>> brett eldredge has been on country music only a few short kbreerps hard to believe. he's already on fire. >> racked up five number one songs, nominated for vocalist of the year. so glad he took a detour and came by and said, hey to us. hey! >> come on. first time hanging with billy. >> first time? let's get a little man love. >> a little bro hug here. feel like his little buddy. >> back from europe. performing there. where's your next stop on the road? >> where are we going next? oh. linking, nebraska. see you there, lenken. >> playing your number one song >> five number once. >> five number ones. it's crazy. dying for somebody to hear one of my songs now. >> look at his style. he needs to help. >> man! >> great look! >> "drunk on your love," let's go! ? ? the second she walked through the door i caught a buzz ? one taste from your lips knocked the rest of the night's kind of blurry now the sun's peeking through the shades ? ? and i can't help but laugh, 'cause i kind of like feeling this way ? i woke up up still drunk, drunk ? on your love, love on your love, love ?

>> brett eldredge is going to sing for >> fun! >> fun! i'm...vince vitrano alongside brian gotter...lets get a check of the weather.. a neenah family is asking for your help to make their toddler's birthday special. this is finley volkman.he was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago. his mom says since his future is uncertain they want to make his ?third birthday extra special with cards from all over. finley's birthday is coming up finley a card... we have the address right there on your >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> it is try day friday, the last final day of september. billy bush is sipping the nectar in for kathie lee today on this friday. wait. can we just hear this song? "it's september" but by justin timberlake, anna kendrick and earth wind & fire. >> they're just re-doing -- re-doing the classic. >> how are they doing it? >> i want to hear timberlake. i can feel it. now, now! >> come on! ? happy hard ? >> that's a really hot song

we're so excited, because we have a live performance coming up from country singer brett eldredge in our next half hour. >> nice guy. good to have brett here. and another announcement about a great concert, back on the scene now, a new record out, kings of leon here rockin' the plaza two to find out how you can score special fan passes, visit the website, today.com. >> it's going to be great. >>> a lot to get to, but first let's start with the top stories of the morning. here is your news at 8:00. >> we begin with a train crash here in hoboken, new jersey. good morning, i'm tom costello in hoboken. federal investigators today will look at that video on the cameras, on the outward-facing side of the train. trying to get a sense of what happened. also, the black box data. they want to look at the speed applied. but it may be the engineer, the only man who right now really knows what happened. this morning, federal safety and rail investigators are once again looking for clues in the twisted remains of a commuter train. witnesses say hoboken-bound train 1614 never seemed to slow down. >>

>> brett eldredge is going to sing for us. and a lot more. >> fun! >> fun! >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. last final day of september. billy bush is sipping the nectar in for kathie lee today on this friday. wait. can we just hear this song? "it's september" but by justin timberlake, anna kendrick and earth wind & fire. >> they're just re-doing -- re-doing the classic. >> how are they doing it? >> i want to hear timberlake. i can feel it. >> there she s. that's anna. go, go justin. now, now!

>> brett eldredge is going to sing for us. and a lot more. >> fun! pam griffin: our daughter courtney got caught in a web of opiate and heroin addiction. doug griffin: our insurance company indicated that courtney's problem wasn't a matter of life and death - pam griffin: she told me that she didn't want to live like this anymore... she begged... she begged for help, saying mom - please help me. doug griffin: our family's tragedy could happen to any family... pam griffin: we knew we had to save other families from losing their children. kelly reached out to us. doug griffin: she came to my family to learn more. pam griffin: she listened to what we had to say, who we were - of addiction so parents can get help. doug griffin: kelly co-authored the comprehensive addiction and recovery act - this act will save kids' lives... ...and enable families to get the help they need. doug griffin: we don't want courtney to be remembered for her substance abuse, but rather for her struggle to achieve recovery. pam griffin: kelly believes recovery is possible. joe p

>> brett eldredge is going to sing for us. and a lot more. >> fun! >>> good morning. i'm gene ramirez. let's get a check on the friday forecast with leigh spann. >> it is warming up out there. we will call for numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon today. about 88 degrees. and muggy during the afternoon. rainfall potential this morning is mostly near the coast. and look through th notice how more and more of the showers push east. and most areas of the green color less than an inch of rain. there could be pockets where you see up to an inch of rain. 87 tomorrow with a 30% rain chance. and 40% rain chance sunday. >>> a sarasota woman is accused of starving and mistreating her dog and then lying about it. deputies explain the 20-year- old went to animal services with a dog in terrible shape claiming it was a shape but the cruelty charges. the dog is recovering humane society. i played quarterback. my dad was a doctor here for 55 years. i swim every morning. and yes, i'm a fan of fans! and in congress i'll get things done for pinellas county. i'll protect social sec

>> brett eldredge is going to sing for us. and a lot more. >> fun! >> fun!wind in wilmington, a little stronger in dover. however the rain is a different story, already tapered off in delaware, most of south jersey is dry but parts of new jersey and some of the suburbs into bucks county getting a bit of rainfall and the lehigh valley still seeing some steady rainfall but whether you're dry or a bit rainy, the temp tires are looking no different than earlier, stuck into the mid-50s. we'll only warm to the mid-60s this afternoon when it's normally in the mid-70s. >> a check on traffic with francesca ruscio, what can you tell us? >> vai, traffic is at a standstill on the vine street expressway, right around broad street the furthest lane traffic is barely moving. we see some bumper-to-bumper traffic on the westbound side traveling from 95 toward the schuylkill will take you nine minutes with travel speeds in the teens. very much so delayed. lower merion accident woodside road and west lan kcaster ave.. >>> today remembering fallen firefighters in wilmington. wo

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