. >> hoda kotb. >> okay.g didn't work out so well. let's listen. >> housewife of the late night. do you all get along. >> that's a wonderful question, katherine. we all get along. >> really? >> i love every single woman. >> sometimes it doesn't look like you get along too well with jimmy fallon's wife, denise. is that her name? >> oh, my god. >> what's going on? >> the biggest thing about denise fallon, god bless her heart. she tries so hard. >> houston, we have a problem. >> stop talking! right now! okay? excuse me! >> what is your name? >> katherine. >> what is your name? >> hoda. >> seriously, what is your name? >> is she a robot? from outer space? no, she's the host on the "today" show. >> enough! >> it's about to get ugly up in here. >> it did get ugly. that was insane. >> bashir is the big gentleman wearing the wig on the left. i called him this morning to check on all things that you liked and didn't like. >> oh, my gosh. was he awake? >> he was awake. barely. >> normally my staff isn't up this early i

it's hoda crank-calling.all and shoes. >> you have to put it on lock, which that's complicated. >> hey, wait a minute. jer jerry, you know what i didn't get? today is the day i got an ipad. >> we know where it is. >> step on up here. this is one of those -- you never know where to put things. s in kyle by the way on. he fit his ipad -- first of all, that shocks me that you have an ipad. >> trying to drag me and frank into the new technological world, and this millennium hopefully it will happen. they wanted an iphone on our birthday and christine put the key bosh on that. i'm so excited. >> oh, no. ♪ to follow their path >> it's not thursday, okay? that actually is cool. >> it's close to my heart. don't you love the way that woman sings? let me ask you something else. does it have even bigger font than that? can you do that? >> not on the cd cover. >> this is on on a cd. >> this is on itunes where all of our friends can download it right now. >> are you kidding me? are you kidding me? what do you think i'm gi

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did you know that, hoda woman? >> no, i didn't.something was missing. the christmas tree. >> oh, my gosh! i hadn't even noticed. >> isn't it weird? >> yay. >> so they took the christmas tree down. that sparks that question when is it time to get rid of your christmas decorations because a lot of people keep theirs up long past when others think it is time to take them down. >> you may love it all year long but your neighbor may hate your blinking christmas lights going when it is armistice day or something. >> look at that. >> that's one of those way down in our neighborhood but i pass it all the time on the way to church. i started screaming at santa. i knew it was not nice on the way to church, screaming at santa and his reindeer on the roof. >> i do think some of the big plastic santas. i don't mind the lights. >> i don't mind white lights all winter long. it is the colored ones. >> from my apt you can see everybody's balcony. in new york you put your tree inside but everyone decorates their windows and whatnot. a lot of people

>> so hoda -- not yet. hoda and i went to angela's temple while we were in los angeles.ou are dating has actually written a screenplay about her, and he didn't think you would even know who she was. and when he told you he had done that, you went -- >> yeah, because you had been working on a broadway show about amy for -- >> 12 years! yes, 12 years. >> it's a very -- it's a really incredible place. if you ever get a chance to go out to that sfpot -- i went for the first time and you see this woman who history forgot, who was this incredibleie evangelist who really just captured an entire nation and then some. >> she's the most famous woman you've never heard of. >> what's the song? ♪ who raved for hollywood? da da da da da da da da hollywood ♪ >> it was a lot of fun. it was so nice to meet jay. very nice man. and cute. >> he is cute. very cute. >> how cute is he? >> mine is a wonderful treat called -- where is this? >> grandpa's old-fashioned yogurt something. >> if you taste this cake, it's delicious, all right? it's the original yogurt cake. they make it on long island

hoda will stop by.lers. we'll find out what that's all about. >> wine coolers? we don't drink wine coolers. >> he doesn't tell you if you go to do the "tonight show" he has a guy dressed in a little suit that comes around with a mobile bar to your dressing room to get you a little, shall we say, lubed up -- >> so when you go on. >> so you're like, hey, hey, hey, how ya doing. here's the secret, you pretend you had some but you don't. >> we do that on this show sometimes. >> do you remember brooke shields when she was on? she wanted it. she wanted it bad. >> sometimes they want it. >> well, we have some bad news for the folks out in l.a. >> yes, we do. >> they have picked the rudest cities. we're going to do a countdown. the rudest city of all, los angeles, parentally. >> i don't believe that for a minute. >> the silver medal goes to new york city. the bronze to philly. >> the city of brotherly love. >> then miami and the nation's capital. i wonder how they decided people were rude? >> you know what i fi

so regis and hoda, look at me, baby!en't seen much this year. i hear james franco is just amazing and i hear danny boyle did an unbelievable job. i haven't seen black swan yet. cody, the film critique, says basically, mom, it's a perfect movie and you're going to hate it. because it's got lots of girl-on-girl sex. and i said, i'm an adult. he goes, you're going to hate it. >> by the way, if you happen to be in new york tomorrow and you're looking for a broadway show to see and you want to hear a little singing, kathie lee is going to be singing tomorrow on broadway at -- what's it called, million dollar -- >> million dollar quartet. i wasn't going to mention anything. people will just be trampling the box office to get in. i haven't been sick one day all year long. i haven't been. i go to l.a. where it's 76 degrees and monday morning i start getting the do-da. anyway, i'm doing it. i'm going to sing a patsy cline song. ♪ >> it's fast and in my key. anyway, i'll be there tomorrow. after i sing it, we're going to love it.

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>> it's a lot like working with you, hoda.d it's a lot more fun. anyway, we're hoping to get him on the air right now and be able to wish him well, but i'm sure he has a million people trying to get to him. i remember the day that i announced i was leaving. you know, when you're a fixture in someone's home every day and people plan their day around spending time with you and they say, don't call me until it's over. all those kinds of things. you start to realize what an incredible privilege it is to do a show that touches people. you become somebody's friend, and maybe this is an inappropriate time to tell this story. i will never forget this. if i have a story like this, then regis has a million stories like this. one time i was at ufc with frank and this lovely woman says i want to tell you something i was hoping to tell you someday. you helped my aunt die. i went, excuse me? she goes, no, my aunt was elderly, and she would never take a phone call or ever meet with anybody, she wouldn't have a doctor's appointment, nothing.

you are one hot woman now, hoda.happy now. >> happy. >>> are you worried about saging? susa suzanne somers is here. >> we love her. >>> what went on with hollywood while were you busy with your weekend. all the buzz right after this. [ man ] each bottle of clorox 2 stain fighter & color booster takes care of 33 loads. tide stain release only handles 11. and clorox 2 gets rid of tough stains right before your eyes. clorox 2. find it next to the clorox bleach. test. test. test. with odor absorbing microcapsules that capture odor and release a fresh scent. it's still working, so you can stop checking. smoky eyes look amazing, but creating them? that's a whole different story. introducing new almay intense i-color smoky-i kit. test. test. test. by jell-o. ♪ four decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock -- time for jell-o. >>> time to fill you in on today's buzz with all the entertainment news that's fit to dish. our dynamic duo is back. bonnie fuller, the editor in chief of hollywoodlife.com. hello. >> hi. >> just

>> seven nights. >> the one is supposed to be unbelievable. >> i want to do that, hoda.long the way and spots where you pull up into the little villages. >> look at this! >> you get right into the villages. >> where are we? >> we're all over the world. that right there is -- >> tammy, we need to go to these places. next, an important one, our last category, but the best travel insurance. >> people don't think about insurance until they need it. suggest buy travel insurance and protect yourself before you go and get trip interruption insurance and if you're traveling and you have a medical problem they have insurance that will get you evacuated, even on a private jet to a hospital. >> how much can that cost you? it sounds costly. >> it's very costly, if you need it and you don't have it, it's very inexpensive in place of the trip. >> all right, thanks. >> when you're right, you're right. thank you so much. have fun in bora bora. >> two-week trip to the zoo. > i am sure it wille nice, but i would rather go to bora bora. leaving your perch. >> that eagle better be on a leas

it's -- >> we're happy that you're back. >> thank you, hoda woman.vance that was never meant to have been. we went to florida. our dear friends had given us as frank's big birthday present last august a trip to donna karan's home in the turks and cacos. they were going to fly us in and have a birthday bash. three weeks ago we read in the newspaper that the airstrips was out of commission and nobody could go in. we said to them at this time that we have a lovely place sitting right in the keys and we'll all go there. in the meantime, they had a serious illness in their family and frank and i are looking at each other like, i've taken the days off, there was a huge snowstorm coming and we still sort of like each other, let's go. we flew in and it was 80 degrees and gorgeous. went down to our dock and watched the sun come down and i had bambino in my arms and we're all just going like this that we get a call that our daughter, cassidy, was really sick. >> how is she? >> going to the frozen tundra -- >> i wouldn't be here today if she wasn't better. one

what's wrong with you, hoda?to five-egg white omelette. i stuffed it with vegetables for under 150 calories. and for people who like whole eggs, go for one whole egg plus one to three egg whites. you can go for volume and take down the calories. it has crunchy tomatoes. a full cop is only 30 calories. aside from being completely healthy for your body, they're so delicious. >> thank you, joy. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we'll be back with who's more stressed out. probably hoda. first this is "today" on nbc. but first a look at "today" on nbc. >>> i looked in other parts of the bay area, in the city and i have to tell you, based on what i have here now and what i've seen, this is really the best value that i could find for the money. >> it's just -- truly beautiful and reminiscent of a european experience. every day. so the inside of the homes is equally beautiful with ten-foot ceilings and the granite kitchen slabs, and cherry cabinets for all the cabinets. it's just beautiful. again, no detail spared, no

i'm hoda kotb. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for inin >>> coming up at 11:00, this has been a deadly year for sea lions along the west coast. so what is being done to protect them? >>> also, we'll have a new governor by dinnertime tomorrow. what jerry brown wants to get done in the first few months of his term. >>> plus, oakland gets ready for its first asian-american mayor. the major challenges ahead for jean quan. the news starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. this is the week most elected officials in california and across this country will be sworn in, setting a new course in cities, states and the nation. in oakland, jean quan is set to make history, becoming the first woman and the first asian american to be mayor of that city. and governor-elect jerry brown is also expected to make history, taking the state's top office for a third term. the details of the ceremony have not been released, but there are reports that the 72-year-old brown will talk about how early settlers in

raging corruption the difficulties of investing in russia and the fate of my hoda kotb ski president dmitri medvedev shares his view on these issues and many others and i interview with bloomberg television up next here on out. president to get a thank you very much for joining us you want to turn russia into a modern country you've got mcdonald's you've got shopping malls you've got. what's missing you. what's missing in common things like infrastructure business infrastructure and legislation to properly regulate business activities missing the official establishment the bureaucracy lack of proper legal consciousness in the world do with all its judicial system is missing once we have learnt that we can provided there is no corruption it would mean that russia is ready to steam ahead along in its modernization track but we do know that it is a thing nearly all of the companies that are traded in russia are either controlled by the state or controlled by billionaires or also known as all other minority investors foreign investors often find that in these circumstances they're not tr

but i like to live my life with integrity, hoda.is here today? >> rob! i'm excited. he got on the phone with my mother this morning. oy! >> you know who else is here? i'm going to say hello to brock morgan and his family. he's been at our church for six months. he's our youth minister. just wanted to say, hey. >> hi, guys. we want you to plug your ears through most of the show. we have quite a line-up. >> naughty, darling. love you guys. i watched a bit of their new one. not the new one last night. there's holly! >> holly's here, too. >> i want to talk to holly. we got stuff to discuss. >> what do you want to talk to holly about? >> i want to know what she thought about -- >> hugh hefner's marriage? >> yes. and what happened on the golden globes. >> and apparently she's been told -- holly has been told she needs to lose weight. >> ridiculous. >> she's teeny. i don't understand. >> she's not listening to us. she's in holly world. >>> they're more than just girls. they are beauty and we're going to talk to holly and the kardashian sis

it would be boiling out anyway, hoda. >> look at that. >> that will be gone in a second.he oven for an hour and a half. >> make some polenta. is this all one meal? >> this is all one meal. >> yes, it is. >> i'm inspired -- he makes the best polenta in the world. >> yours is better? >> no, it's not, but it's cheaper. >> you go, girl. >> i have to tell you something. he has line cooks to baby-sit his polenta. he told me to do one to seven ratio on my polenta. i start it in the pan. so i put mine after i put it into the pan, i put it into a slow cooker. that's my baby-sitter. >> we have about 20 seconds. >> you just add in a little bit of cream, a little bit of cheese, a little bit of butter and stir it up and serve it. >> this is a crock pot you're cooking it in? >> a slow cooker is what we call it on a national tv. >> okay. >> really easy. by the way, polenta also just corn bread. if you get -- it's hot. >> get involved. >> and then you layer on some of these. >> i'm going to serve willie. >> as you should. >> you have four little girls. do you make these meals for the fam

>> hoda said more than $500 for a haircut?irty bit! dirty bit! so anyone this kid is the newsstand junkie. >> so he was writing about kathie lee. he says on page 23 of okay-not okay, hoda and kathie lee debate whether it is okay to spend more than $500 on a haircut. your quote anyone who earns their own money deserves to spend it however they please. is his line, mr. patrick. "but kathie lee, imagine how much 10:00 a.m. chablis you could buy with $500." she took umbrage with that. why? >> i don't drink chablis. i had a dog named chablis but i don't like him ever. >> she drinks chardonnay, patrick. >> and pinot grigio. let's get it right. but patrick, we wish you all the best. >>> still to come -- >> she's looking better than ever. just saw her downstairs. jane seymour's here in a new movie from hallmark and her husband and her daughter, katie. >> and she has a great book out. >> and she's got ty"dibi rt" hair. >>> then we go out on to the plaza to find our two ambushes.] i don't like scales. i've been avoiding this. pride? cou

you guys, i co-hosted the fourth hour of the "today" show this morning, with hoda kotb, so that shouldxplain the hangover. [ light laughter ] i just wanna let you guys know right off the -- this is interesting, you guys. after surprise visits to afghanistan and pakistan, vice president biden made his third surprise visit of the week to iraq, yesterday. is it just me or does everyone else feel like he's just lost in that area? [ laughter ] "surprise. iraq, hey, guys." [ light laughter ] you guys see this? a video was posted online this week of a rat crawling all over a guy who fell asleep on the subway. [ audience groans ] yeah, the video was shot by a guy who didn't help a dude who had a rat crawling on him in the subway. [ laughter ] what's wrong with people? [ cheers and applause ] couldn't have scared him or threw a pen or something? got to make it youtube-able. >> steve: viral! >> jimmy: put it on youtube, make it youtube-able. [ light laughter ] you guys, this coming monday, january 17th, is statistically the most depressing day of the year. [ scattered cheers ] [ laughter ] at le

laughter ] thank you -- elitism -- for being better than ever other-ism. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you -- hodaco-host the "today" show with you. it was so much fun, i feel like i could do it every day. and by "it," i mean drink an entire bottle of chardonnay at 11:00 a.m. [ laughter ] [ applause ] ♪ thank you -- fingerless gloves -- for giving me all the warmth of a mitten and all the stylishness of a dickensian street urchin. [ laughter ] there you go, guys. those are my "thank you notes." [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with "put it in reverse!" come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] unlock the potential of nature and shine. with pantene nature fusion shampoo. experience cassia essence fused with pantene pro v science. the advanced formula conditions damaged hair to unlock radiant shine today and up to 10 times more strength in 14 days. nature fusion from pantene. healthy makes it happen. so why use a dirty dishwasher? hidden dirt can build up. for flawless results, use finish dishwasher cleaner to remove grease and limescale. and a cleaner dishwasher mean

laughter ] thank you -- elitism -- for being better than every other-ism. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you -- hodaost the "today" show with you. it was so much fun, i feel like i could do it every day. and by "it," i mean drink an entire bottle of chardonnay at 11:00 a.m. [ laughter ] [ applause ] ♪ thank you -- fingerless gloves -- for giving me all the warmth of a mitten and all the stylishness of a dickensian street urchin. [ laughter ] there you go, guys. those are my "thank you notes." [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with "put it in reverse!" come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> woman: i don't know what i did before gps. >> gps: turn left ahead. >> woman: actually ., . so i get everything i deserve which helps me know it's done right. and gets me right to my maximum refund, guaranteed. >> man: try turbotax online now. you don't pay unless you're satisfied with the results. [ male announcer ] it's a new year and time for a fresh start. ok, new year, new me. oh, new me too! gotta cut back. yes. ladies, ready when you are. signature sirloin steak with garlic herb shrimp. [ wome

that he story from hoda kotb. >> reporter: a bullet through the brain is almost always lethal. 90% ofhot in the head die within minutes. but more than 24 hours after she was shot, congresswoman giffords is alive. that in itself is remarkable. >> we're still, still in critical condition. but i am cautiously optimistic. >> overall, this is about as good as it's going to get. >> reporter: but the congresswoman's condition remains very precarious. she's heavily sedated, awakened every hour so doctors can check her responses. dr. nancy snyderman is the chief medical editor for nbc news. her eyes are closed, she's on a vent layer, so how is she able to communicate with doctors when they're doing these hour by hour checkups? >> they'll turn off the medicines and allow her conscious state to rise. they'll give her very simple commands. and they'll measure those commands. squeeze my hand. do you recognize me? the minute they're satisfied that they've done a basic neurologic check, she goes back into sedation. >> reporter: many thing had to go right, most important says dr. snyderman, the bulle

laughter ] thank you -- elitism -- for being better than every other-ism. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you -- hoda-host the "today" show with you. it was so much fun, i feel like i could do it every day. and by "it," i mean drink an entire bottle of chardonnay at 11:00 a.m. [ laughter ] [ applause ] ♪ thank you -- fingerless gloves -- for giving me all the warmth of a mitten and all the stylishness of a dickensian street urchin. [ laughter ] there you go, guys. those are my "thank you notes." [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with "put it in reverse!" come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ sniffs ] ♪ bye! bye! ♪ hi. hey! hey! [ laughter ] ♪ [ female announcer ] walk into a burst of fresh fragrance when you pass by. get motion activated glade sense and spray and release the magic. sc johnson, a family company. ♪ four decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock -- time for jell-o. ♪ work, work all week long ♪ punching that clock from dusk till dawn ♪ ♪ countin' the days till friday night ♪ ♪ that's when all the conditions are right for a good time ♪ [ male announcer ] advanced techno

. >> this is for you, hoda woman.partment. >> there's a compartment for everything. imagine your life. >> $25. everything here i$25 or under. and then last but not least, your errands, your money or just your crap. it's literally an organizer for that. >> she needs a much bigger one for her crap. >> bobbie, thank you. >> we love you, you're adorable. >> up next, two lucky ladies were plucked from our plaza. again, it's time for our plaza ambush makeover. >> we'll see the amazing results. - excuse me, which sock is whiter? - oh, that one. - definitely the one on the right. - yeah, are y-- - seriously, the clorox one. - oh, okay. the difference is obvious. for the whitest whites, use detergent, plus the advanced whitening formula of clorox bleach. ♪ [ sniffing ] [ all sniffing ] [ female announcer ] ever notice after a while you stop smelling your pluggable air freshener? there's a better way to get long lasting freshness. pull the plug on your old one and trade up to a free febreze noticeables. it's long lasting freshn

he's moved on, hoda! what about your personal life? anything going on? know. >> hoda wants to knowda. >> so does everybody. >> this could be if this goes well something you could see maybe doing as a series. >> we're talking about actually -- we're going to talk about how many more of these we're going to do. >> i really did enjoy it. >> what do you think of the landscape of tv? we were talking about all the shows that are on, all the "jersey shore" stuff. >> it's getting worse. every year. it's getting worse. less scripted programming. more of the reality stuff. it's taking work from actors. we're not getting to tell great stories on television. television is a comfort medium. i grew up with television. now there's a lot of pdas and stuff. we're in a bad patch right now. >> it's cheap. that's the biggest thing. it's cheap. >> you can catch your movie -- >> on the hallmark movie channel. >> this saturday. >> they started their own channel just for this movie. hallmark movie channel this saturday. >> you're going to really like it. honestly. >> good. a lo

don't try to get hoda and kathie lee to do it. great lakes, also in new york state, rain in southern texas, then sunday, sunday, a little bit more heavy rain and windy conditions in the pacific northwest, the rain spreads from texas into louisiana, still mild in the southeast, cold here in the northeast, with some lake-effect snow, frigid in the central great lakes >>> we're going to see a pretty nice day today, bay area, after we lose the low cloud cover and fog. we do have pretty good fog along the peninsula. this afternoon we'll end up in the 60s. this morning we're already in the mid-50s so it's not one of those days where you'll need the heavy coat but it looks like a warming trend will make things nicer. 66 degrees for tomorrow. 62 on sunday. watch out for the fog until about 10:00 a.m. have a great weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. willie, you know you can check your weather any time of the day or night on for the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >>> up next, making the most out of those post holida