this year is gabrielle giffords. i'll hunt introduces caroline kennedy, who presents the award to ms. givers. this is 15 minutes. >> we have a high-powered committee. there are senators and house members and democrats and republicans and some of the greatest warriors. even newspaper editors. all of us know who our leader is. she inherited her father's and mother's intelligence, charm, grace and diplomacy. the heart and soul of this magnificent place and this marvelous award, caroline kennedy. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, al. i thought ken would introduce me. that was so much nicer. thank you all for coming. this is always a special day for my family and the kennedy library to commemorate my father's birthday and honor those with the virtue -- courage. we also remember his death. our family is still suffering from gun violence. no one should have to lose a husband, a wife, a father, a child to senseless murder. as our on a rehash on out of that pain and tragedy, we must find the strength to carry on to give mea

rufus gifford, ambassador to denmark. gifford rand fund-raising during the election. and nominated. james costos, ambassador to spain. a top fund raiser for the obama campaign. all of the president's nominations will require senate confirmation. >> update tonight on bryan stow. earlier this week we told you injured giants fan had to leave rehab because his insurance would no longer pay the builds. tonight hearing from the bakersville center where stow was staying. lost his ability to walk, talk and write after an attack outside of dodgers stadium in 2011. dr. mark ashley says stow was regaining some skills at his facility. most insurance companies will cult offoff -- cut off coverager intense therapy. >> tremendously unethical in my estimation we would knowingly withhold effective treatment from people for money. you would never see a woman with breast cancer treated this way. never say to the woman with breast cancer. let your husband take care of your treatment. >> stow is staying at his family's home. his family says his condition is weakening without therapy. >> a child predator

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. liverom studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> okay. >> we're not talking. >> kathie lee says we shouldn't speak this fine morning because something is missing from our table. >> we go on wine strikes. >> for some reason -- >> we won't do this show unless there's wine. >> there's no wine. it's just sad what's happened here on this table. >> oh, jerry. >> how about a mojito instead? >> jerry, we love you. >> now we can celebrate. it's thirsty thursday, june 13th. welcome, everybody. >> it is also a special day for my little niece ella. >> she's 3 years old today. so you guys, just a little happy birthday to -- come on, girl. >> she is adorable. >> she's three! happy birthday to little ella. >> i think 3 was my favorite age. >> was it? >> yeah. yeah. >> that was 20 years ago. >> why was it your favorite? >> kids are so edible. they're always great. they're learning. they really go on a tear at 3. >> they're singing. >> and funny. i love it. >> i think that's the age cass was when we had a

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, we're so happy you're with us today on fun-day monday, june 3rd. what a week! >> it was wild. >> how do we begin? ♪ la, la, la ♪ la, la, la, la >> bobbie thomas, we've been telling you about her wedding for so long and it finally happened on friday night. >> she's now mrs. michael marian. look how gorgeous. >> let's just live here. >> i know. >> this picture is astonishing and she even looked better in person to me. she always looks gorgeous, but she was unbelievable. >> so elegant. >> i've been to a lot of weddings. just the setting was spectacular. that's her father and step-dad who are walking her down the aisle. >> that is a long aisle down there. >> and the seating was down by the point. it was one of those spectacular perfect moments. >> at that point frank is -- those are the moms. the two moms. right when michael stood there, frank goes, "you can still run!" >> their first song is called "i can, i will, i do." and

♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.ive from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. it's fun-day monday. a little damp out there. june 10th. but, boy, it is fun-day on the plaza if you are about 12. for a lot of young women who are out there since saturday waiting for this young man. his name is austin mahone. >> it was really weird. a lot of people walking by heard the screams of the crowd and wondered who was generating all this commotion. and this is him. 17-year-old from austin, texas. >> austin? >> austin. what? >> did you say he's from austin, texas. >> i think i did. so he's austin from austin. >> i like exactly what you said. here's the great thing. the kid put his stuff up on youtube and kept getting followers. >> the way bieber did it. >> and look what's happening. some are calling him the next bieber. he says he wants to be his own guy. >> of course he does. these days kids don't have to wait for somebody to find them. they've got the opportunity to go to social media and determine their own direct

and the newtown bee published an opinion piece written by former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt two years ago and roxanna green. her daughter, nine-year-old kristina-taylor green was one of six people killed. both women say more needs to be done to stop gun violence writing in part: >> pelley: after the terror attack in benghazi, u.s. diplomats now undergo extensive security training. and the pope gets a taste of hog heaven when the cbs evening news continues. continues. [ female announcer ] your smile... and stain it... and stain it. so every day, use crest 3d white toothpaste to remove up to 90% of surface stains in just 5 days. no wonder crest 3d white is the number one whitening brand. after all, every day counts. life opens up when you do. to rock a whiter smile in just two days, use these products together. bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my s

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, it's thirst-day thursday, june 6th here in beautiful new york city. how you doing, everybody? glad you're here with us. >> we certainly are. when you look at the papers every morning -- >> you never know what they're going to say. >> sometimes it's a great headline and sometimes it's kind of a sad one. today at least in the new york paper there is were two sad headlines. it was, it's about paris jackson, michael jackson's daughter, and there are reports that she tried to commit suicide. >> yeah. well apparently it's true. because there was a family statement as well. but she tweeted the night, the very night before she tweeted the lyrics to the beatles song "yesterday,". >> and she tweeted "i wonder why tears are salty." >> you don't hear paris tweet a lot and a couple of days ago she tweeted something that popped up on youtube. you have to hear her speak. she's talking about putting makeup on. take a look and listen. >> yo

from nbc news, this is a special home edition of "today" with interior designer wannabe kathie lee giffordnd clutter queen hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. a special wines-day wednesday. i'm very excited about this today, because i love nesting and building a home, and then selling it, and then buying another one and doing it again. hodie has basically already zoned out. >> the show is about decluttering. you know how excited i am about that. >> and you haven't learn a thing yet. >> we're going to try, because each segment has something to do with decluttering or spicing up a place. >> whether you're a college student or been grown up forever and ever, and welcome to all our favorite college students who are so happy they're out of college. >> we've been waiting for you. >> we've been waiting for you guys. we're hearing from many of you you're excited to -- >> watch us drink in the morning. >> yes. >>> so we have to go on record saying we were wrong about "the voice." >> were we? i wonder why. >> well, here's the thing. there were six singers left y

gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, it's booze-day tuesday, it's june 4th, we're so happy that you're spending your day, just a little bit of it with us. >> just an hour with us. >> what's wrong with that? >> they have nothing else to do. >> what are we going to do about michael douglas. >> yeah. >> there's controversy, we knew there would be a little, anyway. over what we thought was the story. now his publicist is back-tracking a little bit. >> the story was, originally michael douglas talked about his throat cancer and said it was from smoking and drinking for many years. then he was interviewed by the "guardian" and the "guardian" asked him essentially if he regretted the smoking and drinking and things over the course of the years that caused the throat cancer and he said actually it wasn't that, it was something else and he described it as, a -- this is his exact quote. he said this particular cancer is caused by hpv. but now his press person, allen bur

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, it's try-day friday, june 7th, and you know what a try-day can bring -- anything! >> anything! >> hope you're going to have an amazing weekend. >> i think the weekend going to be a very nice one fr a lot of folks. >> it's not going to be so shabby. sunday night the tony awards will be carried on a different network. they do a lovely job, neil patrick harris is a perfect host. and they'll be doing the emmys. >> he's the best host around. >> of anything. >> a very personal -- attagirl for carol lee carmello, who starred in kathie lee's show. she is nominated for a tony award. we at "the today show" are so proud of her and we really want her to win. >> her best lead actress in a musical. and i won't be there, but i will be watching. and we wish her all the best. just for the loincloth alone, baby. >> today is a big day, it's national doughnut day. forget the tonys. >> now i've been telling you about about cronuts. >> oh, my goodnes

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody, you have joined us for wines day wednesday, june 12th. with you i bet you knew that, didn't you? welcome, everybody. >> hello. >> neither of us watched "the voice" last night, although it was a big night to watch "the voice." >> what were you doing, i was down at the point with frank and his binoculars, what were you doing? >> i was out with a friend. any who, we want to recap what happened last night. this is a big reveal, we're all surprised together. five singers left. you and i picked who we thought should be eliminated, on the basis of what we heard thought should be eliminated. >> we both thought michelle would be the one to go and you thought danielle would be the other and i thought amber. now we are going to see two of the people who were selected. >> okay. that means there's one left. >> yes. let's see. >> all right. ♪ time after time ♪ fall i will catch you, i will be waiting ♪ ♪ time after time ♪ all a part o

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody, you made it to try-day friday, the 31st and last day of may. hard to believe june starts tomorrow. after our big bash tonight. we're running out of here right away because we're going to go to a wedding, baby. >> bobbie thomas is getting married at your house. and guess who managed to break herself away from her wedding plans for a little bit to be here with us. so we have a lot in store for you. >> she said she has nerves and stuff, why not work and get my mind off things. >> you got. >> see you in a minute, bobbie. >> don't move. we have a big show today, the wanted are here. if you don't know the name of the group, know this song. it's called "glad you came." ♪ ♪ >> they're very nice guys, i met them downstairs, very cute, very young. i told them to stay away from my daughter, if you know what i mean. they have a new reality show. >> it's kind of cool that they're doing that you get to know them as individuals. it premieres

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is try-day friday, june 14th. hoda, did you know this is also flag day? >> where's our flag? >> i don't know. >> where is our flag? >> we're flying it proudly. we still live, regardless of what you've heard, we still live in the greatest country on this planet. >> why we certainly do. we're going to begin with who is going to be the winner of our hot dads contest. >> who is the hottest? >> ivillage contest. there were 1,500 entries. we narrowed it down to four dads. and they are all fighting for number one. here they are. >> brendan gibson. andrew ongaro. david emmanuel, jeff shelton. in our studio live. >> beautiful guys and their beautiful families. >> they're here. they're nervous. >> they're just like women at a beauty pageant. checking each other out. >> you know, what i against sense that you guys are sucking it in a little bit. sucking it in and putting it out there if you know what i mean. >> we're going to find out

different path forward because they don't want to go against the mayors against illegal guns and gabby giffords and more. that may give us a path to get a bill on the senate floor. >> they need some of these people to stand up to the nra as it always does has another threatening attack add, attacking for a bill that would have strengthened background checks which seems to be the least that's happening. let's watch the nra add. >> remember this tv add? i'm joe mansion, i approved this add because i'll always defend west virginia. >> as your senator i'll protect the second amendment rights. >> he's working with president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. concerned? you should be. tell him to honor his commitment to the second amendment. >> they bully, threaten, spend money, force politicians on the back front and unfortunately, it usually works. >> yeah, but why does it work? the fact is that these guys have become pretty miserable at winning elections. in 2012 the nra spent money in 16 senate seats. you know how many they won? 3. they lost 13 of 16. i would argue more than being with t

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we did it, hoda. we made it to thirsty thursday, june 27th. so good to see all of you. happy you're with us today. >> hey.v: i've been off sweets four weeks today. >> i know. >> i wasn't eating any sweets at all for one solid week. and i thought i would feel better. and i don't. >> you feel actually a little bloated. >> i don't feel more energized. i don't feel any of those things. >> i think you'll have to go another week. >> no. >> are you breaking it today? >> i'm going back because it's enough already. and it didn't work. it didn't do anything. i think i was up a couple of pounds. i should just stick with the old regimen that works. >> let me give you a little laugh. last night jimmy kimmel had on channing tatum. maybe you were brought up. >> oh, god. >> i want to ask you about the music video. were you in london when "channing all over your tatum" came out? >> yes. thank you very much for that, by the way. >> and do you know regret -- because i was thinking about you. it's hard to get out of yo

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. it's fun-day monday, june 17th, 2013. kathie lee is taking the day off but guess who is filling in with me. the incomparable superman. dean cain is here. >> one time superman. >> i have to say, i know this was the weekend for the superman movie coming out. what is it called? >> "man of steel." >> when i think of superman and i'm with a lot of people on this i know, i see your face. i don't even remember the other kid's name. >> and i love you for that, but some other people are going to see this guy's face and name when they hear the name superman. >> you took your son. your son is how old? >> 13. >> how did that go over? >> it's a pg-13 film. and he loved the film, but it was -- there were some moments where he was, you know, there were some real -- it was very real. and so there's some moments where he was a little bit scared. scooch a little bit closer. and there were some action sequences that were a little bit rough but

gifford took that test with his freedom, significant wealth and became identical to the 1866 constitutional convention in south carolina that code of side it for the state, those freedoms that had been granted former slaves with the emancipation proclamation in 1863. in that time after getting his freedom and after that convention began a member of congress, spend five terms in congress. you was one of eight to serve in south carolina in 1992. and 1895 indian 1895 all of those rights and privilegess that had been given back with the process were all taken away from the constitutional convention of 1895 and if you look at what has taken place to 1876 because it was the 1876 presidential election that creates the opportunity and atmosphere that led to the ending of reconstruction which eventually led to the creation of jim crow and apartheid in the united states of america. so if you look at 1876 to 1895, in that 20 year period we saw the beginning of the end of dual citizenship in this country so that was a rather small value in 1915 he died a broken hearted, financially not near as well off

♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefellerlaza. >> hello, everybody. it's fun-day monday. june 24th. are you sorry to be back at it this week? but we're going to make you smile today, we promise. >> we certainly are. we're going to show you, first of all if you haven't seen the ugliest dog on earth, we'll show them to you. >> the newest ugliest. >> wally. >> i think we need a recount, though. that's the way i feel about it. >> we'll reveal ones we think should have won the ugliest dog. >> show page three. >> we'll have to show it before we get started. come to me. look at that. >> i'm going to my dentist today because my teeth used to look like that but dr. larry rosenthal has changed my life. >> those teeth are terrible. >> how was your weekend, miss thing? >> you know what? we -- i think it was one of the best weekends ever, ever, ever. the only time frank and i left our house and that point we just built was for church. and yesterday morning i was down there early doing devotions and i thought about regis and joy. i said i

the brady bloomberg, giffords coalition is no match for the organization of the grassroots, the funding is not as if the coalition. so you have these 16 republicans who voted against a filibuster on gun and if they were going to vote with gun-control coalition, but they were a gun rights supporters and voted against their party on process that they would be with an policy. that's an example, will they be rewarded? should they be rewarded because they tried to clear the air and stop a filibuster. >> that's the case where constituents decide and they were willing to have it debated on the floor. that is an important step forward and they can discuss the policy because often times it becomes a critical vote and a lot of a lot of pressure is in pose on senators depending which side they are on to the desert way. so i think that should be reflected because that's not an easy vote, especially in the policy. sometimes you do that and that is, obviously. >> host: it's not an easy vote. this an act of rebellion. >> host: we are going to close here. you talk in the book about how people's voices

♪ >> from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford, and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody. it's wines day wednesday. june 19. we're delighted that you're with us today. >> kicking off wines day, we have new wine glasses. these are not the kind we usually drink out of. these are unique. >> what has nbc news come to? these are available for purchase. >> they're selling -- >> our nbc experience store. >> selling on -- on one side it's got our images. on the other it has or logo. -- our logo. >> yes, yes. >> nice. >> who buys these things? >> $20. >> like i said -- for the set? >> $20 for two -- is that a set, two? oh, lord. >> to purchase go to nbc.com and click "shop." >>> there's reason to celebrate if you watched "the voice" last night, and your girl was chosen. >> i heard, yeah. we all -- i wrote this down -- >> she picked danielle, i picked the swon brothers. >> i just figured this girl has the opportunity and the potential, i think to have a huge career. >> it's one of those when it comes to the last moment, it was so thrilling. it was b

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. we're actually delighted to be on the air today. some days we wonder if we're going to make it to air, and today is one of them. but it is booze day tuesday! >> and we always do make it. and i am like this right now -- because -- >> why? >> -- i'm this far away from finishing the movie. we have channing tatum on this morning. this movie is called "white house down." >> it's such a nail-biter. >> oh, my gosh. and i love my nails! i don't want to destroy my nails. it is amazing! >> they gave us this movie. it is hard to see movies these days because they think everyone is going to bootleg or steal them or whatever. they gave you like a mini ipad. they said, watch it. you get a couple of basses then you return the ipad. i was in the gym this morning. i usually go for 30 minutes, i'm done, i want it over. my adrenalin was moving. it is so good. >> he doesn't even have to come on and do the interview. we will sell it for him. >

dedicated to protecting yourself, your home, your image, and your hard-earned cash with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, don't miss with us. we have handcuffs! it's booze day, tuesday. it's june 18th. we have something i think kind of special in store for you today. we'll find out, along with the rest of you. we'll show you how to be safe in your life. >> we've been hearing a lot about people whose identities get stolen and there are things that you can do to help prevent that. i wonder every time i'm online shopping, i have to say. i buy dresses online and things -- >> you do everything there. >> yes. i actually even bought online on amazon.com a cone -- you know one of those cones like the traffic cones? >> why? >> because blame likes to use those. >> likes to use those to what? to potty on? >> yes. >> he's only 6 months old and he already has a fetish? >> no, he likes it. so i put it on the balcony. the cone. he doesn't use it. i'm like i bought it on amazon. >> that cone will probably really come in handy for other days as well, hoda.

beautiful dimple on his face but it's because he was shot in the face from the man who hurt gabby giffords. background checks are very important. i'm not going to accept some watered-down version just to say we got it done. >> what are you waiting for? [indiscernible] >> we have to have 60 votes. >> are there any signs that republicans are certain to come over on this? you said to focus on the republicans. >> yes. no. [laughter] >> would you say they're at least one republican who is a yes privately right now? with have been doing well more than one republican, a couple. >> do you believe that mayor numbered sectors have been helpful or not helpful in terms of going after the democrats who voted against this bill? >> i spoke with amanda sweet. he and i have been friends for some time. to remind him, just as i have reminded everyone here, to have republicans control the senate is a sure sign we will never ever get anything done. mayor bloomberg is a man of passion. he is fixated on this and i admire him for doing that. and he is going to make some decisions on this. i gave him my input to t

tom hanks, the clintons, gabby giffords, mark kelly came, meryl streep, bette midler, tom jones, whoopioldberg, so on, so on. everybody is raving about this play. >> it feels pretty special because of, again, who the play is about. you know the difference between when you're speaking about someone that you care about and you value as opposed to recommending someone for -- recommending yourself for a job or something. speaking for yourself is hard. i don't know how people do it. but speaking for someone else is like, hey, sam, let me tell you -- you know? so i feel i'm speaking with great purpose. >> let's take a look at you in action here. >> oh, for god's sake. >> i'll tell you what though. if i got turned out over my concealed weapons detail, then i say so be it and sayonara. more guns in people's pockets meant more people dead. there was no compromise to be had. >> pretty prophetic and timely. >> that's from "chicago" or maybe it is from d.c. i've augmented that since then. first of all, it's given much more forcefully because i come to -- ann richards toward the end of her life was

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody. >> hello. >> hoda and i are very happy to welcome you on our winesday wednesday, june 26th. >> look at our "today" at the front, by the way. >> bianca. >> bianca made this cake with a sheet cake and a teacup. and i don't know. she bent things around. anyway, we loved this so much we wanted it to be front and center. >> and we said thank you so much for the rainbow. it's not a rainbow, it's a sunrise. >> get it right, people. anyway. >> big day here today. >> couple of things, backstreet boys will be joining us a little bit later. but a lot of news was made this morning. interesting to see the reactions on the websites and all the twitter, all of that stuff regarding paula deen's appearance this morning. >> it was interesting, because i think a lot of people, i'm sure, saw it. and people are so quick -- it's weird now with twitter and facebook and stuff because people can weigh in instantaneously. i think it was one of th

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. know what it is today? >> what is it? >> it's thirsty thursday, june 20th. we're happy, happy you're with us. >> what surprising and just sad news yesterday to hear about -- i know you guys have heard about james gandolfini by now. 51 years old. star of "the sopranos." >> and so many other things. >> yeah. and died just so suddenly. he was in italy with his son. >> it's one thing if we know that somebody has been sick for quite a while. you sort of gird yourself for -- you say a prayer for somebody and wonder if they'll make it through, you know. but this i guess -- who knew of any health problems he had. >> right. >> or any concerns. >> and he was -- i guess one of the most beautiful cities in the world, rome. with his son and his sister. i guess he was there for some sort of film festival but was on vacation as well. >> i think what's interesting, too, is he played one of those characters who was an awful character if you looked at him on his face. like h

to bear in 2014 between mayors against illegal guns and americans for responsible solutions the giffordsorganization. this is the missing piece. unfortunately, we need money to play this game in d.c. but it's people, as well. we have people like we've never had people before. >> john: indeed. and it's growing more and more every day. you don't have 90% of people supporting christmas in this country. we mention on the show a lot when we talk about the nra we're not talking about the nice, lawful gun-owning folks who are members of the nra. we're talking about their management. their owners. we're talking about the guys who put out the talking points who sell fear so gun sales go up because they only exist for profit. and they only exist to put more money in the pockets of the gun owners. that's what we're talking about. colin, you may have seen this already, the video of john canton, whose daughter was killed by her estranged husband as he was heckled by a kelly ayotte thee ander all this in new hampshire. >> the names i delivered were the names of young people like my daughter, melissa.

. >> there is some evidence that jar jared loughner, who shot gabby giffords, listened to that song. the band insists the song is about a mosh pit, not murder. but again, with violent video games, do you think that violent musical video and music can have a profound and disturbing effect on people who may themselves be mentally unstable? >> i believe so, especially on the young mind. a young person's mind is very easy to lead a young person's mind into things like that, easy to influence, you know. i can say that from experience. what you see on tv and media and things like that, it can radically affect you if looking at it like this for extended periods of time, it can really affect a young person's mind if it goes unchecked. >> the moment that you decided that you were going to kill your parents, why did you decide that they had to die and what then happened? >> that's a good question. i was at a point in my life where i didn't care about anyone or anything anymore, and i wanted to die. so as i said before, i was thinking these murderous thoughts for a long time. the day that it ha

when the president flanked by gabby giffords and newtown families spoke in the rose garden calling itden is now live trying to revive the plan. >> in addition to the fbi, we brought in the justice department overall. we brought in the -- instead we insisted that they sit down, together -- not separately, together and make sure they were all on the same page at to what were the single recommendations that could be made. there is a coherence to this. they have all had significant input in dealing with disasters. so we put them together in one room with more than 100 experts from law enforcement to higher education, from k-12 teachers to first responders, to emergency planners. and we said, all of you come up with what you think are the best practices -- the most concrete recommendations that you can give us that will enable us to teach our prepare or lay out a menu for the school districts and churches. interesting thing is, i think it surprised most people a little bit -- remember eric and i sitting there and we had the faith leaders. the faith leaders not only wanted to talk about mak

according to a new poll, markey has an 11-point read over republican gabriella gifford, markey 54, gomez 43. the election is next tuesday. we hope to be up there to cover it. we'll be right back. ?ñ?h >>> this train is running full speed down the tracks toward socialism. and toward communism. yes, i said it. >> i fear that where we've come to in america, where our administration won't make one phone call to save our men and women in a embassy in lebanon. >> well, welcome back to "hardball." another oops from rick perry there whose dig at president obama lost a bite when he mixed up countries that start with l, lebanon and libya. anyway, perry, herman cain and the cast of the gop all-stars turned out for ralph reed's faith & freedom counterclockwise this weekend. at times it looked like a rerun of the 2012 gop primaries. sarah palin was there in full force with her own foreign policy advice for the president in syria. >> we're talking now more new interventions. i say until we know what we're doing, until we have a commander in chief who knows what he's doing, well, chief, in these radica

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. >> reporter: former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. >> be passionate, be courageous, be yourhank you very much. >> reporter: wherein lies the not so subtle cultural shift coles is bringing to "cosmo." >> it brings me energy. for me incredible women. that's what helps me figure out what to put in the pages and to make "cosmo" seem more than just a magazine. >> reporter: but lest you wonder what will become of all that sex that "cosmo" famously celebrates on its cover each month, coles makes no apologies. >> i don't think relationships and love and sex are particularly racy. i think it's sort of essential to a good, healthy lifestyle. >> reporter: i'll come back to that later. >> i'm happy to talk about sex relentlessly. >> reporter: joanna coles seems to revel in riding that juxtaposition between the serious and the rest of the stuff in the magazine. and yes, that means she often has to drag all that exhausting sex business home with her to husband peter godlin. do you ever come home and say, darling -- >> listen, it's the hardest part of my job. i've got 17 pages to get throu

and going against his dear friends, gaby giffords and mark kelly.it is a little startling to see him do that. maybe not when you think about what's going on in the back rooms of washington on a routine basis. i don't think that the nra has the real power of electoral politics that it used to. i think the grass roots are rising up and we'll take a look at what happens in the midterm elections. we'll see that women voters who haven't necessarily been participating in a mass in midterm elections will start voting. they'll be voting with this in mind. >> john: i think that strange sensation i'm feeling is encouragement on this issue. you've actually spoken with vice president joe bide been this issue. what did he say? >> he was very encouraging. he encouraged moms demand action and grassroots activists to continue the momentum. with the -- i encouraged him to do the same thing. i said, you know, sir please keep it up on your end and we'll keep it up on our end. we're a nonpartisan organization but we'll look to our champions in congress or the white hou

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and whether or not like you say he should maybe think about donating a portion of his fee to gabby giffords' fund or somebody else's fund to combat gun reform issues in this country. but we're talking about it. >> we're promoting the film. >> i don't want my secretary to pay more taxes than me, pay back. please. contribute to politicians who want to tax reform. >> jim carrey and this film are not alone. look at the bulk of the summer releases they are all -- not movies they're crack-toons and filled with overloaded violence, all of them from brad pitt's movie, his summer, all the summer -- >> the releases. >> garage. >> get the teenage boys. >> make millions, by the way. >> exactly. jim carrey's best role "the majestic". >> didn't see that one. >> that was a good one. >> what was he in? >> did you not see that? >> "dumb and dumber". >> haven't seen that? >> [ inaudible ]. >> "seaside, florida," that's my district. wonderful place. go watch "the majestic" this weekend. >> what else is going on? >> we have edward snowden in the news. paula deen and more and more americans -- >> are they toget

let them start again from the beginning. >> kathie lee gifford to the rescue.have a phony i.d. anyway he tried to sneak in and the rapper the game was there. i guess he was deejaying and announced justin bieber was in the room. so then everyone was like bieber. then he got thrown out by security. >> this is what happens when you get a monkey. the thing about michael jackson. it all goes downhill. crazies own monkeys. >> kim kardashian and kanye. did i just read they'll not have this baby in any reality show? >> i don't know about that. >> i read that this morning. breaking news. >> i heard kanye doesn't want the baby involved here. >> i would think -- i can understand that. he doesn't really want to be on the show. but -- >> he does have a career. >> why he has a career. he has his own life. it was his birthday last week. 36-year-old -- his 36th. he was at miss lily's. it's jamaican. it's delicious. i've been there. it's hip. >> who is bigger than you? >> no one. but beyonce came. jay-z was there. i think na was there and beyonce walked out. look how amazing sh

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.stead? >> jerry, we love you. >> now we can celebrate. it's thirsty thursday, june 13th. this is also a special day for my little niece ella. she's 3 years old today. so you guys, just a little happy birthday to -- come on, girl. >> she is adorable. >> she's three! happy birthday to little ella. >> i think 3 was my favorite age. >> was it? >> yeah. yeah. >> that was 20 years ago. >> why was it your favorite? >> kids are so edible. they are always great. they are learning. they are really on a tear at 3. >> singing. >> and funny. i love it. >> i think that's the age cass was when we had a gentleman play pi piano for us at christmas and he was heavy, quite heavy and cassie went over to him and said, you had too many hot dogs. i was very, very upset. >> kids tell the truth. i said, cassidy, that is not nice. you go back there and tell him you are sorry. she goes over, i sorry you had too many hot dogs. so i love that about them. they are so innocent. >> keep her that way as long as possib

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. happened on friday night. >> she's now mrs. michael marian. look how gorgeous. >> let's just live here. >> i know. >> this picture is astonishing and she even looked better in person to me. she always looks gorgeous, but she was unbelievable. i've been to a lot of weddings, just the setting was spectacular. that's her father and step-dad who are walking her down the aisle. >> and that's a long aisle. >> and the seating was down by the point. it was one of those spectacular perfect moments. >> at that point, frank is, those are the moms. the two moms. right when michael stood there, frank goes, you can still run! >> their first song is called, "i can, i will, i do." and in the corner, that's joy bauer's son, who played and sang. >> and he was ar doshl. it was really sweet. and the funny part w, she chang her hair, she changed into a different dress. she changed into a peplum and i came over and said, oh, i love it. >> bambino got a front-row seat. >> there's cody and cass hadn't gotten

you see lieutenant giffords gavin newsom walking down arm in arm there with ed lee as well as one of gay marriage. a woman married to her partner and lost as well as they approach the podium, we are going to listen in. moment as way. so much of this has happened in san francisco where it all started. and now, same-sex marriage will continue on in the state this morning. reporters throughout the bay area this morning covering this for us as well as reports from washington, d.c. as lieutenant governor newsom walks her down through the crowd. let's listen in for what ed lee has to say as well. also cheers. >> welcome to the people's house of san francisco! historic! historic day today for all of us, for the struggles, for many many years, i want to thank all of you for sharing this historic moment in san francisco, california. wow! it's been a long road. many years, but, bosh, it feels good to have love triumph over ignorance. to have equality triumph over discrimination. to have that discrimination end here in san francisco, wonderful, wonderful. it's a great place to be today. in this

students were killed tragically in newtown, and then the shooting in aurora, and then again, gabby giffords, we saw him at act very angrily. meanwhile, in his hometown of chicago, 5000 murders. this year we are up to 100, mostly blacks killing blacks. we know of one woman who performed at the president's inaugural, one week later was tragically slain as she stood talking to friends, by young thugs. so we do not see the president talking about -- and this is really black genocide. you have had over 44,000 black children killed at the hands of gun violence. that is more than all of the blacks who were lynched before the civil war ended through 1964. this is according to the children's defense fund data. no solutions being offered, and yet, joe talked about student loans. i would argue personal responsibility means the presidential telling students not to take on more debt than they can afford. go to community college, go to state colleges. it is not about the interest- rate doubling. the president expects black americans like you and me and the other young people paying back their debts to pa

major role in the effective interdisciplinary response to the january 8, 2011, shooting of gabrielle giffords. in alexandria, we have learned learn lessonsd to increasedecisions to capabilities to protect against future occurrences. after the anthrax attacks in 2001, funds were used to enhance andre communications awareness in the region have produced ncr net a fiber-optic connector. a public health surveillance system and installation of chemical and biological sensors in the metro sensors. 2013 -- 2014 budget proposed a major reform and consolidation which wouldograms replace the current programs with a new national preparedness grant program. no secret that the u.s. conference of mayors and other -- organizations have registered serous concerns with regard to these proposals to convert the current suite of homeland security grant programs interstate-administered lock programs in which funding decisions are based on state and multi-state assessments. this would no longer guarantee the retention of key programs, removal of the 25% set-aside for law enforcement terrorism terrorism prevention,

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.nk and his binoculars, what were you doing? >> i was out with a friend. any who, we want to recap what happened last night. this is a big reveal, we're all surprised together. five singers left. you and i picked who we thought should be eliminated, on the basis of what we heard thought should be eliminated. >> we both thought michelle would be the one to go and you thought danielle and i thought amber. now we are going to see two of the people who were selected. >> okay. that means there's one left. >> yes. let's see. >> all right. ♪ ♪ time after time ♪ fall i will catch you, i will be waiting ♪ ♪ time after time ♪ all a part of me, that's who i am ♪ ♪ that's who i am >> wait a second. wait a second. you were wrong. okay. there's only one -- left. i'm going with the swan brothers, but oh, my god, that means -- >> that means the african-american young girl -- >> sasha, i love sasha. >> we didn't say she's gone yet. >> we don't know yet. it's the big reveal. who do you think was saved, d

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.ere 1,500 entries. we narrowed it down to four dads. and they are all fighting for number one. here they are. >> brendan gibson. andrew ongaro. david emanyual, jeff shelton. in our studio live. >> beautiful guys and their beautiful families. >> they're here. they're nervous. >> they're just like women at a beauty pageant. checking each other out. >> i sense that you guys are sucking it in a little bit. sucking it in and putting it out there if you know what i mean. >> we're going to find out later in the show. here's a question for you. this question was asked in "parade" magazine to ask marilyn. there waa question about first impressions. when you meet someone for the first time, have you ever met someone and instantly disliked them. you meet them and there's a switch that flips and you are o-u-t out. the question is, is that possible? >> this is a woman, the genius, marilyn. and she said, without saying a word, we present information about ourselves by the way we dress, our makeup or