfather. >> it's not just botox. people are hiding bigger procedures as well. experts say some wait for their significant others to travel out of town and pay cash for treatments or spread out the payments. isn't we're getting better at what we're doing. >> penn medicine plastic surgeon says with more natural looking results, the stigma is slowly lifting. >> it doesn't need to be secret any more. >> no. absolutely not. >> she's given up on botox deception is no longer self conscious about getting

ava, says there are many reasons why people don't admit to getting botox in other cosmetic treatments it's like okay i do look perfect in that dress you don't have to know that i'm wearing spanks. it's the same principal as like okay i look perfect and fabulous and it's just because i am perfect and fabulous. not that i had anything done. >> doctors say with a growing number of older men and women dating, many are hiding how they maintain a youthful look. >> there are more and more men who are in their 50s and 60s and 70s who want to date and so they can't look like they're the woman's grandfather. >> it's not just botox. people are hiding bigger procedures as well. experts say some wait for their significant others to travel out of town and pay cash for treatments or spread out the payments. isn't we're getting better at what we're doing. >> penn medicine plastic surgeon says with more natural looking results, the stigma is slowly lifting. >> it doesn't need to be secret any more. >> no. absolutely not. >> she's given up on botox deception is no longer self conscious about getting re

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i was lucky to have the experience of ava spoke. shoes. it is difficult to describe.erfection. caroline: is that really expensive if i want to get a bespoke shoe? >> it is. on average, 7000 euros for a pair of shoes. caroline: is it not easy to be the son -- is there many major differences between you and your father? are you a good fit for the younger generation and the future of the group? >> i don't know. i hope i am. i know we get along very well. different generations, but the dialogue is extremely constructive. we are not only father and son, but also business partners, and we debate a lot. we speak about business a lot. luckily we don't speak only about business. but it is a nice relationship. working with your family is very pleasant. being the sun in a family such as mine is a great responsibility. it has already weighed on your responsibilities in the past few years. are you ready to take on more? >> we will see. my father is in very good health and will work for the next 25 to 30 years. arnault: antoine explaining a little bit about the family business. up

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joining me now is ava. i appreciate your time here. certainly you know this. issue in texas. in houston a proposition that would legalize transgender bathroom access. it was struck down and here's the political ad that ran during that time and i want to talk about on the other side. >> any man at any time could enter a woman's bathroom by claiming to be a woman that day. no one is exempt. even registered sex offenders could follow women or young girls into a bathroom and if a business tried to stop them they would be fined. protect women's privacy. vote no on the proposition 1 bathroom ordinance. >> so those that are advocates of the community say what's wrong with that message is that it is likening people transgender people to sex offenders or predators. what's your take on that? >> well, it certainly is an emotional issue on all sides from those that are supporting the measures and those that are against it. and when you're talking about it in context of public schools, the tensions step it up a notch so we have seen that here locally in the ft. worth schoo