. >> we have bobby lee, my aunt caroline, a lot of people. >> would you say it's the majority of the town? >> it's the majority of the town. >> water is the talk of the town how to pay for it how to get it and how to keep it. thelma buys water by the jug. >> and how often do you do this? >> maybe twice a day. they are five gallon bottles, i have these two here, and one already full in my car. >> i can see your car is absolutely filled with them. >> water. yes. >> you're doing this every single day twice a day so not only are you suffering for not having this water you are forced to have a serious workout. >> yes. >> we drove to the fairmead reservoir and stunned by what we saw and when we didn't see. it's amazing. this university to be a boat launch. everything that's brown used to be blue, covered in water. people in town tell me they used to come here to swim. it's amazing because this is one of the many ways this small town has been completely changed by the drought. people used to hang out here and they just don't do that anymore. it all dried up about five years ago. >> in nearb

in history, we find people like washington's parker custisge lee, who ends up being a relative of bobby lee. he ends up saying that billy lee was probably the second best horseman in the country behind george washington simply because he had to be to keep up with him. when you start talking about body servants, these were the men who were entrusted with the day-to-day care and keeping of the president. they got their clothing. they got their wigs. they made sure that they got to bed at night. they made sure they got up in the morning. most of them lived in the same room with the president. brian: you were telling a story in front of one of our cameras back in 2010. years ago on a book you wrote called "black men built the the capital." i want you to see this. [video clip] jesse: once the lees had left arlington house, the union forces crossed the potomac and took over the land. one union general decided he never wanted robert e. lee to ever return to arlington house. the way he ensured that this would not happen was he began burying union and confederate soldiers in robert e. lee's front ya

bobby, i lover the tradition, going book 1979, want to talk about, but first introduce me to your handsome gentlemen friends here. starting down the line who do we have here? >> john leehristopher, and andrew. >> fantastic. so going back, is this something that you look forward to every year? >> definitely, it is one of our favorite things that we do throughout the year. really just bridges a lot of joy and fun into the classroom setting at the university. >> so what is the reaction usually when you pop into the classroom and say, hey, you? >> i think every someone casino of thinking the same thing, oh, no. is it going to be me? >> oh, come on, oh, yes, it should be me, right, if you have the big happy faces in. >> s more romantic people get a little excited but most people get pretty embarrased, bring them up in front of the class, yes. >> i love it. how do teachers react? >> most of them kind of enjoy seeing their student in that setting, and they usually enjoy it a lot. >> right to the good stuff. we want to hear you singing, will i move over to meisha and katie, be is her end aided this valentine day. guys, take it away. >> ♪ you are my valentine ♪ ♪ my lovely val

bobbie thomas has tips to get your lips primed, plumped, and puckered. then we're back with another >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody! you've made it to thirsty thursday, february 11th. that is selena gomez. >> you know, we have a huge show. >> we have a beautiful show today. >> a beautifully huge show. >> huge! >> ryan reynolds is joining us today. he -- >> sexiest dad alive, according to "people" magazine. >> and he's going to talk about how he was in the buff in his movie "dead pool" and how it was quite traumatic for him. >> yeah, yeah. big movie opening up. and then two of the most fabulous and fashionable sisters in the world are here. >> who? >> kendall and kylie jenner! and they are debuting their new fashion line. i thought they already this six. but anyway, this is their newest one.

bobby jindal supporting marco rubio. thanks for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> back now to the campaign trail. ted cruz holding a campaign stop and barbecue with senator mike lee rubio's campaign saying there's a culture of dishonesty around ted cruz. what's cruz's campaign saying. >> reporter: the campaign's saying that rubio's campaign looks weak essentially when they come after them for what the cruz campaign feels like are nonissues or nonstories. it's something we've been hearing from cruz this week in south carolina. he's at this barb cue now, known for sweet potato crunch, you can see the packed room. it so full, we're going to take you around the back end here as we talk about the big developments today. one, as we come out of mutt's barbecue, cruz's response on the issue surrounding the pope's comments about donald trump. i had the opportunity to ask north cruz about that as he was walking into the barbecue spot. let's play that tape. do you have any response to the pope's comment, people who support a border wall are not real christians? >> listen, that's between donald and the pope. i'm not going to get in the middle of that. >> reporter: very quick