remission can start with stelara®. >>> renowned designer kate spade >>> renowned designer kat spade createdshion. she tragically took her own life.o we'll talk long-time best friend, elise aarons and kate's niece, rachel brosnahan. they're here with a personal tribute to kate and talk about a u in collection where her creative vision lives on.e first, mn the woman behind the brand. >> kate spade was the woman and name behind a multimillion dollar empire, famous for iconing handbags, a status symbol for young women behind the country. she started the company with her husband andy i 1993 after working as a magazine fashion editor. >> i felt i hadli good feeng for what was going on, but stilt coulind a lot of the things i was interested in wearing or what i needed for a lot of photo shoots. >> reporter: after turning the brand into a household name, the couple sold their stake in the company for nearly $60 million to spend tim with their newborn daughter. >> it was a great time for us to take a break nd it was much-needed. reporter: a decade later they launchedon a new fas line named after the

. >>> honoring kate spade's. her niece and her best friend reveal a collection in her memory. >>> and one for the ages. >> people think, you're 41, what are you doing? >> what the age defying tom brady is saying about his record ninth super bowl appearance and going for an unprecedented sixth ring. >> as long as we finish with more points than them. >> as the countdown to the super bowl rolls on. today is wednesday, june 30th, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 12a in rockefeller plaza. >> good mortgage, everybody. welcome to "today." some parts of this country are colder than antarctica right now. >> the coldest weather in decades. >> and a lot of people are feeling it. 230 million of us, that's 85% of the nation facing temperatures below freezing today, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. see what i did there? nearly half of those folks could see it dip to zero or lower. >> among the cities likely to break record lows, chicago, minneapolis, des moin

hello, kate spade. everything i own that is a known brand i'm going to sell things to make ends meet. >> we met christine after she listed a pair of elton john concert tickets for sale on craigslist. >> i have a couple of people interested in them. i'm hoping that will come through. literally, this thing will make or break the month for us. >> we found listing after listing on craigslist from those affected by the partial government shutdown, offering everything from used boots to home brewing kits and vacation time shares for sale. >> if i typed in government employee furlough and looked for other ads, i see other ads coming up as well there is a lot. >> christine's husband frederick is a customs and border patrol officer at sfo. but in december he was deployed to san ysidro to help secure the border. not having him at home to be with her 9-year-old son is hard enough. >> he is very sad. there are tears at night on the phone. we miss each other. >> but now fredrick is working without pay, along with mo

the designer kate spade. science and technology legend stephen hawking.ounder paul allen, who left us way too young at 65. winnie mandela died at 81 and former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan at 80. auto racing icons dan gurney and the great silver fox of nascar david pearson. preacher billy graham, gone at the age of 99. also remember the loss of anthony bourdain this past year. took his own life at the age of 61. and the global reaction to the loss of this cook, this chef, this storyteller, this traveler i think surprised a lot of people. farewell. all of which somehow brings us to this moment. number 1 on our list. this year's list of the most is topped by -- >> bob mueller. >> robert mueller. >> mueller. >> bob mueller. >> robert s. mueller. >> s. stands for swann. robert swann mueller iii. >> and he still holds all the cards. and he still for a lot of americans represents all the hope that we'll get the truth about how our election shook out, who chose this president, if there was any influence from another foreign power. robert mueller this year i

. >> kate spade, dead of an apparent suicide. >> legendary master of marvel comics, stan lee. >> i guess schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated. >> spur of the moment, you just do. and you just diva do. ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ ♪ >>> oh. >> we're cueing the horns section. >> yes. >> the wedding of the year. >> was a royal wedding unlike has come before. >> whose dress was better, kate's or meghan's? >> oh, i don't want to be the mean person. >> aretha got you jamming a little bit. >> yeah, she did. so many moving moments of 2018. >> so many. >>> coming up, the tune we have all been singing on new year's eve literally for centuries. >> but does anyone really know all the words to "auld lang syne"? you're watching "world news now." auld lang syne? you're watching "world news now." around here, nobody evreally? it i didn't do it so when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, i knew it was just what we needed so now we can undo all the tough stains that nobody did dad? i didn't do it it's got to be tide ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah, you're a natural, living you'