barry manilow is here! mething, barry. >> i'm here. ♪ you know i can't smile without you ♪ >> we know that, but it was so weird to see you sitting there and not playing the piano. do we pay more for you if you play? >> sure. >> garth brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame sunday. that surprised me. i thought, now? >> love it. >> they said he was incredibly emotional about it. >>> you know what? my favorite thing is happening tonight and next monday night, as well. david friedman, you know him from "everyone has a story" with me every month. he's going to be where the old studio 54 used to be tonight and next monday. he's going to be doing an evening of his own songs. barry is a huge fan of david's and performed some of his songs. so he'll be there tonight. >> mine is also a musical deal. katy perry, i don't know if you talked the comedy central event, but she sang a duet with a little girl with autism, her name is jody. watch this. ♪ >> oh, wow. >> it was so beautiful. that everyone at the b

look just what was dragged in from brooklyn. >> yes, barry manilow is here. ano? >> i can hear you now. sure. >> it's not just barry manilow. garth brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame sunday. that surprised me. i just thought now? he is the third best selling artist of all time behind elvis is second and the beatles third. garth brooks. >> love it. >> wasn't televised, but he said he was incredibly emotional about it. i like his wife. good for him. >> shall we talk favorite things? what's yours? >> you know what my favorite thing is happening tonight, and next monday night as well. david friedman, you all know him from writing. write me every month. he is going to be at 54 below where the old studio 54 will be. tonight next monday at 7:00 p.m. 254 west 54th street go to 24 below.com. he will be doing an evening of his own songs. barry is a huge fan of david's and performs some of his songs. he is going to be there tonight. i like that. >> yeah. mine is also a musical deal. katie perry. i don't know if you watched comedy central last night,

. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for public schools. manilow donated a piano to launch a musical instrument drive for the schools. and if you donate a new or gently used instrument at the hp pavilion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to manilow's concert on that night. it is part of the manilow music project. >>> the man behind rich dad, poor dad has filed for bankruptcy. the company has filed for bankruptcy claiming it is weighed down by a $23 million lawsuit filed by learning annex. it is one of the early supporters and financial backers. >>> we are getting ready for quite a warm up around here jie. which we deserve. >> it is going to be like a return to summer. now, we had much cloudier skies earlier. as you can see on live doppler 7hd, the skies have become clear in many locations. we have partly cloudy skies at the moment. and current temperature readings are dropping. it is in the 50sin most locations. in the north bay valleys where we said it would be cooler, it is down to 48 degrees in napa. and down to 48 degr

. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for public schools. manilow donated a piano to launch a musical instrument drive for the schools. and if you donate a new or gently used instrument at the hp pavilion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to manilow's concert on that night. it is part of the manilow music project. >>> the man behind rich dad, poor dad has filed for bankruptcy. the company has filed for bankruptcy claiming it is weighed down by a $23 million lawsuit filed by learning annex. it is one of the early supporters and financial backers. >>> we are getting ready for quite a warm up around here jie. which we deserve. >> it is going to be like a return to summer. now, we had much cloudier skies earlier. as you can see on live doppler 7hd, the skies have become clear in many locations. we have partly cloudy skies at the moment. and current temperature readings are dropping. it is in the 50sin most locations. in the north bay valleys where we said it would be cooler, it is down to 48 degrees in napa. and down to 48 degr

. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for public schools.e for the schools. and if you donate a new or gently used instrument at the hp pavilion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to manilow's concert on that night. it is part of the manilow music project. >>> the man behind rich dad, poor dad has filed for bankruptcy. the company has filed for bankruptcy claiming it is weighed down by a $23 million lawsuit filed by learning annex. it is one of the early supporters and financial backers. >>> we are getting ready for quite a warm up around here jie. which we deserve. >> it is going to be like a return to summer. now, we had much cloudier skies earlier. as you can see on live doppler 7hd, the skies have become clear in many locations. we have partly cloudy skies at the moment. and current temperature readings are dropping. it is in the 50sin most locations. in the north bay valleys where we said it would be cooler, it is down to 48 degrees in napa. and down to 48 degrees. now i hillary vies on the spot and call this partly clo

a little barry manilow to get us in the mood.later. >> "mandy." >> mine is "it's america." >> a good one, too. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker. willie geist is in boca raton, florida for the presidential debate tonight. >> you think it's chilly here, you ought to be in this debate hall. apparently, the campaigns agreed on meat locker settings tonight. florida, as you know is a big battleground state. both candidates have invested a lot of time and money here. coming up, ryan seacrest hits the campaign trail in the sunshine state. meet some of the young people who have dedicated their lives to this election. >> all right, willie, we will check in with you in just a bit. >>> also ahead, pippa middleton opens up about what it's like to share the spotlight with her sister, the royal wedding and a certain part of her body, yes, that part. what it's like to have that be your most famous asset. al what do you have? >> no pun intended. get t >>> another woman getting a lot of attention, rachel held evans decided to

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. >>> >>> barry manilow is hitting the winning note for san jose public schools e has donated a yamaha piano to launch a musical instrument drive for the school. if you donate a new or gently-used instrument at the hp pavillion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to man low's concert on the same night. it's all part of the man low music project. >>> that sounds like a fair trade. >> the space shuttle is moving slowly, much more slowly than i said. ite not due to be at the museum until about 9:00 ton. >> okay. >> the cloud cover is moving slowly out of here. it's been really gray the last couple days but making for an autumn-like feel to the weather. today can you see the crescent moon? this is from our roof camera that. shows we do have some clearing in the overcast. i'll let you know how much clearing and how much warmth is headed our way through the weekend and that's next. >> thank you, lisa. also neck, a stunning turn of events in washington. it gives the giants home field advantage in the playoffs. larry beil has highlights of last night's unbelievable come back go

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. >>> barry manilow is hitting the winning note for san jose public schools e has donated a yamaha pianoical instrument drive for the school. if you don't nate a new or gently used instrument at the box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to man low's concert on the same night. it's all part of the man low music project. >>> that sounds like a fair trade. do you have any spare instruments lying around at home? >> i don't think so. >> i never played any either, not well at least. >> we are looking at a much better forecast. many likes it gray and cool and that's what it's been the last couple days. as we look outside now, partly cloudy conditions and a weak frontal band will be working in our favor to bring us sunshine later. i'll explain coming up. >> also next, a stubbing turn of events in washington. it gives the giants home field advantage in the playoffs. larryry beil has the highlights of last night's [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that

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