. >> yeah, almost like the new accessory on hoda kotb's ring finger. first in tonight's know and tell -- hoda's happy holiday. >> her initial are hoda kotb and she's engaged. >> what? >> whoa! >> a crazy reaction from hoda's colleagues this morning after revealing boyfriend joel put a ring on it this weekend during their beachy vacay. >> he got down on one knee and he said would you be my wife. >> that is such good news. >> i can't take it. >> hoda who's been with the 61-year-old financier for six years has been counting her blessings this year, especially after adopting another daughter back in april. >> joel will be with me the rest of my life. i have no doubt. he's an unbelievable father. >> now to pete davidson and kaia gerber taking the next step -- a wedding. no. the couple of two months didn't get hitched, but you know things are serious when you're the plus one at a friend's nuptials. pete was with cindy crawford's 18-year-old daughter in miami saturday. she still has his initial, p, around her neck and they were pretty much all over each other

hoda kotb (voiceover): successful at everything, except love. then she found him. he was handsome, sophisticated, and crazy about her. there was talk of marriage. then suddenly, there was talk of trouble. she was frightened enough not to go home. she had fear that something would happen to her.

"today" monday, november 25th, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and hi everybody, good morning, welcome to "today" on a monday morning, the beginning of the holiday week, and boy, everybody's wondering what is going on with this weather. >> we're going to be looking at mr. roker, we want to know. >> that's right. could be a holiday travel nightmare brewing, coast to coast, three severe thunderstorms across the country this week. >> we're talking about rain, snow and wind that could throw a wrench in thanksgiving plans for millions of americans, not to mention the big parade, but al is tracking all of it for us hey, al. >> hey, good morning, before we get to the parade we have to get to these storms. we have one coming in right now, for november. snow across the winter storm warnings, from california to the u.p. to michigan from california all the way up there. minneapolis could see its biggest snowfall in nine years for november snow across the midwest with the snow, rockies, denver, minneapolis, chica

oz: hoda kotb talks life, family, and her future. >> everything good in my life happened after 49. dr. oz: plus, the pioneer woman, ree drummond, joins the dish crew. big love a cinnamon roll as as my head. dr. oz: but will it really be oz approved? find out, coming up next. ♪ dr. oz: are you ready for season 11? >> yeah! [applause]

i'll give you her initials, her initials are hoda kotb and she's engaged. >> what? >> what?the first time i saw that that was cool. >> a surprise like i have never seen before. >> yeah, there's our gasp. hoda nate captured. >> hoda nate is amazing. >> it's hard to pull off a surprise in these parts. you managed to do it how was last night >> it was great. i mean, joel was actually traveling last night, he's in philly, my mom is in town, and he was just overwhelmed. he said, wow, i have heard from people i haven't heard from and he was like, bye fiancee >> did your mom know >> she didn't. she didn't know leading up to it >> you're still glowing. we love it. >>> coming up, the power puffs and wagging tails, therapy dogs helping out patients at st. jude's children's hospital. >> first, your local news. ce a wholw ra emotions like... the relaxing feeling of knowing you're getting the best price. these'll work. the utter delight of free wi-fi... . oh man this is the best part. isn't that you? yeah. and the magic power of unlocking your room with your phone. i can read minds too.

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today" on that post halloween friday morning. it was a lot of tricks in the weather, not a lot of treats for folks. >> new york we had a tiny window where everything was just perfect, almost like summertime, for others, not so much. >> and it got intense later in the evening. this wild weather our top story this morning, storms and bitter cold forcing millions in the eastern half of the country to alter or cancel their halloween plans and overnight out west a new round of wildfires and evacuations ordered near los angeles yet another new fire erupted overnight. we've got complete coverage. we'll start with those storms out east. nbc's kathy park is surveying the damage out on long island. hey, kathy, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. mother nature delivered some scary moments overnight. you see on this home behind me, the winds really picked up, uprooted the tree and slammed

. >>> going viral on social media, "today" show on cor hoda kotb is engaged. nd laughs, congratulations to hoda. very exciting. >>> new today "frozen ii" broke a box office record in its opening weekend earned an estimated $127 million in america and about $350 million worldwide. as for the records it set, the highest grossing weekend ever specifically for an animated film globally. it is also the largest opening for any walt disney animation studios release. >>> america's biggest shopping days of the year start this week. >> and this morning, there's a revised spending forecast. the bank rate survey found 74% of adults say they will not increase their holiday spending this year, that includes 22% who say they will spend less than last year. just under a third of those who won't increase their spending say it's because they are concerned about the state of their finances or the economy. >>> a bay area holiday tradition is back. >> we're talking about the great dickens victorian party, one-of-a-kind holiday adventure turned the cow palace into a combination of m

her initials are hoda kotb and she's engaged. >> what? >> our good friend, hoda, made the surprise announcement this week that she and her long-time partner got engaged. >> he got down on one knee. and he said, will you be my wife? >> a big congratulations, hoda. we could not be happier for hoda. i love that smile. >> how about her reaction? >> they were really surprised. >> now, we have to explain to our daughters that their parents are getting married. >> i hope we're seated together at the wedding. >>> still to come, we talk to small business owners about booming sales and how they compete against the retail giants. >>> plus, chrissy teigen pulls a prank on john legend after he was named >>> good saturday morning, 5:56. a look outside at downtown san jose. in the park. the tree was lit. but we are under a microclimate weather alert. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kira klapper, vianey arana has a look at the microsoft forecast. i saw all of these warnings about high winds. >> yes, this is the calmest we will be right now. the first h

today," friday, november 29th, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, and welcome to "today" and thank you for joining us on this friday morning. i'm here with peter alexander, savannah and hoda have the day off after a great day hosting the macy's thanksgiving day parade it was a good day yesterday. >> it was a good day i think i can safely speak for all of america by saying that i think we had enough butter for the rest of the year after al's experience yesterday that guy is toast. >> i remember seeing it in the moment when you're a reporter and people are coming up to your live shot, you never know where it's going but people found the humor out of it. >> worked out okay. >> pushed the butter out of the way. >> somewhere his children are watching saying dad we have to have a conversation. >>> the bargain hunters are ready to shop until they drop. the national retail federation expects 165 million people to get started on their gift list on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year wit

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today," and thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. thanksgiving eve, it is. >> you were panting watching that clip. >> i was. >> that clip was amazing right, stephen f. austin. >> watching the game, duke, stephen f. austin, i turned away. >> now, what a game. if you're wondering where savannah guthrie today. she's not sick with the cold and flu. she's recovering from an eye injury. we're going to talk to her about this in our next hour. we hope she's feeling better this morning, and we'll figure out what's going on. >>> something else we're going to do this morning, something we have never done before on "today," united plates of thanksgiving. check out this table. we have brought in 52 chefs from all over these united states and the district of columbia and puerto rico, they are going to join us to share thanksgiving hacks and tricks. >> the great thing is our floor director has like a map. we had to have a roa

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody, welcome to "today," nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. it's all right to talk about holiday shopping if it means money. >> did i hear you right, i get cash back if i shop. >> well, apparently. >> that starts tonight, we're going to have more on the new money saving incentive. a lot of people are interested in that. >>> first let's get right to our top story, those election results and will they have implications in the 2020 presidential race. leading the way, kentucky's battle for governor, overnigte declared victory over the republican incumbent. keep in mind, this is the state that the president carried by 30 points in 2016 but it was a deeply unpopular republican governor. in virginia, democrats gained full control of that state house for the first time in 26 years, notwithstanding the controversies there. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest on an interesting nigh

. >> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. >> welcome to today what a night. sorry pats we have some pats fans here. >> let's get right to the top story. the president going after the whistleblower whose complaint lead to the impeachment investigation against him. we have two reports from washington we'll start with hallie jackson. good morning. >> good morning. let's start with the whistleblower because that person is now offering to answer written questions from republicans on the intelligence committee. doing this could be the whistleblower's privacy but as for that the president wants that to change >> he gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call it was totally appropriate president trump suggested with holding military aid for political help at home. >> the whistleblower should be revealed because he gave false stories. some people would call it fraud. i won't go that far but when i read it closely i probably would. >> as the complaints multiple details have been corroborated by witness testimony and the complaint largely matches a rough transcri

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today" on this monday morning. it's veterans day, a day to think about and honor all of our service members. we'll do that throughout the morning today. >>> absolutely, it's feeling a lot like christmas. our christmas tree made it to the plaza over the weekend. it is here. i know a lot of folks will be coming to pay a visit, and chilly temps are on the way. >> it feels like christmas because of the weather. record shattering cold from the north pole. heavy snow in part of the country. we're going to get to al in a minute, first let's go to nbc's ron mott, he's bundled up in chicago this morning. >> reporter: bundled up is right. you can see we have light snow falling in chicago, and by the time it ends, it could reach up to 6 inches. and if all this wasn't bad enough, there is brutally cold air coming on the back side all across the region. the autumn leaves may still be falling but a deep winter fr

today, friday, november 22nd, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today" on a friday morning. glad to have you with us, glad to have you with us. hoda's got the day off we've got lester. >> always a pleasure to be with you. how about that door smashing, we'll get the cameras, the smoke, we'll throw something >> it all went wrong. >> we have breaking news this morning, there is it is. >> i wish i used that line just thought it have right now, it's early >>> we're going to talk about what's shaping up to be an early start to holiday travel delays. >> everyone is looking at this forecast, al is tracking not one, not two but three storms and it's going to cause problems across the country he's in the middle of it in nashville this morning hey, al, good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning, let's get right to it. we've got a lot to talk about as far as your weather is concerned. we're looking at heavy rain all the way back from oklahoma to western pennsylvania, we're g

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it's nice to have you with us on a monday morning. >> and it is a very busy one, a lot of breaking news overnight and over the weekend. >> let's talk about that deadly mass shooting. it happened at a house party. that was in fresno, california. and there's a frantic search for the gunman. we have the latest details for you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, hoda. it was another weekend of violence in california, which has seen a rash of recent deadly shootings. now, this latest incident, a horrifying scene at a house party. police right now hunting for the killer who left four people dead. this morning, a manhunt is underway in california. police searching for whoever opened fire sunday night at a family gathering in fresno killing four people and wounding six others. >> any unit citywide that's available to start off, there's at least six victims right now. >> reporter: authorities say the gunm

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >>> hey, we are here welcome to "today. thank you, everybody, for joining us it is thanksgiving morning. >> happy thanksgiving! i love waking up with you on this day. >> i'm so glad you're here. >> i'm so happy to be here too we're going to have a great parade, so much ahead. we hope you'll stay with us all the way through it all the way through dinner and stuffing and dessert hoda and i are right here in front of macy's. we've got al on the upper west side where the parade starts in a few and craig and sheinelle holding down the fort in the studio guys, good morning. >> our top story is a parade story. the big question is will the high winds disrupt the parade and ground macy's signature balloons everyone has been asking that. kerry sanders is along the parade route hey, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it's a glorious morning for a parade heading down that way you can see there are lots of police officers and all the crowds on either side

, today, friday, november 8th, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today," nice to have you with us on a friday morning. when you step out this morning, you're going to feel it. >> i was trying to find my hat where's the scarf. >> we're going to need all of those things, a blast of cold and snow blanketing the northeast corner of the country bringing that early taste of winter in early november. >> al's got the latest forecast. but first, nbc's ron mott braving the cold in buffalo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, what a difference a day makes. it's 8 to 10 degrees colder than it was this time yesterday we had a fair amount of snowfall on buffalo during the day. it was too warm for it to stick. after people went to bed, it got well below freezing and now they're waking up to a friday morning surprise overnight, like it or not, winter is coming the first snow accumulation blanketing parts of pennsylvania, slick conditions creating a white knu

thursday, november 14, 2019 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in taller. they were singing independence day, martina's song. it was pretty fantastic. rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this thursday morning thank you for joining us watching that awards ceremony last night, seeing all those women across that stage just made you, like, sit up a little taller they were singing "independence day," martina's song and it was pretty fantastic >> you're still on a natural high we're going to have the latest on the entire show in a bit but let's start with the news and round one of the impeachment fight. >>> both sides digging in after the first public hearing in the investigation, making the case before the eyes of the nation. we're going to break it all down >>> and there is breaking news just this morning in the democratic race. another candidate enters we're going to start with hallie jackson. good morning >> reporter: savannah, good morning. multiple sources close to this white house are telling me they just don't thin

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, welcome to "today," thank you for joining us this tuesday morning. folks who watched jeopardy last night probably got a heart moment. you don't usually get those on jeopardy but wow. >> a lump in the throat when you hear from alex trebek. we'll have more on that in a moment. we also have a big interview this morning, former ambassador, nikki haley, her first live interview since stepping down as u.n. ambassador. >> first we are going to get to the weather. tens of millions facing a one-two punch of snow and arctic cold that will shatter records. al is standing by with the latest on just how cold it will get. but first, nbc's ron mott has made his way to cleveland, ohio, hey, ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning. a few flurries in the air here in cleveland this morning. actually last night we got a fair amount of lake-effect snow. but because temperatures have hovered around the freezing mark a lot of snow did not stick in the city. it is ab

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome to "today," thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. we want to start with that breaking news. what we're learning about a deadly ambush on americans in mexico. nbc's sam brock has the very latest on this. hey, sam, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, savannah, heartbreaking news this morning, these american citizens have lived in an american agricultural community on the border for decades and were traveling in three separate vehicles when a gunman attacked and an attack that could be a case of mistaken identity. overnight, nine americans killed in mexico in what appears to be an ambush by an organized crime cartel. family members confirming to nbc news that the victims were american women and their children who died in the attack. the americans living in mexico had been reportedly traveling with their children to arizona for a shopping trip, in the mexican state of sonora, 75 miles south of the u.s. border w