. >>> ahead, a news cliff hanger resolved with a xylophone. >> become a teacher, it will give you theower to lead one kid at a time. >> for you know, the campaign has been around for decades and perfect in every way. we developed our own cheap cable version to describe a thing that happens in the news cycle when a big news story ends on a cliff hanger. you know it started, you think you might know how it ends but you don't know until you finally do, until you know more now. thank you, nick. on last night's show, we reported alabama governor said he was going to make a major announcement today, this afternoon and at the time we did not know what it was going to be about, but we reported it was happening, maybe how the state would handle the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage or confederate flags, who knows. new today, we know. that major announcement actually had nothing to do with same-sex marriage, nothing to do with the flag. instead, it had to do with the largest oil spill in the history of the united states. the deep water horizon explosion that killed 11 people and spilled

you just leave a cliff hanger. where did you develop the naomi campbell walk? >> i don't really know. the rest of it is like, rhythm. means a lot to me. >> she's grown up. she's become a much calmer, wiser person because even if you don't have a childhood, eventually you grow up. >> i take responsibility for the things that i have done and i do feel a sense of shame. >> now naomi has dated big celebrities. robert de nero and heavyweight champ mike tyson. tyson once described naomi this way, quote, she's scared of nothing. leave it at that. >>> now on to more fighting. bobbi kristina's family at serious odds over her funeral, by the way, happening tomorrow morning. this seems to be getting really messy. the question now is, will dionne waric warick boycott? st. james united methodist church in advance of bobbi kristina's funeral. across town, the tent has gone up and plants and furniture into the garden of the houston family home in alpharetta, georgia, where it's believed a family gathering will be held after the service but new reports that the family is not g

. >>> ahead, a news cliff hanger resolved with a psi la phone. ♪ i built my business with passion.ut i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >>> clarity. >> become a teacher, it will give you the power to lead one kid at a time. >> for you know the campaign has been around for decades and perfect in every way. we developed our own cheap cable version to describe a thing that happens in the news cycle when a big news story ends on a cliff hanger. you know it started, you think you might know how it ends but you don't know until you finally do until you know more now. thank you, nick. on last night's show we reported alabama governor said he was going to make a major announcement today this afternoon and at the time we did not know what it was going to be about, but we reported it was happeni

the third installment ended with a bit of a cliff hanger.the fate of one character and whether that person will make it to the next film. >> no. it seems so unbelievably bad but it is so good. >> that's w >>> highs today in the mid to upper 80s. 84 in petersburg and the humidity, the dew point, solo today that it actually might feel a degree or two cooler than the thermometer is actually saying. friday, the humidity starts to creep in. still, very manageable specially for washington in summer. saturday, sunday, feeling a bit humid specially on sunday. high temperatures still around 90 degrees. when you factor in the muggyness, it will feel about 5 degrees warmer than it actually is. on saturday, feeling about 94. on sunday, feeling about 96. erika, there is the chance of a thunderstorm on sunday. i'll have more on that in a little bit. >> we will not think that far ahead. we'll just enjoy the good weather. thanks, mel. >> growing dissatisfaction among conservatives with pope francis. 45% view francis favorably today. the decline may be due t

we don't think this is going to be a cliff hanger.he opposition parties and particularly the conservatives have said they will back the measures. much of syriza will also back them and the independent greeks all of those together could give you about two-thirds of the parliament vote which is 300 seats in total. so we expect mr. tsipras will go to brussels on saturday armed with a very powerful majority in favor of the package that greek voters rejected a week ago. >> john siropolous from athens, thank you. >>> the debt crisis has pushed some businesses there to the verge of closing. hoda abdel hamid has been meeting there. >> reporter: it is a model of central organization. a factory that was doomed if it weren't for the ingenuity of its workers. it went from producing materials like grout and acrylics to making environmental friendly soaps and cleaning products. >> translator: we were working with a lot of chemicals before so we decided to change. we wanted to produce something different that is cheap and affordable for the people.

we developed our own lame version of it for when a story lands on a cliff hanger. you think you know what will happen but don't know for sure until you do. for us it is not the more you know. it is you know more now. ♪ thanks, nick. the u.s. women's national team, the newly crowned world cup champions, today they were greeted by thousands of fans in l.a., a big party celebrating their world cup win. the parties keep rolling. tonight new york city city mayor bill de blasio announced they are going to get a ticker tape parade down broadway in new york city this week, friday morning, 11:00 a.m. i'm so excite i could throw up. it's going to be amazing. ticker tape parade in new york city. one person, who we know is not going to be there is the man responsible for forcing the women to play the world cup on artificial turf and once suggested the women should wear tighter shorts if they want to draw bigger audiences. it is sepp blatter. the corruption investigation. the did not attend the world cup games and speculated the reason he didn't go. he was scared of getting arr

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and the cliff hanger that is putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark? >> did we survive? >> they survived. it's a movie. it's not over. >> i believed you in the role of matt lauer. >> thank you. we'll have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. we start with a serious news. troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the united states. at the group's ability to inspire americans to extremism. kristin welker is at the white house with more. >> reporter: officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u.s. the fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u.s. than al qaeda. his answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. >> isil is not your parent's al qaeda. it's a very different model. by virtue that have mod

i love the jim gilmore cliff hanger there. jim gilmore, call me.tell us who you are, where you are from why you want to play the news dumpl we'd like to send some junk to you but you can't take it with you when you have to go to prison. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. what is wrong with you? >> an inmate's troubled past leads to angry outbursts inside the jail.

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. >> i would leave my boyfriend on this you know weird cliff-hanger joke thing where i was just beingent to anybody and how irrelevant it was, and i got super sad and was just thinking like, there's no way i can die feeling like this. this is not fair at all. a lot of crying. a lot of crying. and then i just i don't know where it came from but i just got like this huge boost of like motivation like it went from me being sad about those things to me being, like angry about them like that's not fair at all. i mean i'm not the best person ever but i don't deserve to die like this. like there's no way i'm going to let myself die like this. i have to move. i'm not going to let myself die like this. this isn't fair and it's not cool at all. >> wet, cold injured, the sole survivor of a fatal plane crash, autumn veatch picked herself up and started watching. she remembered tv survival shows she'd watched with her dad growing up. >> you've got to just follow running water down and it always leads to civilization. >> it was harder than it sounded. >> just crossing that river over and over and o

i love the jim gilmore cliff hanger there. jim gilmore, call me. if you want to play, send us an e-mail rachel@msnbc.com and tell us who you are, where you are from, why you want to play the news dumpl we'd like to send some junk to you but you can't take it with you when you have to go to prison. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. what is wrong with you? >> an inmate's troubled past leads to angry outbursts inside the jail. >> if i'm to the point i'm mad at you here in my face, we're going to have a problem. >> i put him in segregation from the moment he got here because of his combative nature and the way he was acting. >> another inmate arrives in the jail after an alleged crime spree that sounds like it's right out of a movie. >> it was like i was in a dream and i kept waking up here and there for the crazy parts. >> i allowed myself to be accustom to the darker side of life very young. >> a young mother could go to prison if found guilty of robbery. and the father of her children faces the same possibility. >> she

. >> i would leave my boyfriend on this you know weird cliff hanger joke thing where i was just beinge had regrets about how she left things with other people she loved. >> i was reviewing i texted anybody and how irrelevant it all was and just got super sad and just got super sad. and just thought there was no way i could die feeling like this. there was no way at all. it was so sad. there was a lot of crying. a lot of crying. i don't know where it came from but i just got like this huge boost of like motivation. like it went from me being sad about those things to me being like angry about them. like that's not fair at all. i mean i'm not the best person ever but i dope deserve to die like this. like there's no way i'm going to let myself die like this. like i have to move. i'm not going to let myself die like this. this isn't fair and it's not cool at all. >> wet, injured cold the sole survivor of a fatal plane crash, autumn veatch picked herself up and started walking. she remembered tv survival shows she watched with her dad growing up. >> you have got to follow running water dow

with tar ra reid's cliff hanger ending. and insane cameos. >>> now hollywood from the inside out.. >> taylor swift backs down from her "bad blood" but not before hearing twitter roar from rival, "katy perry". >> it's like a scene from straight out of the movie "mean girls." you cannot sit with us. >>> let's talk kim k.'s new pregnancy controversy. >> she's endorsed everything from energy drinks to sneakers to help you lose weight and now throwing the kardashian weight behind a remedy for morning sickness but at what cost? tonight we take you inside kim k.'s drug of