"today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. hi it's try day, friday. november 22nd. of course, we have the newest filler on the block that makes a face-lift the thing of the past. >> what is that? >> it is something called juvaderm with a new twist. >> it is a big day, november 22nd, date my brother was born. ♪ happy birth day to you >> atl was born at 11 pounds, ten ounces, something like that. he was like a turkey. he came out big and chunky -- >> and now he's tall and lean. >> he sure is. >> it is the very sad anniversary as well of the 50th anniversary of president kennedy's assassination. >> it is, yeah. >> still a lot of questions out there about that whole thing. >> and it is funny how this is one of those things that when this anniversary came around, it has been in every paper for a week or more. something that captured --

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. it's try day friday, november 1st. hope you're recovering from that halloween sugar rush. >> this is called a hangover. >> mm. what's your favorite? >> this one i'm eating. i didn't have one last night and i said, i'm having one in the morning. this is a reese peanut butter cup. you know i don't like sweets. but when i have one, i make it count. >> another big reese. i love it. what do you like? >> i like the reese a lot. i like the hershey's milk chocolate. >> i didn't know, no one told me, jolly ranchers makes a lollipop. did anyone know? jolly ranchers makes a lollipop. >> they're begging for them in the back. >> okay. here's the thing. finish that please. i can't do it. >> i can. >> you're nobody until you have instagramed your butt. did you know that? there seems to be a new trend in hollywood. hoda, you got to get with it. you got to be hip. you got to instagram your stuff. >> everybody is posting their junk. they are turni

this is the town of gifford, illinois after a tornado swept through there. at least 50 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. at least five people have died and dozens more injured during the severe weather outbreak at one point, stretched over 26 states. more than 70 tornadoes were reported sips this morning. the system is still matching eastward tonight. >> i heard some glass. we don't have any windows into the house. my husband came back and i said, i don't know what to do. we just stood in the hallway, where there are no windows and held each other. >> the tornado that is hit peoria illinois did major damage to at least 20 homes there. are no reports of injuries. east peoria is 1 a miles southwest of chick -- chicago. ominous clouds quickly covered the sun and ended up dumping heavy rain. a tornado warning forced officials to halt the game for nearly two hours and asked everyone to a concourse area. and the bears won by the way in overtime. >> paul is keeping an eye on the storm. what's happening now? >> battling places like missouri, indiana. next up

. >> 90 files to the east in gifford, a similar scene, a twister ripping this neighbourhood to pieces. in chicago the threat of weather forced 60,000 football fans at soldier field to take cover. the danger posed by the storm putting the game on hold for two hours. >> there was a lot of wind and people concerned about the conditions that were going on. >> in indiana strong winds tossed a car into a starbucks coffee shop. in wisconsin images of damage and evidence of a suspected tornado. trees ripped from the roots, sheds and farm structures toppled. the strength can be seen in the video from downtown missouri. weather officials say the system could affect 50 million people across 10 states. >> france has assured israel that this will continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against iran. francis hollande said he will not change his position until iran renounces nuclear plans. >> at least 31 syrian soldiers have been killed by a bomb in the capital damascus. the syrian observatory for human rights said the attack happened and the building was levelled by the explosion. >> amn

one of the things i noticed that you and congresswoman giffords do is you've gone to gun shows.- you did a video, i think, of showing how easy it is to get a background check. you guys have taken also kind of a creative approach to sort of illustrating, you know, sort of more parts of this conversation. >> gabby and i are both gun owners. we're supporters of the second amendment. not trying to infringe on anybody's rights, you know. but at the same time, we can keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill. you mentioned the effectiveness of the nra. you got to give them a lot of credit. for the last 30 years, they've been able to build and enormous amount of influence in washington. but part of the reason, like you point out, is because there's nobody -- there's no counterbalance there. so, you know, our job is to provide that counterbalance. to make or hopefully help members of congress feel a little differently about their next election. you know, the good thing, you know, on, you know, on this topic, and on this subject, is that we don't have to ch

. >>> the former aide to gabby giffords will run for reelection. >>> don't go looking for pals.l you locked in a fierce primary battle from the right. >> i'm up for re-election next year myself. i'm going to make sure that tim scott gets out and allow for all the other folks on the ballot to represent themselves very well. i'll continue to work hard for my election. >> talk about oversight. one town in utah just forgot to hold an election. by the time the city realized it h hadn't arranged an official election day, it was too hold to hold any vote. so they will appoint the current mayor and city council for another two years. it's not the first time. the town made the same mistake in 2011. and question only imagine what cory booker meant by this m midnight tweet. he tweeted when you lose your laugh, you lose your footing. and that is your morning's dish of scrambled politics. joining us now for our first look at politics, our thursday regular bob franken who is in d.c.. good morning. >> they claim they forgot the election. >> right. either that or they didn't really want to do i

kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb! and the music of imelda may! and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you very much. nice to have you all here. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, thank you. well, let's see what -- hey, listen to this. according to a new poll, if the 2012 election were held today, mitt romney would win.

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1 a in rockefell rock fefeller plaza. [ flintstone music ] ♪ from the town of bedrock >> come on, betty! >> come on, wilma! whoa. >> i like it. it's so modern. ♪ ♪ flintstones >> wait, are fred and barney here? i don't see them. >> they're in a lot of trouble, too. >> thursday d, thursday. >> are we ready? >> da, da, da, da, here we come on the run, with our burger on a bun. we will tickle with a cold dill pickle and all of our potatoes are fried, fried, fried. our burgers can't be beat, because we grind our own meat, grind, grind, grind. fred flintstone and barney rubble, you're to blame for all our trouble. and if you think we're going to forget, you're out of your mind, mind, mind, mind. >> i told you we should have rehearsed. >> barney. >> have a good show. >> yabba yabba doo. >> what are you going to give me? >> i'm going to take your burger. >> bye, big boy. >> hello betty. >> hello, wilma. you know, this is getting old. >> let's see how well we did in terms of our looks. this is us. >> it's halloween. >> let's see how much we l

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" can kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello everybody. you have made it to thirsty thursday. we are delighted you are here with us today. today is billy graham's 95th birthday. i will be heading down to north carolina with frank later on to attend his party. we'll let you know about it next monday. >> happy birthday. >>> we have a great show. we have our ambush makeover. >> wait until you meet our everybody has a story winner. it is an inspirational story. >>> we are exhausted. >> we were partying last night. we had our favorite things party. once a year we get together with our advertisers expecting us to party with them. >> we don't disappoint. >> this is some of our advertising crew. a bunch of good people. >> look at lewis. >> he has been working at his salon all day yesterday and he came over to say hello to us at our party. >> one of the favorite things was some vino. >> this is skinny vine slim chardonnay. it is $9.99. >> what's mine? >> from the sonoma coast. >> delic

here's gifford illinois six people were killed in illinois alone.nnels may have hit the midwest in 12 states. >>james: to another developing story. union leaders and bart officials are back at it again arguing over a contract dispute. kron4's jackie cecil is live at the else to read of del monte bart station and more on what's happening with the contract dispute. contract. jackie? >>: and just when you thought it was safe to go back on the bart trains, after two strikes, months of negotiating and as you said just a couple weeks ago both of the bart a union agreed on this contract wait not quite yet. that's because the board of directors found a provision that they said would cost way to much money the contract was negotiated and obviously we have those two bart strikes. it's called the family leave act. they said they claim they didn't know what was the side of it and said it could cost up to $44 million a year. the union disputes that number st it's far less than that for it they say either way the contract has been negotiating for it there ratifie

>>nnouncer: from nbc news, this is "today" wi kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from rockefeller aza. >>> hello, everydy. we're so happy you're joining us today. it's monday, november 11th and it's veterans day. >> a lot of peop are home today. really glad to get an opportunity to salute ou trps. men and women all over the world that every one of us woke up in freedotoday because of their sacrificand their service an when lady antebellumas singing "the star-spangled bner." i was just crying in the makeup room >> iwas great to see the plaza full of veterans. we he sarah palin with us. we have jessica lang with us. >> makes me miss my daddy l the more. he was a 20 year veteran of the navy who only bathing he ever did in his who life that i ow about, lied about his age. >> he did? >> on pearl harbor dayo he could join the navy and serve his country. i' forgiven him many times since. >> there nothing that beats a great union especially around the veterans day time. there was this family fromorth carolina and they were at a football game. they did one of the things where your dad wld

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is october 11. >> what are we doing here? >> first of all, if you don't know about this video we are going to tell you about you are in the dark. >> we didn't know anything about this video. but it is sweeping not just the nation but the world. >> it's called "what does the fox say. ♪ ♪ ♪ what does the fox say ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what does the fox say? oh. >> okay. so this viral video has more than 100 million hits and we don't get it. >> we don't know why. the norwegian brothers are here. >> i bet them downstairs. they are adorable. >> they are crazy. i met their brother. and he is -- wow. >> he is is a scream. this song was supposed to be a joke. it was pay back for what they had done the record company. >> they tried to write the world's worst song and it has become a hit. >> we're going to talk about all what does the fox say. >> that means there is going to be skrun chees. she is -- she goes to the beat of her own drum. >> she seems perfect for him. >> look at how we have to

>> announcer: fr nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford doda ko. from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, erybody. you've madit to try day friday. it's november 15th glad you're th us. >> it's a big day. >> it is a huge y. 's national clean out your reigerator day. >> mm-hmm. >> yep, yep. >> that's what you're supposed to do. so we took a photograph of your refrigerator. >> rht. oh, please. >>hat is just annoying >> why? >> because everything is lined up and nhing is green and molding. i li that. >> everything's in t back. the green and moldy stuff. >> bleu cheese. >> my refrerator did not get photograph because -- >> because? a couple of reasons. ery wednesday rosa comes and helps clean out. and the fridge preosa is hideous and gross. i don't know how she even goes inside there >> she has aazmat suit on. >> post-ro it's empty. so i h nothing going on. but this is a picte of our office rrigerator which is comparle to mine at home. >> oh, okay. >> just some icky junk. >> you live in the city. yoeat out so much. >> and i order in. >> you orde

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz >> hello, everybody. it's fun-day monday, november 25. it's very chilly in new york. we have lots going on. i hope you had a great weekend. >> if you guys were up late, you may have watched the american movie awards. we're going to give you the highlights. it was quite the show. should you or can you bring your dog to a thanksgiving dinner at somebody else's house? is that -- we're going to find out. we're going to find out. before we get started in exactly 10 seconds, -- at -- right now. they did a study that said 10:01 is the time of day that you are the most productive. >> it's over by 10:02. it's over. >> the least productive time? 4:00 p.m. on tuesdays. 4:00 p.m. on tuesdays. >> i think it's more like 4:00 p.m. on a friday when you're trying to get out of town. what do i know. you watched these last night? >> the american music awards. i like them because there is so much theater, so many different outfits. so i was dying to see what people were wearing. first miley cyrus wa

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. i've got hodie laughing already. >> yes, you do. >> it's booze day tuesday. november 26th. we're delighted you're here. we're delighted rick springfield is here. >> i like when he's here. he always sings a little something. >> the adorable, hussy guy. matthew hussy is with us answering your relationship questions. we have a guest, a very, very prestigious peresian is in our midst. >> we love when people speak in other languages come to visit us. >> sylvie is here. >> we want to welcome her. we like hearing her speak. >> we're not in paris. on the armed forces network we might be. >> on the web. >> so my mom, my brother, his wife and two kids are all coming to see me for thanksgiving. they are getting on a train here this afternoon. >> they're going to beat the bad weather. >> the bad weather is blanketing the east coast and a lot of other states where it's gone through. there are airport delays and all the rest. >> i spoke to my mom this morn

the city of gifford also seeing the same type of devastation.egular programming. >> the obama care unrolled numbered were finally revealed this week and they were nothing short of embarrassing. far short of the administration's estimate. those sign ups came from the 15 state exchanges. they were even worse. signing up less than 27,000 people. so, we sent our correspondent ryan reese into new york city to prove just how sad those figures really are. >> have you guys been to the obama care website? >> no, i have not. >> i can google it. >> that would be a no. >> do you know what twerking is? >> do you think more people signed up for obama care or signed up to a one way trip to mars. >> one way trip to mars. >> if i could afford it i would have signed up too. >> which has more people signed up. obama care website or petition to deport piers morgan. >> have you been to the obama care website? >> no, but i hear it's a mess. >> sorry america, was that your obama impersonation. >> i think it had more free trips to mars. >> which has more people enliste

. >> announcer: from nbc new thiss "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kb live from studio 1a in rkefeller plaza. >> hello, evybody. that means you. >> yes. >> is thirsty thursday, november 1h. big, b show today. we've t the latest contestant elimined from "the voice." we have jonny gray. >> we love him. >> love, love, love. >> people tweet eir questions and we have ambush makeors. we have lots. >> we have a lot to talk about hoda. >> all right. first of all, they're keeping us in the daily new >> well, i wondered because we are no longer illiant. >> and we're no longer on the front page. >> we're fading, but we're sti there, okay? so, again, there's some inresting and humorous- >> yes, i like t one about matt. is matt was a littllater one. >> yeah. that is an ugly won. >> ion't want to hurt her feelings, but matt is an ugly woman. frank was sitting there with me on the phone and he said, but he's got great legs. he does. all right. so you were ofto lunch without me. >> christine, it was a little business lch. my favorite thing in the world is tintroduce people to favorite little

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> oh, there's good news in the world. >> what is it? >> it's wines day wednesday. november 27th. the first night of hanukkah. tomorrow, of course, is thanksgiving so it's officially the beginning of thanksgivukkah. >> yes, it is. it was a busy travel day. yesterday was busy. my family came in from d.c. >> into penn station. >> penn station was a crazy zoo. >> yeah. you have a picture, right? >> people were trying to come early, but anyway, they're all here in the studio. >> they made it. >> wait. they made it. okay. that's hanna and ella. my mom, my brother, my sister-in-law colleen. >> hello, everybody. >> and here -- >> they are! >> oh. >> okay. we rehearsed that. i just wanted to -- here, you can have ella. >> i want ella. come here, baby girl. >> oh. >> this is all you want for thanksgiving is your family, right? >> yes. >> i mean my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> here's ella. >> was it very, very busy at penn station when you came in on the train? was it crazy? >> oh, stop talkin

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everody, it's try day, friday, november 8th, one week into no shave novembe and we'rtired of being left out. >> not really. >> yes, we are. >> the whole reason. >> i c't breathe under her okay. anyw, it's to raise awaress for prostate and testicular cancer. the men of the "today" show ve not shaved. >> oh, no. >> yeah. >>o, no. >> we like our matt clean shaven. >> here's al. >> not that much differee. >> it'll grow . we'll e. >> willie oks like a teenager. >> willie is starting to look like a movie star, excuse me. i'm ling it. >> what? >> yeah, big willis looking go. >> willie's is growing in sparse. what about cson? >> we have to see his. >> that's an unfortuna angle. >> that was a selfie >> we're all doingt. we're having fun with it. but we take n's health along with women's health ve, very seriously. i know is hard to believe wh you're looki at us. but da has been through cancer personally and shean tell you that -- tommy can attest.

>> 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 wines day wednesday, november 20th. we're delighted you're with us today. >> we certainly are. >> country music star trace adkins is going to sing for us in a little bit. >> i love when he sings. he has that low voice, sexy tall drink of water. >> he knows what he's doing. he knows his way around the song. >> speaking of sexy tall drink of water. >> hoda is beside herself, because later today we get on a plane and we go to los angeles and i'm going to be with jay leno and hoda is going to be with blake shelton. >> blake shelton is going to be on "the tonight show" and so are we. >> he's our opening act is the way i look at it. >> do you know what jay and blake have in common, i think? >> no. >> they both have kind of wide faces. don't you think? >> i think of jay's as long, but if you want to say it's wide, okay. shall we look? >> well, i don't know. there's a new study out that says women are more attracted to wide-faced men. >>

♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathilee gifford and hoda kotb, live fr studio 1a in roefellerlaza. >> hey, evybody. we have a beautil crowd out there on this love warm monday here, november 18th. usually we call it fun day nday but our hearts,houghts and prayers and best wishego out to everybody in the midwes who have been so severely impactedy those -- how many tornados? over 40? >> yea and there were 12 states hity the storm. we wt everyone to know we're thinng about them and wiing themell. >> every weeit seems like we're reporting mething vastating. i mean, not just -- not just a rainstor but devastation. >> you wonder if the warm temperatureshis time of year, if that has anything to do with what'soing on. the guys outside have on t-shirts and njackets and, you kn? >> let's see that kenny loggs is weang later when he comes to sing for us. >> he's going be here. we had an awesome wkend. as weekends go, it was a 10. >> yes, we went to flori for a fund-raiser in ocean reef. >>ep. >> and i g to tell you, the weather was really nic it was aeautiful weekend. we wt to kathie's fav

>>> from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh. >> oh. >> try day friday, november 29th. day after thanksgiving and if you're feeling like we are, you don't want to try anything today. >> noted. bloated. >> capital "b." >> we've got a big show for you. nicolette sheridan is here to get you in the christmas spirit. >> performance by the texas tenors. >> love them and ambush make-overs because we missed everybody at the parade yesterday. hope you had a great thanksgiving. hope you enjoyed the parade. >> we have bad news for you, so you might as well brace yourself as you're sitting there scratching your belly because the average american, just so you know, consumed yesterday 4,500 calories. >> is that like four days' worth of food basically? >> about. about. 3,000 on your turkey dinner, 1500 calories on snacks and drinks. >> that's the only way that saves me. i love that meal so much, i don't snack on anything. >> you don't? >> huh-uh. because then you don't have your appetite for all the good stuff. >> you are right. h

>>> from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everody. that means you. it's booze day tuesday. it's november 19. we're so delighted you're with us today. we have a big power-packed show, hoda. >> we certainly do. country star john rich is here. he's got great music. he is a party. he's a walking, talking party. >> animal. >> he certainly is. >> we like our men that way. >> and bethenny frankel, the party animal, is here. she's got a new talk show out. maybe the party animal of all time. he's got his artist of the month. it's van die. is that how you pronounce it? >> we'll talk to him. and a fascinating talk with long time interesting man who's become a friend of mine, glenn beck. very controversial guy. has a lot to say, even if you don't agree with him. he's ever fascinating. i went down to texas last week. fantastic new book out that we'll talk a little bit more. >> how about this, kmart has some of the best commercials. we've been huge fans. do you guys remember earlier we ta

>> announcer: from nbc news, th is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live frostudio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> well, we wokep to a little snow here on booze day tuesday in new york city, november 12th. really stunning. ver saw that one comg. >> we opened our eyes. the snow was falling. the ee is here. >> yes >> the holid season -- this was eaier today. >> looks like gotham city. >> you saw out of the wind of yourpartment building this morning. >> our apartmentuilding. u were already up and about. you were probably in the gym. you know what, i missed it. but en i looked outside at the crowd it was fun to get a litt in the spirit. we'rgetting closer to th holidays. >> we're getting closer tons of people areoming to e city. tons of people that live here are leavin >> we're going to nounce our teacher of the year. we've be telling youbout this contes we're exciting about that. >> our guys tell all panel doling out their aice. i don't know if anybody ever learned a thin hoda is going to tell us about two pele who inspired her and changed r life. they arepe

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it's thursday. it's november 21st, so glad you're with us. have a great show. so happy to see james brolin again. i call him jim. >> you do? he's a good looking -- >> beautiful man, nice man. years and years and years ago, i had one of my most awkward situations ever in showbusiness, and he rescued me from it. >> he did, what did he do? >> i'll tell you later, plus, ambish makeover, and wine for thanksgiving. >> only because thanksgiving is coming up. we should say, retired. >> we were guests of jay leno last night on "the tonight show." >> we're going to make you wait for it. we'll talk about that at the end. >> social cues always has great columns. this has affected all of us at one point or another. when you're on an airplane -- >> you have the window seat. >> now it's one of those flights and the person at the window seat has the shade up. >> they control the shade. >> and you want to fall asleep, but the shade is up, so you say, excuse me, could you lower that? in this particular

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. thanks so much for being with us today for wines day wednesday. one of our favorite days of the week. >> why is that? >> it is november 6th. because it's wines day wednesday. we haven't been back to broadway for a while. we'll see matinee this afternoon. >> rave reviews for a little show "after midnight." >> we have il divo performing. >> yes. >> and we have lylas here. do you know what that stands for? >> little sisters. >> no, love you like a sister. they're all sisters. >> we're going to take you back to high school with a special game of who knew. >> i'm getting so many comments about your podcast with me. >> people are listening. >> they are listening and loving it, and learning things about you that they never knew. >> podcast one, all of kathie lee's podcasts are on there now. >> i have three now. >> you are so big. >> who is bigger? >> we played one of kathie lee's christmas songs. why? it was november 5th and we thought it was time

the city of gifford north east of champagne seeing massive destruction. the threat may not be over.rm system continues to move eastward belting the great lakes and the ohio valley with torrential rain that will hit the northeast by morning. i am marianne rafferty. now back to "huckabee." fold hos a blessing. now back to huckabee. >> obama care enrollment numbers were finally revealed this week and they are nothing short of embarrassing. 106,000 people signed up for the program. that is short of the half million in the first month. that came from the 15 state exchanges. numbers at healthcare.gov, they were even worse. signing up less than 27,000 people. and so we spent our correspondent ryan rose in new york city to prove how sad those figures are. >> have you been to the obama care website? >> no, i have not. >> i can google it. >> you know it is working? >> it is twerbinging. you think more people signed up for obama care or signed up for a one way trip to mars. >> one way trip to mars. >> if i could afford it i would sign up to. >> which has more people signed up. obama care websi

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, thanks for joining us for a fun day monday, november 4th. hope you had a great weekend. hodi did. >> i saw your instagram. i follow instagram. >> look at you. >> by the way, rehoboth beach, delaware, over the weekend was spectacular. it was in the 70s. i went with my mom. me and my mom, blake got cut out of the picture. he's there. this is my mom, the coffee shop we go to. my mom's closest friend, umi. by the way, my mom and umi are two turbo chefs. my mom made meatballs that were so succulent, i'm thinking about them. >> stop talking like that. >> and umi made martaubuk, an indonesia meat patty wrappy thing, it was so good. >> delicious. and you took blake-y and boots wasn't there. >> boots? no, he wasn't there. he was busy. but anyway, we had fun. >> good. >> how was your weekend? >> it was a good weekend. it was quiet. >> yep. >> and i like it that way. i know there was something i did. i shot on -- on friday i worked. i shot every one of th

towns from peoria to gifford suffered the most damage. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: one family looking out of their window in washington, illinois. a tornado barreling toward them as they recite the lord's prayer. >> oh my god. this thing is getting really wide, john. look at the left edge of this thing. it is getting big. >> so many families frightened by so many twitters and unleashing their fury. the angry funnel clouds show death and destruction crushing dozens of homes like cardboard boxes and injuring dozens of people. the raging storm swept through town after town like this one, long point, illinois. i we saw it coming toward our house. >> so when i seen it coming and we ran to the basement. it was gone within three or four. you can see what it has done here. it demolished everything. >> reporter: the one with a roof over their heads have no power. hundreds of households have no electricity. the severe storm even threatened an nfl game. >> the game will be temporarily suspended. >> umpires delayed the bears-ravens match

towns from peoria to gifford suffered the most damage. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: one family looking out of their window in washington, illinois. a tornado barreling toward them as they recite the lord's prayer. >> oh my god. this thing is getting really wide, john. look at the left edge of this thing. it is getting big. >> so many families frightened by so many twitters and unleashing their fury. the angry funnel clouds show death and destruction crushing dozens of homes like cardboard boxes and injuring dozens of people. the raging storm swept through town after town like this one, long point, illinois. i we saw it coming toward our house. >> so when i seen it coming and we ran to the basement. it was gone within three or four minutes. you can see what it has done here. it demolished everything. >> reporter: the one with a roof over their heads have no power. hundreds of households have no electricity. the severe storm even threatened an nfl game. >> the game will be temporarily suspended. >> umpires delayed the bears-raven

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>>> from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. welcome to booze day tuesday, november 5th. we're going to do it like nobody else does it on tv. >> exactly. >> we have a big, big show. hoda's favorite. >> the "shahs of sunset." have you guys seen it? >> no. >> reza and asa are here. >> i watched it a little this morning to understand what the hoopla is all about. >> ryan seacrest is on to something with that show. it is fun to watch. but they're downstairs. >> uh-huh. >> giada. >> has a new book out. >> cooking book. >> the cover is stunning. >> the most beautiful cover, clean and fresh, just like giada. i hate her. >> know who i love? >> who. >> remember cinnamon lee. >> who? >> the little doggy i gave to my friend. that's their little girl reilly on the left, but that's cinnamon. look how tiny that baby was. you got blake. i gave that little dog to our friends. >> right. >> and now i just -- that's riley now with cinnamon lee on halloween. >> that's like a joy fit in reverse. oh, be my gosh. wow. the a

arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords has been shot. >> i've been at events like this before whereuld throw a pack of fire crackers out, you know, just to disrupt what was going on. the first thing i thought it was a fire cracker but then i heard a bang, bang, consistent bang and he was shooting at point blank range everybody that was sitting in a chair. >> welcome back to our breaking news coverage of the tragedy that happened in tucson, arizona this morning where 18 people were shot and wounded in a safeway parking lot. six people are now confirmed dead. >> when he looked at me he pointed his gun at me like that. then he grabbed it like that. when he grabbed it with his second hand i dropped to the ground and i felt a bullet hit me right in the back of the head. i went down and laid on the ground. i was dazed. when the shooting stopped, i stood up. when i stood up, i didn't realize it, but he was right in front of me and that's when somebody hit him with one of the folding chairs. his left arm flew out and i just clamped down on it just like that and i just came up like that and

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arizona congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, has been shot. i had been at events like this before. disrupt what was going on. at first i thought it was a firecracker. i heard, bang, bang consistent bang. and he was shooting at point-blank range everybody that was sitting in the chair. >> welcome back to the breaking news coverage of the tragedy that happened in tucson, arizona this morning where 18 people were shot and wounded in a safeway parking lot. six people are now confirmed dead. >> when he looked at me, he pointed his gun at me like that. and then he grabbed it like that. when he grabbed it with his second hand, i dropped to the ground. and when i dropped to the ground. i felt the bullet hit me right in the back of the head. i went down and laid on the ground. i was dazed. when the shooting stopped, i stood up. when i stood up, i didn't realize it, but he was right in front of me. that's when somebody hit him with one of the folding chairs. his left arm flew out. i just clamped down on it like that. i came up like that and hit him as hard as i could. he hit the sidewalk. an

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, washington, we are getting more pictures if from washington so we will go define washington and gifford, both hit very bad with heartbreaking damage to livelihoods -- businesses and homes destroyed. our meteorologist, janice dean, is in the fox weather center. it is a long day and it is not over. >> preliminary reports here from the national weather service the tornado, an ef-4, preliminary reports from washington county, illinois, where we saw the pictures, winds up to 166 miles per hour and the worst damage in a small town where two people were killed and dozens were injured. we will look where we have tornado warnings right now, northern tennessee toward bowling green, kentucky, and, then, we had tornado storm that expired west of cincinnati all severe thunderstorm warnings but we could see tornado warnings and that has been the case throughout the afternoon. i take you back quickly around the 1:00 o'clock area or timeframe where we saw the cells dropping the tornadoes around the washington, illinois area, with the devastate pictures and preliminary reports of an overfive up to at le

in gifford, illinois, confirmed three tornadoes touched down at the same time sunday afternoon and damagingan 200 homes. six people treated for injuries there. the water system in that village has been knocked out. >>> more than 60,000 homes are without power in indiana this morning. cocoa and lafayette hit the hardest and two people hit in lebanon ferocious winds and -- >> looks like armageddon. >> it threw their semi truck from a parking lot on to nearby i-65. cnn is tracking the latest developments on the storm. keep it here all morning no in-depth coverage as the sun rises on this horrific devastation. >> a horrific story out of fear spreading this morning on the campus of princeton. there has been another confirmed case of meningitis b. now the ivy league school is looking overseas for help. here is alexander field. >> reporter: princeton university officials are meeting to discuss possible vaccination efforts on campus to on combat outbreak of meningitis b which can cause life-threatening illness. the new jersey department of health says the first case in march after a student returne

gabby giffords tweets stories of past courage cannot supply courage itself. kennedy inspired a nation to reach for the moon and we are still benefiting from his vision. let's go to kingsport, tennessee. >> i just wanted to say that i appreciate c-span for their coverage of this event. i have a question. didnyone would know this -- kennedy a -- did mrs. ever return to dallas, texas? that is a good question. we will leave it to the audience to find out. the list is in philadelphia. is in philadelphia. >> i was attending a pep rally in philadelphia. we were in high spirits when they announced the horrific news. i remember coming home and my mother had come in from the hairdresser. she was sitting at our kitchen table, crying hysterically. and thehbors came over television was on for three days. my sister was a senior at penn state. fortunately, for us, she was student teaching in suburban philadelphia and was able to come home for the weekend. i wasjohn f. kennedy when 11 years old. he was running for president. it was october, 1960. his motorcade was going to c

person in illinois wants to help the people of washington and the people of cole city and diamond and gifford and brook port and new mindon. all these towns are strong towns and we want to make sure they get back on their feet. >> stick around. as we told you, you'll see and hear from 12 different presidents on today's "tdr." we've got more of the morning's "first read" up next. our former vice president dick cheney and his wife taking sides between their dispute with their children on same-sex marriage. and is it actually a part of a larger debate going on inside the republican party? plus, critical condition. the president's poll numbers hit another new low. as a new report reveals the white house was warned of potential website problems nearly eight months ago. first a look ahead at today's politics planner. people are voting today because if it's tuesday they're voting somewhere. that somewhere is in san diego. how many ron burgundy write-in votes will there be? ♪ ♪ you get your coffee here. you get your hair cut here. you find that certain thing you were looking for here, but actually yo

another town called gifford which is in champaign county, then a deep southern illinois, brookport, lostee people and extensive damage. so what we have to do is band together as a family to recover and whthat's what i'm doing tod, working with first responders who did a heroic job. they're exhausted and we thank them for their great effort. we literally have hundreds and hundreds of people volunteering to help folks get back on their feet. >> governor, what sort of resources do you have in place to help and do you have everything you need? >> yes, we do. i received a call from the president earlier today and we work with the federal government and our federal emergency management agency. they have been in touch with me as well. our illinois emergency management agency is an elite agency. it's been used all over the country to help people recover from natural disasters. so we fully have deployed everyone and it's important that we do that. this is a time where people have to come together as a family and that's what we believe in in our state, that we help our neighbor when they need a he

and we also know that in situations as in the gabby gifford shooting, when the shooter has to reload,stop and reload, lives are actually saved, because there is a moment when people can get away, overpower the shooter. why do you suppose that the newtown shooting has not provoked at least consensus on the idea that we should reduce the number of magazines or the level of fire power that people can can buy in terms of those magazines? >> look, i mean, after newtown, there was a renewed spark and renewed energy to do something about gun violence, do something about so-called gun control. and, you know, bills -- pieces of legislation were introduced. there was a lot of hope. and then we saw what happened on a bill that had overwhelming support around the country. the background checks bill. it went nowhere. that could have gone somewhere, were it not for the unbelievable power of the national rifle association and its ability to cow members of congress to keep them from doing what the american people want. we could -- we could get limitations on magazines, we could get background checks,