thank you very much. >>> when we come back, future halfle famer emmitt smith's going to take me on aemarkable tour of this facility. we'll see all the bells and whistles. >>> also ahead, jenna bush hager will introduce you to a remarkable young man here in texas. but first, a look at these messages. ♪ we got a new home ♪ it's a one of a kind dome >>> and welcome back to the new cowboys stadium in arlington, texas. originally they estimated the cost of building this place would be about $650 million. but if you've ever built a house, you know that never works out. quickly the price tag ballooned to $1.12 billion, making it one of the most expensive sports venues ever built. >> reporter: as the saying goes, everything is bigger in texas. and for the new cowboys stadium here in arlington, texas, that saying has never been more true. at 3 million square feet, this spectacular new home to the dallas cowboys, one of the most illustrious franchises in sports, has been nicknamed the eighth wonder of the world and at a price tag of $1.12 billion, it has the best and biggest of everything. >>

the giants of a couple years ago and when emmitt smith held up the 1993 cowboys started off to win the of the things we're looking for at the end of the day, perhaps, what are you looking for at the end of the day what might we know or not know? >> the pats when you lose available and tedy bruschi and have mayo get hurt, i don't know if you can be a championship team at the end of the day with that. >> they realize you can't play zone coverage against drew brees so going against the blitz happy philadelphia eagles today, if that is not successful around the national football league watch out because this might be a record-breaking season for drew brees if you can't blitz him. >> i think at the end of the today and tonight the giants receiving core and inexperience will catch up to them and the dallas cowboys. >> at the end of the day you'll find out one thing, tom braid i didn't will receive more pressure than he ever has and we're going to find out if he can handle it. >> and at the end of the day only one team will be 2-0, patriots or -- and at the end of the day are we going to get

reporter: who better to show me around than former dallas cowboys great and future hall of famer, emmitt smitht, as a player, one of the greats of the game who spent a lot of years here in dallas, just give me your initial reaction when you walk into this new stadium. >> i'm, like, wow! if you're a player and you cannot get fired up to play at this venue on this stage, you don't deserve to be on the dallas cowboys or the national football league. >> so there are 300 luxury boxes in this stadium. they're in all different levels. i think the ones that are going to get the most attention, emmitt, are these right here. they are right on the eld. from a player's point of view, is that distracting? you're right there. >> it can be a little distracting, but as a player, we've always been taught to ignore everything that's in the stands. >> they're eating steak and they're having beers in there, and you're getting yelled at by your coach right here. >> hey, it is what it is. >> reporter: and if the field-level suites don't bring you close enough to the action, maybe you should check out the field club

emmitt smith did it. >> mike: if you were on there, would you laugh -- >> craig: say this guy got somet. >> mike: craig james, nominee for "dancing with the stars." i get 10%. >> craig: i'm with you. >> mike: the standard agent fee applies. >> craig: the bone head perception on the punt return really cost arizona a chance. start with the 20. they might run a play for two and take advantage of the two time-outs. >> mike: all they can do is kill the clock. play it safe. go down by four. and what i said earlier, a psychotic first half. >> craig: i think if you're mike stoops you got to feel good about yourself. arizona has not had many options offensively. hasn't gotten it going offensive lie. he's going to the locker room and saying, we play pretty poorly. we have a chance. iowa has to stay focused. >> mike: interesting to see how both teams adjust after the half. ntucky grilled chicken on a value menu. yeah, you can. now you can get the gat taste of new... kencky grilled chicken for just $1.99. the new kentucky grilled chicken value box. only on the kfc ultimate value menu. unthink and

emmitt smith did the same thing a few weeks back. the fact is that romo has to elevate his game. he has only give his critics more reason to bash him. speaking of twitter, thank you robert henson. henson is a washington redskins rookie linebacker who was pretty upset about home fans booing during sunday's win over st. louis. so upset he called the fans dim wits. of course henson has not apologized for his actions, but there is a lesson to be learned. just because you have an open forum does not mean you can say anything you want. i hear more and more about how proathletes are excited to control their own messages over twitter. henson proved how fast you can get burned when you don't know what you are doing. somebody tell me what herschel walker is thinking signing a contract to do a mixed martial arts promoter strikeforce. from what i can tell this is not a joke. walker, who is the same former nfl star who is now 47 years old will be fighting in the ring by next year. if this was 1995 i might be intrigued by this decision. but today all i can do is think walker is either broke or

one of the best of all-time, emmitt smith, had great vision. >> dave: riley, hits jeremy ross.ckles. and into minnesota territory. a few yards shy of a first down. kyle theret, makes another tackle. >> chris: they're working the outside, to make the defensive line tired. the defensive line makes the runbackers so productive. they do a good job of eating up line blockers up front. i see minnesota, hands on hips. that tells me they're sucking a little wind. >> dave: they ran on third and short last time. they run it again. quarterback draw. and riley has the first down at the gopher 40, where nate triplett makes the stop. brian holley, the fullback, was out front, blocking for his quarterback. >> bob: i see kevin cosgrove, the defensive coordinator, saying swell. i got the speed big play guys on the outside. now, i have to watch the quarterback running a quarterback draw? yeah, you've got to, kevin. it's a good call by andy lug wig, the defensive coordinator for cal. >> dave: another end around. jeremy ross in space. good job by traye simmons to told him up until the calvary come

. >> emmitt smith's number but matt lauer's name. >> al roker, number 12. >> i wonder if we get to keepse? >> i hope so because they can't tell them to anybody else. >> natalie and nora o'donnell are in studio 1a. what's happening? >> what are you going to bring us back from the souvenir shop? >> here's one already for you, nat. >> i'll pass, al. >> your very own al roker jersey. >> love the cowboys but i don't think i can pull off the hat. thanks. i know you guys have been having a great time. they were surrounded by the cheerleaders. they've been on the big jumbotron there. they've been able to throw tosses out on the field. so matt, you get to take off, but al gets to stick around for more fun with us. >> that's right. i'm taking off. i'm catching a plane. and you're not too far behind. >> not really. i've got one more weather and then i'm going to be right there with you. >> we wish we could stay for the big game on sunday night, but we cannot. remember, it's here on nbc. cowboys versus the new york giants as they cut the ribbon on this stadium. ladies? >> all right. matt and al, ma

. >> so did emmitt smith. >> he has big shoes to fill. >> see, that part looks good. >> emmitt smithe did. that's hard to follow in other athletes' foots. they were all good. i'm just not as uncomfortable watching that as i am watching tom delay. maybe tom delays was a little bit more of a showman. i still didn't feel comfortable. is it me? >> just a different generation. whole gunslinging thing, not my cup of tea either. traveling out, it will be atlanta again, rain, clouds being the whole nine yards. one hour more for atlanta, count on that. houston, thunderstorms developing shortly. dallas, later this afternoon, and showers and thunderstorms not around san francisco but it's morning fog once again and a hot day in the bay area. more in a bait.÷o z tightness in my chest came back- i knew i had to see my doctor. he told me i had choices in controller medicines. we chose symbicort. symbicort starts to improve my lung function within 15 minutes. that's important to me because i know the two medicines in symbicort are beginning to treat my symptoms and helping me take control of my ast