we're hanging out with chris pratt, everybody, he is on "saturday night live" this saturday, the 40th i want to talk a a little bit about your fall plans, since -- let's spice it up a little bit. spice up the conversation with a little word sneak. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: all right, here we go. so, here is the way this is going to work. we will each get five cards with random words written on them. our goal is to work these words into conversation as casually and as seamlessly as possible. [ laughter ] >> when do i get to look at them? >> jimmy: you can look at yours right now. we have five each. there are your cards, let the word sneak begin. [ laughter ] chris, you got any -- got any fall plans? >> i am lucky. my -- my mother-in-law, anna's mother, karen, cooks a fabulous thanksgiving dinner. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah. and they live -- they live right on the edge of this -- forest. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> yeah, it's nice. and like, they have squirrels, i think we talked about squirrels out there, there's like every kind of bird you can think of. you got robbins, titmouse for ins

chris pratt, my guest tonight. and, music from john mellencamp. watch, we are on next.t's great. >> he won't be able to hide much longer. fbi agents claim to know the identity of the executioner in the isis propaganda videos. the fbi director declined to release any more on the militant with british accent. appears in three videos that show the beheadings of two journalists and aide worker. trying to i didn't tie two militants in individual dwroez wdwroez -- videos. iraq's prime minister announced he believes isis is planning an attack on subway systems in the u.s. and france. the prime minister learned of the plan from captured militants. u.s. security leaders say they haven't been able to verify the threat. numerous sources say u.s. intelligence has no credible evidence of any isis plot in the u.s. >> another potential bombshell, ray rice case. law enforcement official said tonight the video of rice punching his then-fiancee inside the elevator was sent to the nfl headquarters in new york city. to the attention of league security chief, jeffrey miller in april. the le

chris pratt, i am hosting the season premier of saturday nightlife, this week with musical guest arianauh? isn't pratt a swear word in england? >> it is, it's spelled differently. >> okay then. netflix wants you to spoil yourself by playing their game. netflix launched a website that will spoil popular shows an movies' biggest moments in just 20 seconds. only enter if you dare. >>> hbo announced collin farrell will co-star in "true detective" vince vaughn starring with him. vaughn will play a career criminal. >>> on his first day on instagram, leo dicaprio was welcomed by 113,000 followers as the newly appointed messenger of peace, his first instagram post was of him and the u.n. secretary general. that's a great shot. i don't know about the beard, though. >> no. >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. what i'm wearing, aniste i tell them aveeno®. because beautiful skin goes with everything. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients naturally found in healthy skin. wher

chris pratt is hosting. >> so fantastic. >>> coming up, a check of the forecast. >> temperatures are going to be warming up over the next couple of days. we're talking about summer-like air by the middle part of this upcoming week. >> you have your pumpkin colors out. >> thank you for choosing nbc bay area news. giants clubhouse is next. >> until then, good night. >>> right now on the season finale of "giants clubhouse," we revisit a game. plus pablo sandoval brings smiles to a room full of kids with a visit to a local hospital. >> it is special. >> fareed goes one on one with joe panich. >> i'm very competitive. >> that's all coming up right now on "giants clubhouse." >>> hello, and welcome to the season finale of "giants clubhouse." the final week of august was monumental. tim hudson recorded his 2,000th career

chris pratt -- chris pratt is hosting the "saturday night live" season premiere of this saturday's "saturdayive." i'm very, very excited. it's always a good time of the year for me. matthew broderick and nathan lane will be dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: whoa! >> jimmy: they're back on broadway. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: talented, talented men. plus we have music from julian casablancas and the voidz. kenny chesney, john mellencamp and robert plant. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] that's crazy. >> jimmy: yeah. but first, we have a fantastic show tonight. it's always so much fun when she's here. her show, "modern family" returns this wednesday. she also has a new fragrance out. [ audience oohs ] there you go. ooh, yes. ooh-la-la. [ light laughter ] [ hispanic accent ] >> steve: sofia! >> jimmy: sofia. you have to whisper it. [ laughter ] yes. [ whispering ] yeah, that's the way you do it. in stores -- sofia. sofia vergara is here, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] from nbc's hit drama, "the black list," megan boone is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: c

. >>> and we are just minutes away from the season premiere of "saturday night live" actor chris pratt hosts along with musical guest ariana grande, after the news. . >>> jason pugh joinings on the desk tonight pt nats are looking good heading into the post seasen. on the spot here. hoop got the better shot? nats or os? >> the nationals, a better starting pitcher. straussberg, throw him out three times in the series. gets to that point, a serious as advantage over the orioles. we'll see. >>> for a y yet to take the mound for a single postseason game, nationals pitcher stephen strasburg looks ready to go for october baseball. two years ago the nats organization shut down their ace after coming off tommy john surgery. that move paying off now seeing how strassberg looked stronger than ever. pick up the game bottom of the second inning. strassberg at the play trying to lay down the bunt. does just that. the throw to first. bryce harper decides to come home. turned out to be a good decision. bryce harper sliding under that tag and how than? nationals go up 1-0 in this game. strassberg had

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. >>> now for some entertainment news, "snl" has officially announced chris pratt will -- he'll hosthe premiere episode of the 40th season on september 27th. she'll be there too, ariana grande will be the musical guest. >>> we all remember how zach snyder revealed the newest version of batmobile on twitter at the beginning of summer. now snyder vealed the new ride that viewers will see in the new film "batman versus superman" in 2016. miles per gallon? air conditioning? >> maybe. >> headlights. i don't know. >> doesn't need it. >> backup camera. >>> last night on "the tonight show", hugh jackman came by for a gigantic game of pool using bowling balls. >> is there any strategy to this? >> oh [ bleep ]! >> oh, no! >> oh! >> all right, all right. did i break the bowling ball? >> yeah! >> he did break it. >>> morgan freeman has officially joined the cast of "ted 2" with mark wahlberg, amanda siegfried and ted, the teddy bear. >>> after the final episode of married with children, the bundies were out in force to support their girl. christina applegate got a star on the hollywood walk of f

shia shows up in court and chris pratt makes waves.eremy rothlisberger has these stories in the hollywood minute. >> reporter: attention single guys on kinder, want to meet a millionaire pop star? singer britney spears could pop up soon. during a chat with people magazine she was asked if she's open to joining the dating site. her answer maybe, who knows? possibly. >> jimmy fallon made a profile for her f you're a sweet guy who could make her laugh, you could spruce up your profile pick. >> a guy who used to make us laugh on even stephens, the actor showed up on a different stage, a manhattan court to plead guilty to one counts of disorderly conduct, after a summer melt town on broadway after he allegedly spit on a police officer and yelled profanities. he is getting alcohol abuse treatment for the next three months, provided he finishes the treatment and doesn't get arrested for six months the conviction will be withdrawn. >> chris pratt is the man of the hour, the guardians of the galaxy star will host the 40th season premiere of sat

the 40th season returns with host chris pratt and musical guest arianna grande. 40 years. >> he's soi had known him from "community," like this goofy, funny, like an overweight guy, and now he's like a superhero. so i'm really struggling with this. >> what is so funny is they're celebrating 40 years and guess what, they're showing 20-year-olds on the show. we have to bring some of the old folks back for that. >> they're counting their cash. they don't need to come back. >> i'm dara brown and this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day on nbc. looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. whoamy cuts all better.re. cause sarah's mom discovered neosporin. with patented technology... ...that heals cuts two days faster than store brands. neospori

. >> and we're with "guardians of the galaxy" star chris pratt gearing up to host "snl" with ariana grande. >> i can totally do nicki minaj's "bang, bang." >> never heard of that. that's totally foreign to me. >> now," e.t." we won't hold that against you. >> paula deen is making news after the fallout from her racial slur scandal that cost her her show, her reputation and millions of dollars. she is now beginning to finally rebuild. she's launching a new network and buying back her food network show. >> and i spent a full day with her at her home in savannah, georgia, for her first in-depth interview in over a year. listen, she holds nothing back. >> this interview actually took place before paula's appearance on the "today" show this morning and it was open and honest. >> there was an article. i know you know about this, kevin, about how paula's pr team wanted restrictions on anybody doing interviews, and yes, it is true, they did try, but "entertainment tonight" would only

it started with chris pratt playing the part of roger goodell. >> we want to be part of the solution. own take back the night march on october 8th. what this says is we fight women. excuse me. we fight 4 women. we fight 4 different women? i? no? oh, yes, of course not. i'm so sorry. >> still ahead, the box office winners. someone dies in springfield. and a surprise appearance by queen b. entertainment is next. cameron, zach, and clementine. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, we've got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that? the swiffer sweeper. the swiffer dusters. it's some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. it's quick and easy. pretty amazing that it picked it all up. i would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really? ♪ [ kevin ] really? it's not every day that you find yourself at the corner of "a little flu shot" and "a world of difference." when you get any immunization at walgreens,

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. >>> "snl" kicked off its 40th season and no surprise the show had a field day with scandal, chris prattnfl commissioner roger goodell. >> we want to be part of the solution. so the nfl is organizing its own take back the night march on october 8th. what this says is we fight women. excuse me. we fight 4 women. we fight 4 different women? no? oh. yeah. of course not. i'm -- i'm so sorry. >> this one was a little too easy. now let's go to the ohio state university where an assistant coach really took care of business over the weekend. watch them take down a man who went onto the field, anthony schlegel is a strength coach and former buckeye linebacker. he drags the fan off the field by his collar. ap reports more than 100,000 crowd roared approval at the coach's moves there. that is a serious hit. anthony paul wonder is charged with trespassing, he's scheduled to appear in court this morning. i bet you he's feeling a little sore, thomas. >> just a touch. >> just a touch. we've all seen people toting their cute little pooches in bags around the city. paris hilton was made famous for it. bu

"guardians of the galaxy" star chris pratt will be hosting wide receiver despite being an experienced actor the stage gives him the nervous jitters, but more than anything he looks forward to the big night. >> i'm most excited probably for the monologue to be backstage, to hear that noise. i'm excited to get dress rehearsal over with and to get one out of my system. i'm excited for all of it. >> it's going to be exciting to watch. the premiere will be a milestone for the cast and to help gear up the show will be airing vintage segments from the past 40 years. >> it's hard to hear that, 40 years. >> right? >> can't believe it. >> can't be. >> unreal. >> that's going to do it for us. join us back here at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, gridlock in the sky. thousands of flights delayed or canceled because of a disruption on the ground. and investigators think the incident was no accident. >>> striking isis. a new u.s.-led air assault on terrorist targets and our close-up view of isis fighters on the front lines that we haven't seen until now. >>> safer streets and good news tonight f

. >> comedian chris pratt is headed to a new frontier, live television.will host the season debut of "saturday night live "qwest. pratt who stars in the new hit movie guardian of the galaxy will deliver his opening monologue on september 27th on "saturday night live's" 40th anniversary. he also stars on "parks and rec." that is set to start the final season next year. >> thanks for joining us at 5:00 and we will send it over to "nightly news." >> we'll be back at 6:00 with the president's address. see you then. >>> on our broadcast tonight, damage control. is the nfl commissioner in trouble? the ray rice scandal continues to explode. and late word tonight about how long ago the nfl may have had that video in their possession. >>> plan of attack with the president about to address the nation in primetime, what we've learned about his strategy to take on isis. and our own richard engel in the place overseas where the u.s. is already in this fight. >>> health crisis, a staggering look at this outbreak striking so many children in at least a dozen states now.

chris pratt will host the season premiere, september 27th at 11:30, right after nbc 10 news at 11:00.enn state and rutgers faced each other for the first time in almost two decades. and philly micah franco makes his first start. that's all coming up in sports. >> what a great day to catch a phils game. that's for sure. take a look at citizens bank park right now. no need for a raincoat today. that's awesome. here's how it looks for the rest of the week. we'll show that to you when we come back. stick around. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. call the verizon center for customers with disabilit dowlower... that's more like it! petsmart's prices on you

. >>> chris pratt will host the season premiere of "saturday night live." you can watch it september 27th at 11:30 p.m. right after nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> this morning we are following the deadly ambush on two state troopers in the poconos. nbc's monique braxton is watching the investigation and keeping us posted on updates. we'll check in with her in just a moment. but first, meteorologist tedd florendo has the details on our sunday forecast. tedd? >> we're starting off rather chilly this morning, but we have plenty of sunshine. we're saying goodbye to those clouds and that annoying rain yesterday. i'll show you what you can expect for your sunday after the break. stick around. there's a great way to buy high quality cars at low, no-haggle prices... ...and it all starts here, at carmax. log on to carmax.com and start your search today... ...and choose from over 35 thousand carmax quality certified used vehicles. from cars and trucks to suvs and minivans. browse the store nearest you... ...or shop from our nationwide inventory and have the car of your dr

and now on to the guys, they named chris pratt the top.ve him credit for ditching the t-shirt and jeans look. and mcconaughey and cruz made the list for men. >>> and now ben affleck kicked out of casino for counting cards. he is telling his story saying he was not kicked out of the hard walk casino in las vegas but was band from playing blackjack. as for counting cards, he didn't deny it. in fact he sounds pretty proud of it. affleck says it is the only thing he gambles on, he wants to be good at it. >> counting cards is hard. >>> details on new charges filed against a new jersey teacher for allegedly having sex with her student. >>> a deadly virus killing dogs in central new jersey. live in trenton with more on how officials are fighting the highly contagious illn ♪ >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen allicot and brian taff.ph, >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues on this "freebie friday" with a doughnut deal that might have you saying shiver me timbers, we will explain i promise. >>

i was with lorne michaels, his wife alice and chris pratt, who's hosting snl tomorrow night. >> steveht. >> jimmy: yeah, so we're all just hanging there watching -- you guys, even if you're not a a fan of baseball, this is how exciting it was. it's derek's last game. we've known derek for a while. i love that guy. he's my favorite baseball player. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i'm sitting there, i just want him to have a good game and tip his cap and go home. ninth inning, he's going to get up. the orioles tied the game. so it's 5-5. whoever gets the next run wins the game. okay. so i'm like, "c'mon, yankees, they should win." but now i look and derek's in the order. he's three, so so, he's definitely going to swing the bat. i'm like, this is too much pressure for the poor guy. come on. [ light laughter ] i'm upset about this. so the first guy gets up, he gets a single. unbelievable right? then second guy up -- gardner gets up second, i go, in my head i go, "don't hit a a home run, because that'll win the game and then we'll never see derek and then we will hate you." >> steve: right. [ l

chris pratt, who is hosting the premiere of "saturday night live" this weekend. [ cheers and applausehis saturday. >> jimmy: favorite time of year. "saturday night live" premieres this weekend. matthew broderick, nathan lane will be here this week. [ cheers and applause ] they're back on broadway together. plus we have music performances from kenny chesney, john mellencamp and robert plant! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: but first, tonight, this is the show to be at, tonight! [ cheers ] the whole building is abuzz. everybody loves this show. oh, my gosh. from the hit tv series "scandal," the lovely, talented, kerry washington is here tonight! >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] come on! >> jimmy: she's great. and kerry and i are going to go head-to-head in a game of "box of lies." [ audience oohs ] tricky game. plus, he's the host of one of the biggest shows on tv, "the voice." carson daly is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] so much to talk to him about. that new baby. he was on the "today show," killing it on the "today show." i love that guy. also we have musi

>> jimmy: my thanks to chris pratt, rosamund pike, john mellencamp -- [ cheers and applause ] -- and the roots, ladies and gentlemen. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." have a great night. hope to see you tomorrow, bye bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight, andy samberg. [ applause ] from "revenge," emily vancamp. [ applause ] comedian, roy wood jr. [ applause ] featuring the 8g band. and now, here he is, seth meyers! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone! good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] let's get started tonight with some big political news. u.s. attorney general eric holder said today that he will resign after five years in office. when he heard about this, president obama said, "oh! he's my ride. [ laughter ] i got to go with him." [ applause ] best of luck. holder was one of just three remaining members from president obama's original cabinet. now the only original

but tomorrow night we have chris pratt, [ applause ] who's hosting the season premiere of "saturday nighthis saturday. >> steve: hillarious upstairs, fantastic. >> jimmy: my favorite time of year. >> steve: super funny. >> jimmy: "saturday night live" is back. also we have john mellencamp. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he might even -- is he going to sit in with you guys? >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's going to be fun, sitting in with the roots. and then on friday, matthew broderick, nathan lane and robert plant will all be joining us! >> steve: what!? flip the desk! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: flip the desk on that one. but tonight is the one you got to see. we have a great show tonight. he is hilarious on "brooklyn nine-nine" and a good buddy of ours, we love him so much. it couldn't happen to nicer guy, a funnier guy, andy samberg is here, you guys. "brooklyn nine-nine"! plus, he's the reigning nba mvp, and the face of the new nba 2k15 game, the durantula, kevin durant is in the house! [ cheers and applause ] cool dude. he's short. >> ste

. >> yeah i saw chris pratt. is it just one video? no it's more than one video, yeah. i saw chris pratt. >> maybe it's going to the movies. >> maybe -- >> popcorn. >> you know popcorn. >> it's the new study on carbs maybe. we can talk about it. making headlines this morning a major u.s. business lobbying group says foreign companies in china feel targeted for unfair enforcement of anti-monopoly and other laws. the american chamber of commerce in china now warning that investment there could decline if conditions don't improve. and "the wall street journal" reporting that chinese officials are giving microsoft 20 days now to respond to antitrust questions. regulators there questioning the software giant's bundling of windows and office software and a deal just crossing the wires right now. norwegian cruise lines agreeing to acquire prestige cruise international for more than $3 billion. the tie-up would give norwegian access to luxury cruise ships and more affluent clientele. shares of norwegian are halted at this point. of course we'll bring you more about that deal as

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. >> "saturday night live" with actor chris pratt as host. two new cast members made their debut.night. he appeared as a fumbling roger goodell trying to make amends. >> we want to be part of the solution. so the nfl is organizing its own take back the night march on october 8th. what this says is we fight women. excuse me. we fight for women. we fight four different women? no? oh, yes. of course not. i'm so sorry. >> he's just not good at that. >> work on the messaging. >> we want everyone to sign up for the "morning joe" wake-up call. >> i did. it changed my life. >> how's it going? >> i'm happy every day. it's a complete runnion of the top stories we're looking at every morning sent directly to your e-mail before the show. sign up by visiting msnbc.com/wake-upcall. up next, warriors in pink. actress felicity huffman. just a few days before breast cancer awareness month. and then why so many americans are deciding to stay single instead of getting married. it's actually an economy story. all that and more when "morning joe" returns. to map their manufacturings at process with st

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