kathie lee and hoda in our next hour. >> whoa! one gets dirty. there is another one for you. >> you are supposed to. >> here we go. wow. look at this. that's nice. anyway st. patrick's day. we are looking at showers in texas and also the pacific northwest. snow in northern new england. that rain in texas is going to make its way up into the mid-mississippi river valley. look for an icy mix through the plains. look for showers along into the four corners area >>> good morning. aim meteorologist bill henley amp cloudy start but a warmer start. we'll see a warm up into the low 60s. that's right before the winds kick n.gusty winds will blow this afternoon and bring temperatures down. by tomorrow morning we'll be in the 20s and tomorrow afternoon we'll be 20 degrees colder than today. the chills stick around for thursday and friday snow and rain as winter comes to an end and we'll be drying out this weekend with highs saturday in the 50s. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. here's tamron. >> hey there. it is time for the t

kathie lee and hoda in our next hour. >> whoa!ther one for you. >> you are supposed to. >> here we go. wow. look at this. that's nice. anyway, st. patrick's day. we are looking at showers in texas and also the pacific northwest. snow in northern new england. that rain in texas is going to make its way up into the mid-mississippi river valley. look for an icy mix through the plains. look for showers along into the four >>> happy st. patrick's day to you. i'm christina loren. that's los gatos looking really pretty for today. clouds starting to clear. we're going to end up in the upper 60s in san francisco. mid 70s elsewhere. temperatures warming nicely for the next couple days and then the numbers crash for the first day of spring friday into saturday, with a little shower activity saturday morning. the full details on the system today at 11:00. we'll see you then. >> that's your latest weather. here's tamron. >> hey there. it is time for the tuesday trend. we are talking statement jewelry. you never know when you are taking it too

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.ine. >> no wine. >> yes, there is. >> what are you talking about ladies? >> hello jane. >> who? what? >> yes serving a vintage. >> yes. >> you know what delicious. >> undertones of tobacco and gasoline. >> yes. >> and high notes hydrangea. >> that's right. >> did you taste it yet? >> i've already been here a little while. >> we're going to play search. >> looking at jane wants me want to laugh. >> okay. >> what are you doing? >> frankly, i showed up drunk. >> you're half way home aren't you, baby? >> i've been strolling around the plaza singing. anybody recognizes me. >> is it hard to come back? >> hard to come back? i haven't left, i'm homeless living outside on the block. >> almost four. remember where i saw yo with that baby, do you remember? at the macy's day parade. >> you were like no, no, no recollection. >> why are you nuzzling her? >> why not? it's there. >> it's working for me. >> you are in the unbreakable. >> i am. >> streaming now. >> is it hot? is it like the hottest thin

kathie lee was on "the meredith vieira show."a. >> can't answer it. >> all right. fair enough. i just got a 91 from "wine enthusiast" magazine. now i have to go up to it because i can't see it. ever done an impression of barbara walters behind her back? >> i would never, never, never do that. >> you had wine in orifices you had not checked in year. >> i never knew i had them. >> last night, this was a cool thing, billy joel has concerts in the garden -- >> once a month. they've sold out. >> erica hill has a friend who's like a roadie for the band. they do something called the ticket ferry. billy joel buys the first three rows himself and leaves them empty and he gives the tickets to the roadies and they're supposed to go up to people high in the stands and swap them out. those girls sitting back there got the tickets. it was on the floor. >> he's one of the greatest showmen isn't he? >> he was such a great performer. he performed "new york state of mind." and then itzhak perlman came out and he performed with him. >> you know wha

now, kathie lee, yours are $29.99.. >> and right now at 11:00, we are awaiting a live news conference here, happening just about right now. district attorney seth williams at the podium expected to announce charges against two current and one former pennsylvania state representative. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. the charges stem from a large undercover sting operation that has already brought down some city officials. let's -- let's go right to the news conference. >> -- to talk about the case that one could not be prosecuted. today i announce the indictments of three more state legislators. as before

kathie lee give me this thing called baby foot. >> i ordered it.shoes i thought they were going to throw me out of the store. it's unbelievable. kathie lee said skip came off the size of this phone. >> it's called baby feet. >> you keep it on too long are you just bones? >> you keep it on for one hour and for ten days you moult. >> let's bathe in it. you walk away. >> wow. >> you are like a steak. you leave your shell right there. >> go back in time and become a baby again. >> like benjamin button. >> would you use it? this is what happened when a herd of buffalo comes towards a group of tourists at yellowstone national park. one of the most beautiful places on the planet. >> definitely going to stop. >> oh! >> damage to the car about $3000. that moment is priceless. the driver said there was noplace to get off the road. the question islisten i would try to get out of there, but the driver was frozen in place. what would you do? >> you don't expect it and they keep coming. you pull up short and it makes good video. >> maybe start backing up slowly.

it is a bad day for kathie lee. the looking glass. also coming back is jack sparrow in the pirates of the caribbean movie. he loves coming back. >> he sure does. one more. >> from west virginia which actor plaled the -- that was yours thank you so much. there you go. which billionaire promised $1 billion to anyone who could create the perfect march madness bracket last year? bill gates, michael jordan, or warren buffett? >> i'm going to go with a, bill gates. >> no, she's the luckiest woman in here. >> all right. so one person warren buffett. >> it was warren buffett. imagine this million dollars, it's almost impossible to get. you havele to guess 63 teams, and it just so, so difficult. march madness what we love about, it's full of cinderella stories. so you can't predict it. it's like the odds are one and 128 billion. >> hello. good luck on the office pool this year. glad you made it. >>> get ready for more madness when the hilarious jew yeen levy sits down with us. and can cost a fortunate for kitchens, diy ideas

15 years ago kathie lee gifford was at the today show.te things. >> oh my -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> look at matt. >> wow. >> okay. >> that cd is still available. >> i'm just encouraging you. go on youtube, google it. it's the whole concert. there's two songs. it's awesome. >> that's my limit. >> that was funny. >> awesome. i've got a couple of thungs. if you listen to my pod cast, wonderful writer, many, many books. the new one is called "the case for grace." $15 at amazon.com. stories of people that were considered throw them away, there's no hope for them. so inspirational. beautiful cook. you're not going to believe. biodegradable bedding. >> you can throw anytime the garbage. >> yes, bean town bedding.com. a travel washcloth. you can throw it out. >> you put the pillowcase on. fchblts your kids are like my kids in college, cody never -- i don't want to know if he changed the sheets. but you throw them away. >> isn't that crazy? i wish we could hear more of the song. matt and al everybody from the show is there on that day watching. it was so crazy.

and kathie lee gets becca. >> i get the virgin. >> this is mine, team hoda and team kathie lee.s. i don't know if i can wait for the spin-off. >>> josh gad is apologizing already for the new "frozen" song. >> he plays the snowman. and if your kids are singing "frozen" over and over again, he claims there is a frozen-ish song -- >> it's around a birthday party. the song is called -- >> it's going to be in that little trailer we told you about that's going to open before "cinderella". >> the song is called "making today a perfect day". >> let's listen to a little bit of it. ♪ >> not the same. >> the kids discovered "frozen" on their own -- >> well, "let it go". >> they pick what they love. >> disney knows what they're doing. >>> what is next? >> the most offensive smelling food. >> here's something. you're in the office or you're on a plane or somewhere -- >> got a few of them, come on over. >> what foods turn you off? these are the nine smelliest foods. they say popcorn is number nine. >> i love the smell of popcorn. >> i love it, too. reheated fast food is number eight. reheated

i think she challenged matt and kathie lee as well.was it matt and kathie lee? i think it was. was it? yeah, matt and kathie lee. "the meredith vieira show" airs today. check your local listings. one was funny for christina. two was, like, okay, enough. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from dylan dreyer, she's in for al and what an assignment. she and the rest of "today's hot ticket winners" enjoying their final day at paradise islands in the bahamas. dylan, it looks beautiful. >> reporter: oh, it is beautiful, but it is our final day. it is going to be hard to leave here. i mean, this is absolutely fantastic. it's been warm back home, but as soon as i get there it is going to drop by about 20 degrees. once i leave here, it is time to say good-bye to the warm temperatures for a while. we do have some rain down through the gulf coast states i want to point that out to you where we do have flash flood watches in effect. we could see some heavy rain from the ohio and tennessee river valley down into the gulf coast with new orleans

. >> darius will be back with hoda and kathie lee later.then huh helen mirren on. you have heard her on jimmy fallon? >> yeah. >> al is taking over my tuesday trend. what he said is the hottest trend ever. >> can i make everyone jealous? i got a bunch of guitar picks from darius. >> back with hoda >>> good morning everyone. i'm chris cato. it's 8:56. we should have rain moving into the picture later this morning. let get your first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> the philadelphia area will see rain and the pocono mountains expecting snow. certainly cold enough. still some clouds visible here and more and more will be moving in. a little break of sunshine here and there. that sunshine is going to be fading, and here comes the snow moving through central pennsylvania. the snow in the pocono mountains and temperatures are nicely above freezing from reading, allentown, philadelphia now up to 46 and climbing expecting rain in those locations. clouds taking over. rain developing and temperatures in the 50s this afternoon. >> inv

this is kathie lee and hoda earlier on "today." >> there are people on all sides of the issues of whether of their business. it is her body. we talk about feminism and we have the right to choose. and that is a personal, and i think brave e decision. >> well, let's talk about this now. dr. lisa masterson who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and fertileity, and also dr. lisa gupta who is specializing in the field with pain medicine as well, and also in the same procedure that angelina jolie underwent. and everybody is calling you dr. elisa, so your mother died of this same type of disease, and so what did you see of this? >> well, she went back to explain her decision and we have to respect women ees's decisions, becaused on their decision based on their family history, and we ve to respect a woman's decision. and as a physician, there are other alternatives to go to but as a woman who did have a mother who died of breast cancer i might do something opposite of what angelina jolie did, but what we have to guard against of what they are calling the angelina jolie effect, and doing s

here's kathie lee and hoda. >> 8:00 on a friday morning. the 27th day of march.hat looks a little dangerous from the art club. >> okay cool. thank you for that. we are not going to lose dylan. we are not going to lose her. you should go jogging at night in that. >> she looks cute. >> we have a lot to come but let's inside and natalie is on assignment today. chanel jones is in for her with a look at the headlines. hi, chanel. >>> good morning. german prosecutors said there's no evidence that politics or religion motivated andreas lubitz to crash the plane into a mountainside murdering himself and 149 other people. prosecutors say the 27-year-old had a history of mental health issues. in germany, good morning to you, katy. >> reporter: good morning, chanel. we have breaking news from the prosecutor's office. they released a statement about findings in the two homes. i will read directly from it. the investigation inside the homes did not retrieve a so-called farewell letter or written claim of responsibility. no suicide note, if you will. documented medical content

. >> darius will be back with hoda and kathie lee later.helen mirren on. you have heard her on jimmy fallon? >> yeah. >> al is taking over my tuesday trend. what he said is the hottest trend ever. >> can i make everyone jealous? i got a bunch of guitar picks from darius. >> back with hoda >>> good morning. it's 8:56 on tuesday. i'm sam brock. palo alto police are asking for your help in located the man in this surveillance image. investigator say he exposed himself to shoppers in three separate incidents, all within an hour. this happened last thursday morning. >>> food lovers take note. french laundry is going to reopen soon. the famous wine country restaurant resumes business next tuesday. it closed during the holidays for renovations. when it reopens kitchen staffers will initially work out of a timperary shipping container because the kitchen is still being renovated. we'll be back in 25 minutes with another local news update. ♪ at kaiser permanente everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life

matt and kathie lee?hristina. two was like -- enough. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from dylan dreyer she's in for al and what an assignment. she and the rest of today's hot ticket winners enjoying their final day at paradise islands in the bahamas. dylan, it looks beautiful. >> reporter: oh it is beautiful, but it is our final day. it is going to be hard to leave here. i mean this is absolutely fantastic. it's been warm back home but as soon as i get there it is going to drop by about 20 degrees. once i leave here it is time to say good-bye to the warm temperatures for a while. we do have some rain down through the gulf coast states where we do have flash flood watches in effect. we could see some heavy rain from the ohio and tennessee river valley down into the gulf coast with new orleans seeing some of the heaviest rain. you see those thunderstorms out over the gulf of mexico. those will make their way on shore. where some of those storms produce heavier downpours is where we'll see our high

kathie lee and matt lauer talking twizzlers this week.n the middle. lady and the tramp style. >> no andrew. >> you and joe. yeah you guys do this. >> no andrew. >> look at that. come on, buddy. >> i'm going to just back up a little bit. push myself back out. go ahead. >> come on. >> a growing course in congress -- >> chicken. >> you know i would, but john taylor is here. seriously. and i want to see between these two guys we've got both sides of the universe covered. >> you're going to leave him hanging. >> you're going to leave me hanging like this? >> yes. >> come on. that's not nice. becky will do it. >> listen to me i'm not opposed to it because i don't -- you know -- >> we love each other, i know. >> no. >> oh. no? >> let's wait. let's wait until we can really get into it without cameras is what i'm saying. >> let's wait until the end of the show. everybody stick around. >> that might work. you know that -- it was matt and -- i'm not going over. what do you think? you're right there. >> becky's husband is a producer of the show so it

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. you, too. march 27th. and this is the last weekend in march. >> this song is catchy. >> yeah. we have a terrific show. if you've got relationship questions, who doesn't, the team of matthew hussey and francesca hogi have your answers. like do men really like it when women play hard to get? >> i would say a little. they say a guy doesn't run for a bus that he's already on. remember when he said that? >> yeah. makes sense when he said it. it wasn't out of context. >>> if your legs are dry from being covered up all winter bobbie thomas has some products that will make your skin look bronze and beautiful. >>> plus cute and comfortable easter fashions for your cute bunnies at home. we have some cute little kids in the wings. >>> yes, we do. why on earth do we have whoppers hon our desk? >> why not? because i want to smell like one. >> burger king thought that that might be the case. so they announced that they are making a limited edition of fragrance of whopper grilled beef burger cologne

and then kathie lee, if you could pick up the top here. hurt it. >> and then put it right on top. >> look what we made. how cute is that. >> and here's another pineapple. >> over here -- you have your loaf pan, everybody has bowls. you get an oven-proof bowl. we bake the batter in the bowl and then we hallowollowed it out and put some candies in it and we decorate it with marshmallow bunnies. if you want to add a couple of of the bunnies on top -- >> look at the inside. >> you get a surprise inside. >> look at that. that's your glue. >> your frosting is your glue. >> man down, man down. >> that's great for easter. you have your regular cake pans, you don't need special cake pans. we've made bubbles the goldfish here. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's adorable. >> cutting a slice off of your layer cake putting it cup side down, using the trim piece as the tail. decorating it with marsh mallmallowsrshmallows. these are jumbo marshmallows. that same round cake pan, you're batter is different colors. you have your rainbow shape. you have this beautifu

. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefelleryoutube is here. one of the most awesome up and coming funny ladyies to watch. >> this girl is about to branch out, baby. >> yep. all about her new show. >> then if it's raining in new york it must be ambush thursday. they found two lovely ladies. and we're back to turn junk food into joy food. we're going to transform two favorites. >> she's been right so far. >>> we did start off this morning with breaking news. that germanwings plane crash. >> yeah. >> everyone was wondering what caused the plane to go down. today, it was confirmed that the co-pilot appears to have crashed the plane deliberately into that mountain side. when the pieces of the plane were so descent grated, they ruled out a bomb. they say when a bomb blows up a plane -- >> there are fragments. >> shredded they said. >> i think the scary thing, when you hear what happened according to the cockpit voice recorder was that the pilot, the more experienced of the two, left the cockpit to either go to the restroom or somethi

kathie lee or hoda and why? california because she owns a wine company. >> yeah. okay.lways said nothing good happens after midnight. a couple years later i have a show on after midnight. >> good! >> what was the worst date that you ever had. anybody who was willing to go out with me wasn't a bad date. >> nice! >> this one comes from megan boone, the actress. from "the blacklist"." what was your most awkward middle school moment? oh my gosh. i think it was all awkwardness. i looked like anthony michael hall. i wore floral jams. >> i don't know. what's the last thing you googled. that's a really good -- i'm afraid. it was probably like sleep training or something, baby trying to get her to sleep through the night. >> what is your porn star name? >> what is it? >> i check in to hotels under the name deejay warm cookies. i have to change it now. >> you really do? >> miss warm cookies. >> that's amazing. >> what's d.j. stand for? >> i was dating a musician. >> which musician? >> i'm not going to tell that. ipts a he not it's not in the jar. so i love warm cookies. >> unfort

this whole thing comes out nice and cream my. >> nice and smooth. >> now we're going to build. >> kathie leeide up eggs. >> okay. >> and now go for the sauce. >> are you serious? >> yes. i want you to taste this. >> i don't know how to taste it. >> if you want it to look pretty -- >> it is pretty. >> a little bit of paprika. >> it's good. it is. >> remember before it was 1,000 calories. after, it looks exactly the same 250 calories. for people that want to lower the carb. >> two carrots up! >> i built it on a mushroom instead of the english muffin. >> by the way -- >> now you're just showing off. >> another viewer wrote in. her name is lisa. she's form connecticut. she loves boston cream pie. 600 calories a slice. this is a boston cream pie parfait. i have a third cup of sugar, a little bit of nutmeg and salt. a little bit of almond milk. >> oh. >> nondairy for you. we're going to add more vanilla unsweetened almond milk, four egg yolks. we're going to let this simmer. it's going to thicken up like pudding. after it comes out of the refrigerator we're going to build it. originally 600 calori

pipe. >> kathie lee, if you could pick up the top. >> be careful i made that. >> keep adding the potatoe. >> there is your pineapple, here's another one. >> i want to make this. >> you have your loaf pan. everybody has bowls. you get an oven proof bowl. we baked the batter in the bowl. we hollowed that and filled with easter candies. we have cute little carrots here. then we decorated it and we decorated it. >> marshmallow bunnies. >> with bunnies, we love marshmallows. if you want to atd bunnies on top. >> look at the inside you get a surprise inside. >> look at that! >> that's your glue. your frosting is your glue. >> man down. >> just me that's how i roll. >> that's great for easter. you have your regular cake pans your don't need special cake pans. you have your round cake pans. we have bubles the fish here. >> that's adorable. >> that's kutcutting a slice of your pound cake decorating with it marshmallow -- >> what are these guys? >> the jumbo marshmallows. >> clever. >> he's going -- he can't stop. >> that same round cake pan, you take your batter in different colors i don't know

. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.eer. >> she's here with the handsome, talented star of furious 7. which one is it? we're going to reveal it in just a little bit. we'll let you know who it is. >> it's also lovely lilliana's luxe for less. come on out. okay, so every wednesday, we wear something that is under -- >> $50. >> under 50. >> we're going to stand up and show off what you could be wearing today. >> which items. >> i think it's fun. >> it's different every time. >> could it be the jewelry, could be accessories it could be the shoes. it could be the dress. >> could be anything. >> over here i don't know, you look really good today. i can't imagine that anything on you is under $50. >> dress is two sizes too small. what do people do, get on -- >> on facebook and let us know what you think is under $50. or on kathie or hoda. >> lilliana adorable. >> see you in a little bit. >> jorge, yes, we hear that new wine glasses are making their debut today with our names on them. apparently available over at the nbc experie

i'm gonna show i think that kathie lee owes me something for this.u were talking about. >> this is a good side. can we come closer? that's my skin coming off, that's actual skin. wait. >> oh that's not nice. >> this is awful. why are women -- women clamoring for this? >> because in five days you're gonna say, oh my gosh like new skin on my feet. gonna love it. >> here is the deal. i get a pedicure pretty regularly, i don't know where this skip has come from and this is so -- you are married. i'm not. >> wear boots. the good thing, boot season. >> you know what that looks like remember when you used to put elmer's glue create a second skin and then peel it off? >> i have had to change my bed sheets every night, flakes of skin all over -- that's not hospital. >> really gross. be great, come home there's another tamron. >> my dna all over new york. and now she is doing it so you guys have me -- i will be clean and your molting starts. >> all for a dad cause. >> a charity? >> it is. >> i have runner's feet so for me, a good cause. >> close. >> off natali

but kathie lee and matt lauer took the twiz hers challenge.ere we go. >> i challenge regis and hoda woman. >> that's us. >> they gave me this to bring out. i didn't even know what it was. >> you can pick your own. >> you want a squirt? >> she wants you kissing sweet. >> are we going to kiss? >> she's not sure. >> let me look at your lips. >> she's got gorgeous egyptian lips. >> she could swallow me. i've never seen lips like that. >> she's got nice lips. they're egyptian. you do have beautiful lips. you should see her feet. >> size 18. i don't want to talk about it now. let's just do this. here we go. >> all right. >> now what do we do. >> it's like lady and the tramp. you start eating it and eventually your lips hit. >> does joy know you're doing this? >> who cares. of course she does. >> okay. >> go. >> she's closing in on me. >> i have this thing right here. >> she's getting close. >> you're not even doing any work. she's doing all the work. you're not even doing any work. >> what aim suppose today do with this? >> i think you're supposed t

. >> knocked him out until two seasons later so difficulties he, he ended up marrying kathy lee gifford. >> not anymore. >> johnny, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> alex holy. >> yes. >> well, good day to you, it is monday, march 23rd, 2015. >> reporter: if you own a honda and you live in northeast philadelphia, you might want to just start sleeping in your car because honda again for second time this month in multiple numbers are being hit for their air bags. we will tell you the latest victims when we see you next. sue, sad news to report even though weather is looking nice. >> it looks nice but you better not take that winter coat to the cleaners just yet. we have some weather temperatures but cold ones too. we will talk about the roller coaster ride in your weather authority forecast. plus, tony danza is object good day. he have is taking a quick break on behind stint on brought way to help out a local school. we cannot the wait to see him in studio. >> it looks like he will do it every year. >> man, she has been seen around the world, playing her piccolo through her tears. s

let's bring in kathy lee.ot to these levels. >> i have to admit, i'm very surprised by the velocity of the move. not the direction of the move. i think we're going to see another 5% move higher in the u.s. dollar which means we're be up higher than the euro. however, i think the fed is beginning to put the brakes on the dollar rally this week. >> you do? >> i do. >> and the reason for that -- >> being patient in? >> i actually think they're going to remove patience. but they're going to lower their expectations component. the most important thing to remember is there's three months between march and june. yellen's greatest fear right now is getting the market to think the rate hike in june is guaranteed. i think the stronger dollar makes the decision even more difficult. that's why i think she's going to take a back seat. a little bit more relaxed at the next meeting. >> in other words, she's going to remove patience but signal patience? >> exactly. i think that's going to lead to a correction in the dollar. w

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kopt by.t four days away from spring. and never have we needed it so badly. finally yesterday you could see it some of the snow is gone. you can see it spouting. >> it's coming. >> we're desperate for spring like we've never been. people are still reminiscing about the one 60-degree day we had last week. it made us so good. >> we're ready for the hollywood buzz. we're going to fill you in on all of the stuff you might have missed over the weekend, including why houb we man dell might be able to look at toilet paper again. >> his initial reaction. if you watched his face, immediately when he come out of the car -- >> hoda you're telling it. i guess it's okay. >> whatever. >> whatever. >> but when you see his face, it's the initial reaction. you know how your truth comes out? i want you to see it. >> there are times you want to skip the ad and times you want to watch them over and over. some of the best and fun nest commercials you might have never seen before starring some big-time celebrities

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio woke up to here at least in connecticut this morning? snowflakes! big ones. you just kind of go, it is just not fair. >> i honestly cannot believe this winter. can you? >> we're going to have a great day. we're going to have a great week all week. we couldn't do that without all the celebrity scoop in today's buzz, justin timberlake's special message to his wife, jessica. >> we have a special series this week called "do you believe." we're talking about the power of prayer and how it affects children mentally, spiritually and physically. jennifer is going to talk about that. >> i want to apologize to the crowd. the guys right beforehand said we had a great show. i said i didn't see it. and that's true. >> you didn't. >> because i was watching the new "a.d." series. we have mark and -- >> roma. >> -- roma coming up. i wasn't being rude. i was being honest. >> let's be honest. >> i'm always busy. >> we can't. >> we have so much preparation for our show. >> we do. we have to flop our hai

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.t worry you. >> no not at all. >> who cares about that stuff? we've got an awesome day planned for you here. >>> the new "cinderella" movie hits theaters today. it got us thinking about the idea of happily ever after that you always see in these kind of fairy tales. our relationship experts will weigh in on that and whether the fairy tale concept should be left to storybooks. >>> plus -- ♪ lou manfredini ♪ ♪ he's got a name that rhymes with ♪ >> you're going to have to wait. >> boy, is it worth it. >> he's going to help you fix those pesky problems around the house like how to replace a worn-out lamp socket. i can't wait for that! >>> and our girl sissy biggers, is back from the home housewares show. she has the newest gadgets. the ones you're going to want they'll be coming soon to a store near you. >> but you'll see them here first! >> we love our sissy! >>> so do you like rice crispy treats? >> i like rice krispies as a cereal but not as a treat. they're too sweet. but i love the ar

. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb life from statute yo 1-a indon't think about when you're working out. i've wondered about this. can you exercise your face? >> that looks like "fifty shades of grey". >> our girl is going to tell us if we can strengthen the muscle to prevent the sagging. >> if you've got a new baby or grandchild in your life, we've got the bumps best baby products. >> and we have some visitors over there. >> i had a fun weekend. my mom and nieces came into town. we did all of the new york things. we went to central park -- >> and then it started to warm up a little. >> we went to see elweiss at the plaza. if you have young girls, having tee at the plaza and being on the hunt for elweis. the waiter comes to the table and says, have you seen her? these are her shoes. they all got new hairdos. and my mom is with them. >> everybody looks smashing. >> turn around hannah. i want to see your hair in the back. look at ella's in the back. >> love it. you're the best aunty in the world. >> ella went to a place called hair rules and got he

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. her life in a propeller accident. well, now she is a beautiful newlywed and an author who wrote a book to encourage young women to show their beauty from within. >>> if your kids are "frozen" fans or you happen to be a "glee" fan, you know jonathan grop. >>> bobbie has ingenious beauty products you just got to toss in your bag and go. >> isn't bobbie beautiful? >> she's a radiant pregnant woman. she's really pregnant. >>> a little later, you guys we are going to give it away. we are drawing five names from nearly 10,000 entries. those lucky five are going to be getting a special prize. the prizes are really good. >> they've been great. >>> now what he not great? >> what? >> when you can't get a good night's sleep which is the story of my life. so how much sleep do you need to get through the day? >> i need probably seven. i need seven or eight. >> that's jerry. he needs a lot. "new york" magazine found a woman who says she only needs -- i'm not kidding. timing is a thing. jerry gets t

. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1 a in rockefellerf. >> i glanced up and i didn't see underwear. it was a little scary. let's see what is happening. >> go go go. >> 20 seconds. >> this is for hoda. >> no please. >> we'll see what is in store for us. they will be talking about -- you have a choice between taking pants or shirt off wouldn't you take your shirt? >> what's wrong with you two? >> maybe they don't have any chest hair or muscular stuff happening. >> wouldn't be thirsty thursday without lewis and jill scouring the plaza for lovely ladies to ambush. >> you know ted mcginnly from more tv shows than you can count. this time he is in a different role. this is great. >> so it is time for you to do something. >> a couple of things. after we talked about we told you yesterday about leah still, the 4-year-old girl who at this point the results look great. they believe that she is cancer free and we love her. yesterday my phone rang when i was in my dressing room and guess who face timed me. she goes did my daddy tell me? she said the

supermodel kathy ireland turns 52. director spike lee is 58. actor william hurt is 65.ig melvin. thanks so much for watching "early today." have a great friday. >>> new this morning, a deadly crash shuts down part ofxnaq @ elling us. >>> a young girl dies after a tragic fire in san francisco's mission district. now the city is taking new action to save lives. >>> plus health officials issue a new warning after rabid bats pop up in a number of bay area cities. >> let's look outside live it's friday afternoon. later this afternoon if will be officially spring. it's march 20th. this is "today in the bay." >> a wonderful friday morning at 4:30 i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's check the forecast with meteorologist ch

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