famous footwear. >> that's darius rucker rocking the plaza this morning with "wagon wheel," a favorite in the willie geist house. his children know every word. >> they're here. >> he's promoting "southern style," his fourth number one country album. >> darius, welcome back. >> thanks for having me. friday. everything. but they heard you were coming and came to see you. >> thank you very much. >>ri you came in at the last minute, you're flying out today. we're glad you made time for us. >> i got the phone call last week, well, yeah. we have to play raleigh. 's worth it for me. the "today" show goes so far back with everything. any time you call me i'm excited. >> the album has exploded. the tours are sold out. having a blast on the road. >> having so much fun. doing it my way, whatever i want. i hate leaving the kids and my wife.rbus i have to pay the bills. >> i'm a fan of christmas albums. i hear you made your first one se er. coming out in october. >> this record is -- they were on me for years to do a christmas record. i kept going, no. finally we decided to do one. it's old school.

famous footwear. ♪ >> that's darius rucker rocking the plaza this morning with that's darius rucker rockinghis is one of the "today" show goes far back with everything. every time you call me, i get excited. >> the tours are sold out. having a blast on the road. >>> having so much fun. the hardest thing is leaving my kids and my wife. i got to pay the bills. >>> i'm a fan of christmas album. you made your first one ever. it's coming out in october. >> this record is -- they wanted me to do a christmas record. i kept going no. finally we decided to do one. it's old school. we wanted to make a perry como, johnny mathis kind of record. so we went and found the songs and went that way. i'm really proud of it. >> talking christmas in summer. perfect. >> i love that. >> much bigger than christmas record in summer. >> did they have fake snow? >> when i walked in the studio, they had it all christmased out. >> you're an old school christmas and old school wrestling. is this true? >> i love it. >> we want to match you up against our resident wrestling fan. >> let me tell you something. >> dusty rose

famous footwear. ♪ >> that's darius rucker rocking the plaza this morning with "wagon wheel," a favoritee time for us. >> i got the phone call last week, well, yeah. we have to play raleigh. it's worth it for me. the "today" show goes so far back with everything. any time you call me i'm excited. >> the album has exploded. the tours are sold out. having a blast on the road. >> having so much fun. doing it my way, whatever i want. i hate leaving the kids and my wife. but i have to pay the bills. >> i'm a fan of christmas albums. i hear you made your first one ever. coming out in october. >> this record is -- they were on me for years to do a christmas record. i kept going, no. finally we decided to do one. it's old school. we wanted a perry como, johnny mathis record. we found the songs, went that way. i'm really proud of it. >> talking christmas in summer, perfect. >> i'm a christmas album fan. >> imagine making a christmas record in the summer. >> is there fake snow? >> they had it all christmased out when i walked in the studio. >> you're an old school wrestling -- true? >> i love it.

>> you still have time to catch darius rucker live. due to high demand -- this is great -- he extended his "southern style" tour into november. >> by the way, his music -- >> he's so likable. >> love that man. >>> more celebrity fun. coming up, "orange is the new black's" laverne cox is here. >> and country superstar garth brooks and generalmy mccarthy. >> party on, garth. >> after your local news. party on. >>> hoda, i wan what's happened to snacking? how did it become absent-mindedly eating one after the next? we are a creamy cheese that still believes in savoring our food. the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. >>> a live look. the bwb on this monday, august 24th. good morning. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> a teenager under arrest for injuring one of mayor de blasio's security detail. the police officer sent to the hospital with a minor injury. police arrested 19-year-old michael veritsky facing charges assault on a police officer and reckless endangerment. the mayor was in brooklyn at the time of the shooting. >>> a check of weather. hig

everybody still has time to catch darius rucker live due to the high demand.tended his southern style tour into november. >> by the way, his music -- >> just so sweet. >> so likable about him. >> lovely guy. >>> more celebrity fun. coming up "orange is the new black" laverne cox is here. >> and funny lady jenny mccarthy and country super star garth brooks after your local news. >> you're ti'm .=too==oli arsecr >>> a good monday morning. it is 10:26. i'm sam brock. police right now searching for one man after a crash during a high-speed chase in milpitas. this happened early this morning when an officer on patrol noticed a business with a smashed window. the officer then observed the man leaving the business and jumping into a car, nearly striking the officer in the process. a chase followed, ending in a crash at the first street exit off of highway 237. the man ran off and officers could not located him. the search continues. >>> meantime, we're keeping an eye on today's big sell-off on wall street. you can see now, the dow down 230 points for the morning. it'

>> you still have time to catch darius rucker live.high demand -- this is great -- he extended his "southern style" tour into november. >> by the way, his music -- >> he's so likable. >> love that man. >>> more celebrity fun. coming up, "orange is the new black's" laverne cox is here. >> and country superstar garth brooks and generalmy mccarthy. >> party on, garth. >> after your local news. party on. >>> >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning. i'm chris cato. 10:26 and we're headed to the upper 80s. no showers just yet and we've had a few clouds and they've cleared and upper 70s right now and we're headed for the 80s as you mentioned and this afternoon upper 80s and look to the west and you can see the line of clouds moving across pennsylvania and that's across parts of our area and north and west of the city a chance of showers later on. 79 in dover and millville and 80 in atlantic city and 78 degrees in philadelphia international and northeast philadelphia. up to 87 this afternoon and a few more clouds around. >> pennsylvania a

. >> we've played with the best of them, anna kendrick, darius rucker, jenny mccarthy and donnie wahlberg. >> that number one pong -- what was that? >> some kind of pong. and always ending up with lots of laughs. >> we'll try to guess and belief and cheat -- i never cheat -- our way out of knowing the answer. >> but sometimes we do. >> this looks a mess already. we apologize. apparently it's national dog day. we apologize for making a mess, bianca, already. >> it looks perfect. what do you mean a mess? >> well, we don't have real dogs so we're having -- by the way, your favorite thing in the world. >> can i tell you something? all you need ever at a party, anywhere, is some of these. >> every party we have i get these because regis is coming. >> he polishes them off. he loves them. >> want some words of wisdom? >> i need them, hody. >> here we go. it's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. how about that for my girl? >> not what you look at, what you see. i love anon. >> so we've had -- >> they've been sitting for three days. we ran out of time each time. i don't know. >>

. >>> darius rucker tonight, snoop dogg tomorrow night and alice in chains will close coming up sunday>>> how about this picturesque way to end the week? beautiful sunset. sky force 10 provide view tonight. the end of three spectacular days in a row. things are changing in that it's going to get hotter and hotter. heat wave is on the way. more than minimum three days as well i think. the humidity will be creeping up gradually each day. we've got a bunch of dry days in our future too. there's a look at sunday. 76 degrees. humidity still low. wind out of the south southwest. we expect temperatures to get into the 90s today. today 88, tomorrow 90 and a little above that for the next few days. that could continue throughout much of next week. we're not talking about a minimal heat wave. it could be a fairly long one. we hope the temperatures don't get up near triple digits. then it gets dangerous. 60s in suburbs and 70s elsewhere. nice comfortable evening. we're getting a southerly wind that means more of a sea breeze tomorrow at the jersey shore. won't be quite as warm at the shore. other

musikfest, 79 degrees at 7:00, i love darius rucker, if you are headed there it's a great night to enjoyt a weekend to be at the shore, not too many weekends left in august, sunny and pleasant and 81 and saturday sunshine and clouds and sun bright and rather warm and 84 degrees, you'll get the sea breeze, staying cooler at the shore in the poconos and today with lots of sun and saturday we have a chance for a storm, it's not widespread, the radar is well out to the west. sunday warm and humid and 86 degrees, you start to feel the heat and humidity coming up. here is a look at your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, warm and comfortable and 88 today for your high. tomorrow warm and slightly more humid. 90 degrees, by sunday it's hot and humid for the eagles and the union, dry and 93 degrees, monday no relief, 94 even turning up the heat with hazy sunshine, we are watching for the chance for afternoon storms, 93 for your high, they really don't break the heat, 91 degrees, thursday hot and humid and no relief from the heat and humidity and 93 for your high, and it's summer and mother

. >> reporter: darius rucker takes the stage around 8:30 tonight. a sold out show so another night of good music up near musikfest. for now in bethlehem, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> front row seats for them. that's great. >>> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pelman always has a front row to the traffic situation. not always a good thing especially on a friday. >> not such good times getting to musikfest. well, unless you like speeds like 27 miles per hour. that's what you're looking at this evening rick and sharrie. on the northbound northeast extension from mid-county up towards quakertown it's not only people headed to musikfest but also to the poconos this week. the philadelphia folk festival under way in upper salford. in skippack watching a crash along 73, skippack pike at cross road. if you're coming down 476, the blue route, you don't want to be. because of this crash in the southbound lanes by the route one media bypass, just a shoulder squeezing by, nearly an hour to get south from the schuylkill down to 95. t

getting a flow now off the ocean, that makes it feel nicely by the beach, tonight at musikfest, darius rucker, overnight great conditions we had for musikfest, mostly clear and comfortable and 79 degrees, we have building heat for the weekend, an area of high pressure, you are not just heating up here along the east coast, hazy, hot and humid it looks likely there will be a number of ties of hot conditions, get away forecast for tomorrow, the city it's supy and hot and at the shore on saturday, pleasant and warm and a bit of a sea breeze, temperatures in the low 80s and the only spot tomorrow is areas far to the northwest, you may see an isolated storm and sunshine and clouds and a mild high of 82 degrees, we'll come inside in a min and we are looking at a number of days where we are really turning up the heat. >> thank you karen, the stage is set for a big concert in atlantic city, sunday's concert, put on by live nation, takes up five blocks and nick jonas performs first and then maroon 5, tickets are being handed out outside of boardwalk hall and lasts until 2:00 this afternoon. well could

last night featured darius rucker, snoop dogg headlines tonight, and alice in chains will finish theestival on sunday. in montgomery county, there's a full lineup of performers taking the stage. tonight's headliner is lyle lovett. >>> battleship new jersey in camden will mark the occasion with its annual world war ii victory day. reenactors will send you back in time and artifacts will be on display. the battleship served during world war ii. the actual anniversary was yesterday. tomorrow, leaders of veterans organizations will attend the world war ii 70th anniversary global tribute. they'll gather at the brigadier general veterans memorial in wrightstown, burlington county at 11:00. >>> today, 2,500 animals are up for adoption and we're making a push to clear the shelters. jesse gary is live at one location taking part in the event. hey, jesse. >> reporter: i'm getting some information on what you need to know if you're planning on adopting a pet. you'll need this. i'll explain coming up right after the break. >>> and i'm tracking hot temperatures as we head into the weekend. i'll l

musikfest runs through august 16 and in bethlehem including seinfeld and darius rucker 6 abc is a proud sponsor of musikfest for the 10th straight year. >>> rain could be to blame for this crash at fairmount park on gypsy lane. wet roads may have been a factor. >>> this is why there were traffic delays along the new jersey turnpike in hamilton township, this is the scene here when a tractor trailer was involved in the crash. >>> turning to politics now, katie mcgwinnty has announced she is running for president. mcginty says she will fight for manufacturing jobs to make college more affordable and fight for increases in the minimum wage and she will challenge pat toomey for his seat coming up next november. >>> there is much more ahead at 12:30, including this controversial video of 8-year-olds being handcuffed. how the aclu is responding today. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara® he

darius rucker are the headliners tonight.y the way the festival wraps up this sunday. >> the stage is also set for a big music weekend in atlantic city. lucky folks scored free tickets today on the boardwalk. sunday's concert put on by live nation will take up five blocks along the beach. nick jonas performs first and maroon5 takes the stage about 6 o'clock. the concert should provide a boost for hotels parking lots and other nearby businesses. [cheers and applause] >> time for sports. ducis here and our eagles versus the colts on sunday and time for football. >> finally. it's finally here. we get to see some real action in just a couple of days. you will not see sam bradford in that game. the eagles have chosen to take it easy with their new starting quarterback. our jeff skversky is live at training camp with more on this decision. jeff. >> hey, ducis. chip kelly will pass on playing sam bradford in that preseason opener on sunday. look, eagles fans are disappointed. sam bradford is disappointed but here's the bottom line a

darius rucker taking over for a live concert. looking forward to itn >> we're sitting d n -- >> there we go. >> okay. >> som ething else. the new book the girl with the dragon tattoo series has become a worldwide phenomena. why it touched off a controversy. >>> actress and foodie ali larter is here with a 25 minute meal for your family that is perfyct with the start of tailgating season almost re. we've been watching her cook throughout the morning. i justinant to dive in. it's like the best -- >> i tried the sauce and -- >> >> we have an exciting announcement about our friend wrangler there. at the start of the week we challenged you to help us reach million followers on twitter. wrangler is going on a road trip this fall visiting three cities. if you have an idea tweet the hashtag wrangler on the road to let us know. >> we get to go on the road trip with wrangler? i'll go. >> she's earned t?. >> she's earned the trip. >> we can be together. i'm excited! >>> let's look ahead at the weekend planner starting with tomorrow. we're g

. >> who'd have thought we'd be playing beer bong anna kendrick and darius rucker. the cups are filled with root beer. so which ever team sinks the most number of ping-pong wins. at the bottom of the cup there is a question and the drinker has to answer the question. why is it root beer? i don't know. >> i'm not going to drink root beer. >> go. >> no you have to bounce it! >> what? >> yes, you do. oh, damn? >> >> what just happened? >> last person you texted. go, kath. >> what? cody. >> we decided to challenge joel to a game of "iced coffee pong." it's like beer pong but with iced coffee instead of beer and ping-pong balls. >> does that make sense, folks at home. >> if you get the doughnut in the hole -- oh, i see. oh, okay, i thought you were going to catch in the your mouth, all right, here we go. >> i missed. [ laughter ] >> i got that one! >> okay, it says klg or hoda. i have to choose between you? >> be careful. >> i'm going with matt lauer. >> we're going to play one second second. go. >> what is this? >> i don't know, drink. i'm so happy happy together >> the

. >>> a live concert from darius rucker on the plaza. >> darius rucker. >> on friday morning on "today." pat and michael, back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> raphael's got to cover up. we've got to work on that. up next, we'll check in with chris and see how the weekend forecast is shaping up. >> you're watching "today in new york." >>> an update on the breaking news in brooklyn. restaurant. >> "today in new york's" tracie strahan is following the story. she's in prospect lefferts gardens for us. tracie? >> reporter: four people were shot, one killed inside of an after hours nightclub here on flatbush avenue. it happened before 3:00 in the morning at the buddha hookah lounge. by day it's known as ali's roti shop. the male shot was pronounced dead at kings county hospital. two other men and a woman recovering from gunshot wounds at the hospital as well. as for what started all of this, the motive remains unclear. crime scene detectives remain at the scene. back to you. >> tracie, thanks very much. we want to go to katherine creag in brooklyn where a man is expected to face a judge

musikfest starts on friday and runs through the 16th of this month, including seinfeld and zz top and darius ruckeror of musikfest for the tenth time this year. >>> police are looking for a man that started a fight outside of a nightclub this happened last tuesday on the 1600 block of south christopher boulevard the suspect got into an argument with a man and started punching him and the suspect then punched him too, leaving him uncomfortable, the suspect then left in a taxi. take a good look at the video there, if you know who this suspect is please call police. >>> we are hearing from the mother a 10-year-old boy shot over the weekend in chester, it happened on saturday afternoon near the intersection of west 9th street and engel street, the boy, tony campbell was not the intended target. the family sells "action news" he was taken to crozier hospital and was released the next day. >> there were complications and now he is in dupont hospital. this evening the boy's mother is angry about why he was released from the hospital the day after getting shot. >> crozier should have never discharged him.

through the 16 and in bethlehem and hundreds of acts take to the stage including snoop dog and darius rucker and jerry seinfeld. abc 6 is a proud sponsor of fusic fest for the'11"th year. >>> and they were joined by archbishops from syria and iraq, talking about the plight of christians that are persecuted in the middle oosthuizen. a time concern for the pontiff and the knights of column use yus that have raised $3 million to date to help the fundments lifts in syria and iraq. >> i have seen people kill, slaughter, a woman -- violently, houses destructed churches and -- invaded. >> both archbishoped say it's a dark time and with the support of the pope and the knights of columbus, here in america they are now starting to see the light. the knights of columbus will launching a television campaign this weekend to draw greater attention to the plight of christians in the middle east. >> all right alicia thank you. >>> time now to get the "action news" traffic report, it's been a busy afternoon. >> it certainly has been definitely on the pennsylvania term turnpike, matt pellman is standing by wi

>> keegan michael key, hootie, darius rucker. >> who makes out with hootie? >> listen, nobody, but hootie said on the set, he said "my wife said i can make out we they script." i said "it's not, but give me one second." >> i was sweating bullets. >> but we have a bone to pick with you. >> what?l3zj-x&c we'll do a kickstarter for season two. >> look at this! >> this is so weird. this is the kind of thing somebody makes for you before they kill you. >> look at yours, i want you to look at this. so beautiful, though. >> oh, "playing house." it's so cute. >> but why is this creepy photo -- >> it's a little disturbing. >> season two, everybody, "playing house." >> i'm sorry you look like a drag queen in that, i'm sorry. >> i've never been prouder than when i look like a drag queen. >> premiers tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on our sister network usa. we'll be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. drag queen? >> sorry hoda. >>> we want to check back in with peter and marie who got kybella injections. >> what about these two ladies? >> do we need it? we don't ha

. >> in bethlehem musikfest continues with darius rucker.chains closes the festival on sunday. >> it will be all about comedian jim gaffi gan for the allentown festival in september. meghan trainor canceled her entire tour after a relapse of an illness. the cost is between $29 and $49. >>> these crates are filled with cats and kittens from one home. it's a case of hoarding. authorities say it can teach a lesson to anyone who loves animals. how you can help, new at 6:00. at longhorn... steak like this doesn't need anything else. which is why we don't just add, anything else. longhorn steaks that sizzle for $12.99. the new smoky bacon sirloin. the new spicy grilled jalapeÑo sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. all with hand chopped salad & unlimited bread for $12.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch try our steakhouse burger. or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. >>> a new york city firefighter put his life on the line today and was shot responding to an arson fire. it all started when police

tonight if you're heading up to bethlehem, darius rucker is the main events for the early shows at 7lock. it's looking really nice. lots of sunshine, low humidity with a temperature of 80 degrees. tonight the humidity levels will stay low and it will be seasonably warm, not quite as cool as the past two nights. philadelphia 68 degrees, millville 62, allentown 60, cape may 69 and wilmington 64 degrees. the get away forecast for your saturday, w weekend kick offin filter will be hot. 91 degrees. dewpoint in the up are 50's to low 60's so just a little bit more humid than today. down the shore that sea breeze will keep temperatures in the low 80's, 83 degrees and the poconos an isolated thunderstorm with that cold front. best chance will be in the afternoon and most of the day will be rain freeway high of 82 degrees an mixture of clouds and sunshine. tomorrow not only is the heat going to be an issue, it's also an ozone action day. what this means is that ground level ozone will make it unhealthy for people who are sensitive. if you have a heart condition or mass ass ma a good idea to l

a little "homegrown honey," the music of darius rucker. >> exactly. >> by the way, darius is a star in country music. he'lle be here live on friday as we mentioned. as an added bonus we are hearing that perhaps he'll give us a taste of hootie & the blowfish. >> bonus. >> i love that. >> like a mix tape. >> coming up, the must have supplies you need to make sure your kids have the best back to school experience possible. almost all schools in the next couple of weeks will be in. >> fwosh, it's good. >> and tasty cakes without the oven. mini desserts for the microwave. >> now a check of the weather. >> are you a tastykake person or drake's cake? >> hostess. >> thought i would bring it up. >> all of the above. >> little debbie. those oat meal cakes. i di greesz. you get an idea how bad the wildfires are in the northwest. this is a sun set from omaha, nebraska. because of the smoke in the air it gives a red tinge to the sky and the sunset. it's gorgeous. what a rough time for our friends in the northwest. let's see what else is going on for today. wet weather in florida may get better depe

next week next week is darius rucker. he's a big country star now got his start from hooty y hootie in the blow fish. >> what was he like in school? >> awesome. the kindest person you ever met. >> we'll get you a free ticket. >> everyone gets in free. >>> good morning, everybody. >>> we begin with tragedy in washington state where three wofirefighters were killed on wednesday in a fire that is threatening thousands of homes. miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: good morning. the three u.s. forest service firefighters were killed when their vehicle was involved in the an accident and flames overran that vehicle. four other fir ighters were also injured. one was critically burned durin thg a wild day on the fire lines. a tra c day. fire officials describe the co itions as erratic and aggressive. flames moving in multiple rections, feeding on drought conditions fuelled bymthe wind to the back. officials are trying to determine exactly what happened here. their top concern is for the thousands of other firefighters across t

. >>> coming up on the "today" show, from amy schumer to darius rucker, kathie lee and hoda look back at their favorites of the year, and back in a half hour. test. >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >>> and good morning, everyone. this is an nbc news special report. 10:00 here on the east coast. 7:00 out on the west coast. it has been a brutal start to the day and week on wall street. the dow down more than 600 points right now after plummeting more than 1,000 points down just after the opening bell. >> let's get right to cnbc, they're keeping a close eye what is going on. you definitely are on a roller markets. what's behind all of this? >> basically, global growth worries. the market is worried that the global economy is slowing down and china is one of the biggest economies in the world and their stock market and economy have been slowing dramatically. we've seen big losses in the chinese stock market. and although it might not seem important to u.s. investors, the problem is that a lot of big companies like mcdonald's and apple and int

next friday's performance is darius rucker. star, now, of course. what was he like in school? >> awesome. the kindest person you've ever met. >> way to get free tickets, lady! >> everyone gets in free. >>> good morning, everybody. >>> we begin with tragedy in washington state where three firefighters were killed on wednesday in a fire that is threatening thousands of homes. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the three u.s. forest service firefighters were killed when their vehicle was involved in the an accident and flames overtook that vehicle. four additional firefighters were injured. one was critically burned during the massive fire storm. these are the conditions we've warned about for months. the extreme drought conditions. wind is pushing to the back. it was erratic and aggressive blowing in multiple directions. today the blaze is threatening thousands of firefighters across the region. crews getting set for another long day. >> miguel almaguer, thank you very mu