so you challenged kenny loggins, meredith vieira and billy bush. billy accepted the challenge. he was on vacation. >> yes. kidd had already challenged him. >> shortly after he did that, he posted a photo of his swollen foot. and he wrote, "more broken bones on vacation. slow down, fool." so we didn't know when that happened. >> i hope it had nothing to do with your challenge. i can see it already. >> all right. kenny loggins who likes to call himself k-log for some reason also took the challenge. take a look at the video he sent. >> hey, kathie lee. you called me out. a.l.s. ice bucket challenge. so here i am. i'm going to do it. here it comes. now. arrggghh! >> oh, man. >> good for you. >> his hair is real. he's got great hair. >> you never know with some of them. >> he's got a great everything. please, believe me. well that didn't come out right, did it. he was a house guest for a few days. >> don't -- stop -- he challenged kevin bacon, brad paisley, and zoe deschanel. >> that's what i'm loving about this. >> and meredith vieira took the challenge with the help her family on

joining me now is billy bush, host of "access hollywood." thanks for joining us.ou've been texting with melissa rivers and posted of an facebook she told you please pray. what is the family saying right now about joan's condition? >> please pray. the last i heard from melissa she said stable but critical. and i think which is -- it's either stable or critical. she said stable but critical which means any time an 81-year-old woman has gone into cardiac arrest and whose breathing has stopped at any point and is in stable condition, it's critical. she's in stable condition and that means her first joke is probably coming soon. if we know joan. >> that is some encouraging news. do we know anything about what caused her to go into cardiac arrest? >> it's a mystery because on tuesday, right after the emmys, she taped her fashion police emmy special. that's just two days ago. everyone an the set there says that joan was sharp. more energy than all the young members of the staff. typical joan. she's scheduled to be back an "fashion police" september 4th or 5th. one of the

i have not have accepted had her challenge, but i challenge kenny loggins, and billy bush. okay. frank. >> are you naked? >> oh. oh! >> yes. only you were naked in the tub doing it. >> i had a bathing suit on. frank's never seen me naked. are you crazy? >> was that cas laughing. >> cas was shooting it. >> making a lot of money by the way. >> oh, my gosh. >> this is working for als. up to $3 million and it's going to be growing. >> i think we all have someone in our lives who has suffered from that or continuing to suffer from it. it's a horrid, horrid disease. millions raised now in a very -- and it's become a fun thing. >> it has. >> it really has. >> so as often happens after a great tragedy like losing our robin williams, then yesterday we hear that lauren bacall had passed away, died in her home of suspected massive stroke, 89 years old. >> yeah. i mean she made her movie debut when only 19 years old "to have and have not" opposite 44-year-old humphrey bogart. i didn't realize there was that much of an age gap. >> oh, yes yes. they had quite the love affair and she -- that mo

. >> access hollywood live's billy bush was on the red carpet for the emmy's. he joins us with the controversy. lots of sparks flying. >> if there was any indication that she was coerced into doing it it would be an outrage. you know she was the first person to throw up her hand and say i would love to stand on a pedestal while this boring gentleman -- lovely man, by the way. even bruce knows it is kind of a tune out so they came up with the gag. a "time" magazine writer right when it happened started with the social media comment that it was sexist. by the time sophia and "modern family" won she said it is the opposite. you can put up the quote. she basically said a woman can be hot, funny, make fun of herself and make money at the same time. we are making a big to do about nothing. >> interesting. we are going to be looking forward to your reports tonight. you looked great out there. you cleaned up real nice last night. looked sharp. >> it is the pneumonia diet. i had pneumonia for a week. no solid foods, just soup. it really is something. you feel awful when

for an update from billy bush. >> we joan is a colleague as wel as a friend to you. whatre y hearing now? >> hearing joan is in stable condio our sce at the hospital says and our source with joan say stae she arrived. what happened in the ambulance is good. it was a simple endscopic vocal produ wasn like some kind of slow build failing health of joan rive. jt she taped or "faio police" special for friy night. just last night in new york she mada j on stage saying i'm 81. i can go at any moment. she w sha joan completely with it. this thing is totally random. >> as you mentioned sharp. she irs this is a woman who has so much fight her. she has been a household name sin 1965, been -- can you stilhe us? we are having audio diflt >> th is hallowed ground whe i s. jn rivers became a legend on thiset. when johnny carson was absent joan rivers was his fill in. she was a survivor among l sta comics, not ju t feme category. i talked to her daughter, mel. melisld me mom is going to make it. she h to because if i know her she cannot wait to make a joke about ct that she knocked

but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we have an update on the billy bush mystery.ank's giff says -- >> that's true. guess what is happening. i don't know if you're aware of this, but somebody has a birthday coming up on saturday. we're going to be celebrating kathie lee's birthday tomorrow and there may be a few surprises. >> so good reasons to tune in tomorrow. >> your birthday. >> have a good thirsty thursday, everybody. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now at 11:00 philadelphia is continuing the push to convince democrats that the city of brotherly love is the only place to be for 2016. leaders in philadelphia say philadelphia can match any other city still in the running for the conviction. mayor michael nutter and city council are making a big push today. >> reporter: the second day and only hours left. moments ago we spoke with mayor nutter about the breakfast meeting he had with business leaders in the community. check out this video. as you may know 18 members of the dnc site committee are in

but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we have an update on the billy bush mystery.t's not okay. i believe love will last, but do you know that those things will sag with age? >> yeah, frank's giff says -- >> that's true. guess what is happening. i don't know if you're aware of this, but somebody has a birthday coming up on saturday. we're going to be celebrating kathie lee's birthday tomorrow and there may be a few surprises. >> so good reasons to tune in tomorrow. >> your birthday. >> have a good thirsty thursday, everybody. >>> now's the time for healing, now's the time for peace and a calm on the streets of ferguson. now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done. >> right now at 11:00, protest terse and police clash over the deadly shooting of an unarmed teen. now the president asks the fbi and the department of justice to leave the investigation. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. we begin with now developments in that unrest in ferguson, missouri. president obama says there's no e

>> billy bush, eat your heart out.y glad you didn't -- >> caulking. >> wait a second, so they were protesting the caulking in the windows. >> yes. >> because? >> well, she thought it should be tested. >> toxic caulk. >> dangerous chemicals. >> it's a dangerous conversation. >> why do you say hollyweird? something worries me about you washington -- >> we're new york now. >> i understand. when hollywood people come in here, you wear a tie, you get dressed up, you fawn -- not you -- >> no, i don't actually. >> people fawn all over them. >> look, do we look like fawners? we do not fawn over anybody. >> you're not fawners. >> he's not a fawner. >> i'm talking about chris matthews, my good friend. >> you can't name names. >> i love chris. >> he loves that. >> no, i love chris. >> you know what, it's offensive that you call me like a washington insider. i'm all nantucket, baby, you know that. >> we are nantucket. that's our bumper sticker. >> we are nantucket. hey, this is an amazing book. we'll talk about it more and would l