but the cee lo fans, it's a great day. a few minutes. >> you know, speaking of great music, next week we've got the band journey out on the plaza doing a concert. a lot of people excited about that. more excited because you will actually at home get to help pick the set. you've got three songs to choose from. they'll play one of them on the show. so, to weigh in send a text message with the song number of your choice to 622639. now, text 1 for "separate ways." text 2 for "faithfully." or text 3 for "lights." message and data rates may apply. for go to today.com and tune in next friday and see which journey song wins. >> if you think we have big cee lo fans here we also have big fans blowing on our crowds, which is pretty full. and if you've got trouble having your kids eat their fruits and vegetables, wait until you see the recipes we have courtesy of the white house chef. she's going to show you how to get your kids eating the best fruits and vegetables of the summer season. >>> plus, it is time for me to put you, al roke

correspondent samantha harris terviewed cee-lo green in what we call the speed round.ity random questions. i don't know if they pretend they're asking the questions live, but the result was, one of the more uncomfortable moments i've ever seen on television. >> all right, cee-lo, favorite movie? >> "forest gump." >> that's a good one. favorite tv show? >> my favorite tv show is "martin." >> right. oh, damn, gina! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, white people, will we never learn? and one more thing. it's thursday night, time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> i told leaders of both parties that they must come up with a fair compromise in the next few days that can pass both houses of congress. and, a [ bleep ] that i can [ bleep ]. >> there have been incidents of some people around here [ bleep ] the wild animals. so they hope the message is clear. do not [ bleep ] coyotes. >> you know what, [ bleep ] deadline, it is one week away now. >> i am so excited to show him the

. >> stephen: as cee lo green might say, "[bleeped] you." now, i warned rupert, these are the type of attacks that happen when there are media companies he doesn't own. now all the other media types are ganging up on him. they're accusing murdoch's american news channel fox of not covering the story because during a commercial break fox news analysts said in front of a web cam that they weren't going to talk about it. >> anybody want to bring up the subject that we're not talking about today for the streamers? >> go ahead. >> i'm not going to touch it. >> stephen: big deal. that's fox news motto "we don't touch it. you decide." now, "news of the world," news of the world didn't even do anything wrong. just listen to its former editor paul mcmullen. >> i tried to write articles in a truthful way and what better source of getting the truth is to listen to someone's messages. >> stephen: yes. laughter laugh the same way that the best way for a doctor to get your medical history is to steal your kidney. [laughter] so following their example and

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today we're listening to the music of cee lo green.that man right there will be putting on a concert on our concert stage. he'll be saying "fororget you" d other things. >> his new song, "bright lights big city." >> he's a lot of fun, great musician. cee lo green live on the plaza friday morning right here on "today." live on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. and coming up, how often -- you have kids who are a little older. you have children kind of my kids' age. how often do you embarrass your kids? >> i would say at least once a week, and usually it's because i like to hug them. and it's really hard to know when they want a hug and when they don't want a hug. usually they don't want a hug because they're teenagers. >> basically whenever i'm awake. >> do you do some things on purpose? >> yes, i do. >> well, it is a problem a lot of parents have. they're constantly being told by their kids, mom, dad, you embarrass me. what do you do? how do you keep the peace in your house? we'll be talking about that. >>> al

whether it is cee lo green. the f word is in every song. enrique iglesias. want to blank you tonight. how do you go from to all the girls i loved before to i want to blank you tonight. we wonder why kids are so depressed today. teen suicide and dropout rate. we think everyone is self-actualizing and being themselves and jamu, you can take it away here. to me, i think we to admit. we can laugh at it and some is funny but a lot of it is starkly degrading. >> i definitely think there is a celebration of bad behavior and some accountability that the mediaen city tuck institute to take for it. unfortunately, these are the role models and what is representing the millenniumal generation. >> do they know the recipient of the latest medal of honor? >> think of all of the young men and women who are fighting on the frontlines who are doing so much for the service. >> they don't get the platform. >> they don't have three million twitter followers. >> we can do better. i think we can all conclude that. thanks so much, ladies. plenty more ahead. coming up, allan colmes

. >> do you know what cee lo green's number one hit?>> i know the song. >> blank you. >> is that the way you want to end this by saying blank you? >> no, not you. >> is that the way we're going to do this? >> no. if i lit up a cigarette right now, what would happen if i did this? >> the alarms would go up and throw a a bucket of water on you. >> but we've agreed that this is not good. we've agreed that on television probably not a good thing to show that to the kids. all i'm saying is, love you guys, all i'm saying is, we can bring it up. tony bennett, love it. awesome. you have some great people booked. but we can do better than enrique ingesias. tonight i'm not trucking you, tonight i'm blanking you. >> i'm not going to say that on this show. >> august 19th. >> first of all, thank you for going to the website and checking out our summer concert series. >> i did. >> we've got a great app for your ipad too. >> do you? i'm sad i missed snl. may 27th, i watched it. >> the book is called "of thee i zing." >> excerpt on the website. >> on o

. >>> tomorrow -- cee lo green, the lady killer. live. >> you can't miss it!oncert series only on "today" on nbc. >>> good morning to you. 8:56 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. two state lawmakers will meet today to discuss a hot button issue in the area. male circumcision. they'll hold a meeting with a pediatrician in san francisco. they'll make it a state issue and not something that can be banned by local governments. the bill is in response to a ban on circumcisions set to go re sn fberarean franciscooters th > we'l'll have a look at the forecast right after this. nc >>> good morning to you. we're already running about 2 to 3 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. has everything to do with the very shallow marine layer as a result, we're going to warm up more this afternoon. 94 degrees in fremont 82 in san francisco. we're not going to have to deal with the 90s for that much longer. we're back down to the upper 80s tomorrow, cooler for the weekend. next week, each and every day, a gradual warmup and the triple digits are back. back to you, laura. >> f

dancing on our plaza, then on friday, july 22nd, it's blake's fellow judge from "the voice," see l cee lo>> meanwhile, coming up in this half hour, our "money 911" experts tackle your questions like when is it worth it to take out a loan with a lower interest rate to pay off your credit card? and can your spouse's bad credit affect your credit? we'll have some advice on that. >>> plus, hot trends in high-tech gadgets, whether you want to double the battery life of your iphone or roll up your keyboard like jill is doing right there. a camera with amazing qualities and ability to photoshop, which we're into here. jill martin has all the gadgets and the giggles. >> putting the ipod there. my kids would love that. >>> one of the delicacies of summer, talking about lobster. today from an upscale mac and cheese to a lobster curry, three different mouth-watering recipes. i am salivating already. >> what's in the bag? >> it's -- >> lobster? >> green curry lobster in a paper bag. maria la rosa has a check of our forecast. >> stilllz hot across the plain. >> yes. this just in. >> yes. this just in,

you come to the nbc plaza and watch cee-lo green go nuts and after it's over, why don't you wander overshows there like we did in montreal. we'll be taping shows there. and at browns-about books. >> it's a great book store. and i'm hoping they have drag queen volleyball. i saw it and it's liked funniest best thing ever. >> they're all dressed, they've got their things out. >> a whole lot of bouncing going on. and you know what else is going on, it's dangerous and rude an an awful lot of people are still doing it texting, while not only driving, which causes so many accidents. texting while walking. we told you of the story of the woman, we're not going to show you the picture, but remember the lady who fell in the fountain -- >> what are you doing. go again. go one more time. >> she's so annoying. you have those people -- here's the thing. if you've ever walked down a crowded street and in front of you is someone with their head down, face buried in their blackberry, texting, texting and you run right into them because they're not looking. >> in philly they're charging $120 for texting

. >>> then this man, with some of the catchiest tunes of the summer, cee lo green is rocking plaza julysaid "i love you." >> he did. i said "i love you, too." we had a little moment, me and blake. >> newly married. >> i know! i know. yeah. >>> also ahead, summer is all about getting into shape so we're going to help you get into financial shape with four easy things you can do right now to raise your credit score. >> and, does your child have a potty mouth? it's a growing problem for movies from the internet to music, it's become a part of the culture to use bad words. but are parents also partly to blame? we'll talk about that and have some advice. >> i think we're a lot to blame. >> get the soap out. >>> meanwhile, lester holt, jenna wolfe is here with us to tell us -- >> could we get more people on this couch? >> we've got room for one guy. >> what do you have coming up on the weekend? >> coming up, dr. biden, jill biden, the wife of the vice president will speak to us and talk candidly about her very personal mission to help military families around the country. plus, the fab four l