>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> yes, everybody. it is that day. it is booze day, tuesday, january 28th. and we have a rock legend here today, everybody. we have mr. meatloaf himself. >> you know, it is interesting that meatloaf is on broadway, right? or off broadway or something. >> vegas, yes. >> but i do think -- >> he's been brought back because he was such a huge success last time at planet hollywood. >> he was a huge success. he said it was more music than ti but i would love to see that man do a little acting on stage too. >> he considers himself an actor more than a singer, which surprised me. he's a very nice man. i remember i was nervous to interview him the first time, which was years ago. and he's so normal. >> and real, yeah. >> i never met a person named meatloaf and thought he's got to be weird. he's not. he's such a nice guy. >> our friend matthew hussey and e. jean carroll. not a crazier duo. >> it is fireworks all the time. a little happy birthday to cinnamon lee, remember the puppy that w

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 woulwi

this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> other than that. >> hellove oh guess what day it is, hoda. >> what day is it? >> it's winesday wednesday, january 29th. i'm extremely happy. guess who i ran into down stairs and gave a hug the likes of one he will not forget. >> the one like you gave meat loaf yesterday? >> uh-huh. >> jeff garland is with us. he's one of hoda and my favorite guests. >> we had so much fun last time he was on our show. he vowed to never come on our hour. >> i reminded him that's the only hour that wants him. i said, what's taken you so long? i said, l.a. is not lithuania. he should be here often. >>> we have a story of pro players that teamed up with kids that have been bullied. these football players know what it feels like. >> they've been bullied too. >>> it's an interesting union with this group. we're going to talk to the four of them. >> which is going to be lovely. >>> jimmy fallon is about to embark on "the "tonight show."" >> isn't he too busy for th

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we made it to the end of the week you guys. it is try day friday, january 24th, 2014. me and you girl. >> not we. >> did it kind of fly a little? >> it flew in a great way. i had a lot of fun. >> it's a fun show. >> it sure is. >> we should point out it is friday, people are normally in a good mood. here's something you should try today, january 249s according to sources is national compliment day. >> you're supposed to give five people a compliment today. >> yes. >> i'm going to start with you. >> okay. go ahead. >> start our day off right. >> yes. >> hoda, if you guys don't know this, is nice to every single person she meets. >> oh. >> it's such a good -- somebody over there laugh like you don't believe us? >> everybody was like -- >> she is. >> i'm hearing joanne. >> that is so rude. i was going to give you a compliment. forget it. next was going to be you. >> here's jenna's compliment. you guys know jenna, obviously, from being on this show. jenna is exactly the way she

>>> from nbc news, this is with kathie lee gifford and hoda. it's january 15th. and we are happy you are with us. i'm happy -- >> i love him. >> what a talented guy, he can do anything. >> the voice of the simpsons. >> he stole "the bird cage ". you forget who else was in that. >> he that is a cool project about fatherhood. and we will talk with him. >> elvis duran is with us, before we tell you who the artists are, we will play it and you may recognize it, because it's in a lowe's tv commercial. let's watch. ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ >> wow, they are cute. >> and they are called the american authors. >> and they are going to be here with us? >> that's the lowe's store? >> i was like, lowe's. >> spelled differently too. >> lowe's is ll-o-we-. >> big story on the front page. it's the sex scandal but not here. it's in france. he was seen on the back of a motorcycle with a helmet on. >> motorcycle. sneaking off to see his lover. >> lover. >> she is an actress. >> anyway, named julie guyete. >> is that right? >> they are not really married. >> h

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> it is booze day, tuesday, january 21st, 2014 and kathie lee takes an awesome week to be in the sun. she's in l.a., she's going to florida. and jenna bush hager is here. >> i'm dealing with this beautiful weather outside. >> by the way, we do want to say that we feel like the snow was a sneak attack. because no one told us, okay? >> you told me. >> i told you this morning. honestly, i was gone for the weekend, came back and looked at the weather. they're talking -- usually these things are coming for days and days. >> they name is after something, blah, blah, blah. i had no idea. granted i was on the show yesterday, al did talk about it. i was listening, of course, i always ask him, you know, for personal advice, personal weatherman, but i had no idea that it was going to be this bad. >> how does your little daughter, does she enjoy the snow, is she into it when it happens? was she out in it last time it happened? >> no. she likes it. she looks up like what is this? but now

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. you have made it to thirsty thursday. a little bit warmer here. january 30th in new york city. we're glad you're with us. >> fran drescher is in the house with us. >> and billy bush. >> billy bush is here with the big game buzz. he's been in new york all week. >> well, he's from this area, so he loves to come on home and stir up trouble everywhere he can. >> my mom approached him and said, "i always hoped i would meet you." billy bush. and we have a sleep expert here. no matter how many sleep experts we have on, nobody is still getting a good night's sleep. tomorrow our moms are going to cook for you. >> what is your mom going to make? >> her spaghetti sauce, which is my favorite spaghetti sauce in the world. what's your mom going to make? >> my mom is going to make stuffed peppers but joanie and sameha rode together on the train. >> i wish there had been a camera going. >> i know. >> they are so cute together. so it's national croissant day. that means it'

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody. i mean all of you. thank you for joining us for fun day, monday, the 27th of january. >> look who's back. >> i'm back. >> just look. >> i'm always glad. i'm not trying to ruin my -- waste my life, but i'm glad january is almost over. >> over. >> and february is the shortest month of the year and then we're already in march. >> by the way, you picked the perfect week to be off, especially weatherwise. it was a nightmare. >> i checked it every single day. part of me felt sorry for you. other part was, like, oh, my gosh. here's what -- we were going to go, frank and i were going to go down to the keys with bambino, get in the sunshine for a little bit, for a week's vacation. my daughter who is 20, almost 21 called me up and said words that every parent longs for. mom, would you want to come up and spend some time with me in l.a.? >> oh, my god. >> you know what, the fact that your children even want to be around you much less come and spend time, so i did tha

♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathy lee gifford and hoda kotb livem studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> so glad you're with us today fowednesday, january 8. >> you know how cold it is? >> so cold hell freezed over. it actually did. there's a place called hell somewhere in the states, in michigan. it froze over. >> now you can say when hell freezes over, and it already has. >> guess who's here warming things up for us. >> kellen lutz. >> when you look in the paper on tv, there he is. >> there he is in all of his hercules hunkitude. >> we want to see if you can pronounce this. her name is -- let's pronounce it. she is on svu. it's marishka. >> there's no "h" in the spelling but it's in the pronunciation. facebook folks love to show how cold they are. they send lots of pictures. so we knew it's cold here still. 11 degrees. here's a picture of a frozen bubble. by the way, we tried that yesterday. poor brit. >> brittany was chasing the bubbles. nothing good came of that. pam moore from michigan said ice was forming inside her house. >> it did that at my h

cornyn, thanks for joining us. >>> in this week's office politics, my conversation with today's kathie lee gifford been the dynamic duo the last six years. i asked how they got together and she told me a great story about their first lunch at the now shut down legendary rainbow room atop this building here in rockefeller center. >> we closed it down, boy. i think it's our fault. we started around 1:00, and at 5:00 when they're coming in to make up for everything for dinner, we're still sitting there laughing. we laughed, we cried, we talked about our oh divorces, we talked about losing our fathers whom we adored. we talked about her breast cancer, we talked about some of the things i had been through. i sang a song to her, she loved it. i now know she was lying because she hates my music and i hate hers. oh, yeah. but anyway, i remember going to the ladies room with her afterward and she really wanted me to do the show and i said, hoda, thanks, honey. i think if we did our show and we could do it like we just did lunch, we would have a good show. i'm not the surprise in this equation. people kind

this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ noise makers ] >>> hey. it's wines day wednesday. who cares? >> it is! >> most of all, though, hoda, we did it. >> we made it. it is new year's day. >> that means it's january, what? >> first. >> yeah. >> 2014. get used to writing it on your checks. whoever writes checks. >> that's still me. that's still me. how long is it going to take you? you don't ever write a check? >> yes, i do. >> big checks for your dog walker. >> dog walker and dog trainer. yes. >> hoda had no idea how much that was going to cost. >> yes, it is. >> but hoda just signed a good, new, long-term deal here at nbc news. so, that dog walker will be putting her kids through college. >> yes. >> later on, you are the busiest girl in the world, hosting along with al roker, the hardest working man in show business, the 125th annual roses parade. are you excited? >> yes. i've never done a parade. >> al is the perfect person to do it with. i've never seen al discouraged or down or cynical. >> always in a great mood. >> he's always, hey

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> go home, people. go home. a storm is coming. >> no, it's a big day. >> there's a storm coming. get out of here. >> thirsty thursday, january 2nd, 2014. kathie has the day off. guess who is here still. >> i am exhausted, america. >> you are exhausted. >> hi, darling. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. we're so glad you are here. by the way there is a really big storm coming for people looking at the northeast or manhattan and boston. it's coming to manhattan and the area later. >> when al roker starts shaking over a weather system, like physically violently shaking you know it's going to be bad. >> how were the holidays? >> they were great. >> i'm so happy to be back here with you. last time i was here, there was a royal baby and i was doing shots on the air and trying to sabotage my future career here at the network. and a few days after that, they hired me on the "today" show. this real estate has been very kind to me and my family.

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> wow. hey, everybody. guess what? as if you haven't heard, it's a brisk booze day tuesday, january 7th, 2014. >> we have a jam packed -- >> i'm the only one that loves it, hod. >> you dve it is weird because there has been all this buildup of this polar vortex. >> vortex. >> usually the polar air is at the poles. and for some reason it twisted around and made it to where we are. >> and you can't take antibiotics for it. it is going to happen. >> it's coming. and it's here. and -- >> i like it. >> yeah, well, i think the weird thing about being in new york is yesterday it was 55 degrees. >> yes, i know. >> and today it's 4. it's 4 right now. 4 degrees in new york city. >> this is the thing that worries me, it feels the same to me as yesterday. something that happens post menopausal, that it is just, you know, you're sort of in a post apocalyptic state or pre -- i don't know. i would love to know why i'm very comfortable. >> everyone -- everybody is doing experiments outside in

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. >> what is it? >> try day friday, january 17th. we have good friends coming back for another visit. marilu henner. >> she has a movie out and ice cube is here. every time i see the promo for that movie, ice cube, i'm cracking up. it looks like one of those that is a lot of fun. >> oh, good. we'll tell you how to find love online. >> yes. you got to figure out how to dress, how to pose the right picture, how to write the right, you know, all that stuff you have to did online. >> it has to be the truth. >> no, it doesn't. >> it doesn't? okay. that's going to be fun. and a performance by jennifer nettles of sugarland, love her. >> a big one. okay, so, michelle obama is turning 50. happy birthday. >> and she is among many, many wonderful people turning 50 this year. 50 is the new 22. >> yes, it is. >> president obama is throwing her a dance party. i would love a dance party. a funky dance party. that's what i would like. >> please don't invite me. >> sandra bul

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody. welcome to thirsty thursday. usually i'm happy about that, but you know what, today is january 16th. >> what's wrong with that? >> every 16th means i'm one more month older. yeah. >> your birthday is on the 16th? >> yeah. isn't it funny? it just -- but that doesn't matter to the people who were nominated for oscars. they're thrilled. they don't care. >> we do look formal for oscar nomination day. >> i just saw your dress, and i love it. >> tell me what's happening here. >> this is donna morgan. like a velvet. >> it looks really pretty. al was about to get up on it, you know what i mean? he was. it was weird. i was, like, wow. >> you know what i love about al? he tells you what he thinks. >> he really just said he wanted to get on that. that's exactly what he said. all right. so the oscar nominations are out. before we list them all and they are so deserving, what happened to "the butler"? >> hoda's been championing that movie -- when did "the butler" come

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and it is try day friday, january 3rd, 2014. carson daly is back for another day. >> the main thing people wanted to know about my time here with you yesterday -- >> what did they want to know? >> is the wine real? >> that's the takeaway. >> people are obsessed. i wanted to see if today's wine is real. >> and what are you learning? >> it is really good. happy try day friday. >> i'm glad you're back with us. we had a lot of fun yesterday. >> it's always fun being here. the show is barely produced, but it's -- in all the right ways. they just cut all the tethers and cords and let you go out, and they hand you cards. i don't even know what these are, but it works. you guys do such a great job. >> we have an ace producing department. >> it's organized chaos. >> you're not invited back, from the sidelines. >> dean cain, it's carson daly. they're going to need you soon. >> all right, so we've got a couple questions we're going to answer in the show to

♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefellerlaza. >>> oh, hello, everybody. look how many more people we seem to have as the temperatures rise a little bit here on thirsty thursday, january 9th. right? double digits. >> you know what's funny, i can't believe how good -- when i saw it was 23 degrees out, i was happy. >> i know. >> you go outside and you feel the difference between yesterday and 23. >> it's going to get back to the 50s by this friday. >> craziness. the whole world is crazy. >> right. so the people's choice awards were last night, guys. and 700 million fans voted. >> that's amazing. >> i didn't realize that many people voted. so it must be cool if you're one of those selected and especially if you're sandra bullock. >> everybody loves -- the woman cannot do anything wrong. she's perfect. >> she won four. favorite movie actress, favorite comedic actress, favorite dramatic actress, favorite movie duo with george clooney for "gravity." >> wow, wow, wow. was meryl streep upset? >> she probably was. >> "the heat" also w

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. it is fun day monday. it is january 20th. it is my mom's birthday today. happy birthday, joanie. 84 and beautiful today. >> happy birthday. >> and happens to also be martin luther king jr. day. >> a lot of people are home today. >> yeah. glad you're watching us. >> we're going to have our guys tell all panel and we'll have a fun show. >> love those guys. love them. >> it is time to get motivated to work out, okay? and sometimes the only way to do it is through music. >> a lot of people say they cannot do it without music going on. >> spotify did a global, a global search and tried to find out what was the most popular workout song in the world. >> wow. >> in the world. and they found it. and it is by macklemore and ryan lewis. ♪ this is the moment tonight is the night ♪ ♪ we'll fight until it's over ♪ we'll put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us ♪ >> you can feel a beat. >> i can see why it does. what really concerns me is this is popular in the enti

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, ebody. it is fun day, monday. you would never know it around here. it is january 6th. apparently i'm supposed to welcome myself back. >> you are. can i tell you something? it is not the same when i look over here and you're not there. >> somebody is hairier than i am. >> carson. >> i got so many tweets about how awesome carson is. we have family, we stayed in the keys. i got back from something, and turned you guys on and just saw you interviewing somebody. but he is a doll. >> he is a doll. >> i signed a petition for him to replace me. there were people who wanted to do that. i said, i want to do that. where do i sign up? >> how was your little vacation? >> not good. no, it was, you know what, it was like all vacations. >> yep. >> there was some great stuff, and some not so great stuff. i'll show you the great stuff. >> okay. i want to see the great stuff. >> we did not have good weather. we had better weather than anywhere else. i'm not complaining. but there was o

♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefellerlaza. >>> and it is try day friday. you made it, everybody, to january 10th. we're happy you're joining me and hoda woman. >> we start we would start off with a little eye candy because it is friday and why wouldn't we. akin akman is here. akin akman is going to show us how to keep our abs tight. >> what is he doing? did somebody -- did joanne lamarca make him do that? this is sexist. call hr. >> we're sorry, akin akman. anyway, so -- >> we'll be with you in a little bit. >> we'll check back in with him. he'll show us moves of the day that somehow will work the abs. he claims even if we're sitting here at the desk working, there is a way to work our abs. what do we do? >> you have to squeeze in your belly button into the spine and we're going to do that for the whole hour. >> we're not, but -- we're definitely not, akin akman. >> wow, that turned america on. okay. thank you. >> all right. >> big, big sunday night coming up. a lot of our pals out there waiting to cover the golden globes

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. it is thirsty thursday. one of our favorite days of the week, january 23rd, 2014. kathie lee is enjoying a couple more days in the sunshine and jenna bush hager is freezing her you know what off with me. >> i'm filling in. but you know what? you always make things feel warmer. >> i do? >> you sure do. >> i do. you guys, just as we were sitting here, 30 seconds before air, joanne ran in with breaking news and we very rarely get to break news. >> i never have broken news before. break it. >> okay. shall we? >> let's break it. >> you guys already know that justin bieber was arrested. what we have are results of a news conference that just ended moments ago. okay. so this is what happened. they say around 4:11 this morning police officers saw a yellow lamborghini drag racing down the streets of miami. okay. so they pulled over the car and they smelled alcohol. that is the alleged yellow lamborghini. then, they said he was put under arrest, justin bieber was put

>>> 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. it is january 14th. we're here in our -- they let us into the big studio today, where the big people play. we're excited. nice to see you all. >> how are you? >> very, very good since we just spent the last couple of hours together, and you lost your phone twice. >> that's what i do. my mom was up late last night, i woke up this morning at 4:00 when i got up and got a text from her. it said, hello, hodi. i was watching jay leno and he said something funny about kathie lee and you and wine, just so you know. i sent the e-mail in and apparently he did. >> let's look. >> here's what he said. >> a major highway in canada had to be shut down after a truck accident spilled thousands of bottles of wine on the road. they had to fly in kathie lee and hoda to help clean up. >> we're the ones for the job. by the way, congratulations, jay, on so many amazing years. every time i see him now, i think pretty soon we're going to have our frien

westwood one founder norm pattis is creating talk shows hosted by celebrities like kathie lee giffordmiller. tojoins us from los angeles explain the whole thing. 100 million downloads per month, that is huge. >> what is driving it is basically the consumer. demand so thatn consumers in this case can listen to content and their favorite programs and things of that sort when i want to, is really what is driving it. it has been the driving force on the television side and it is now starting to be recognized on the radio and audio content side as well. how has it been with all these celebrities you take to these lakers games and woo them on the front row? health at podcast. i wish the lakers would cooperate a little bit more. kobe is going through some physical travails right now. the lakers have always done it in the past and i think they will find way to do it going forward. with 100 million downloads per month, you would think the advertising dollars would be there, but they are not. what is the disconnect? >> this is very much like it was when i started in the radio syndication busine

. >>> in today's office politics, the "today" show kathie lee giffo gifford, before today america knewwoman who could dish it right back to regis philbin, but she's passionate about broadway and in a life long dream come true recently. but first back to regis. >> he was the old pro when i joined him in the talk show arena. he's the one that really forged that -- he was the first person that talked about his life and stuff like that in a totally colloquial way with no writing and all of that. and it was perfectly made for my sense abilities. i've been a live performer all my life, i was an actress and singer since i was a young girl. so just to let it rip, totally unpredictable, suited me so much better. i was working at "good morning america" at the time and at that time it was a scripted lays. so i loved the freedom to just be a goofball and i fell in love with him and to will day he's one of my dearest friends in this world. >> how is it that you do your music, that you produce broadway shows in your spare time? >> my daddy always used to say honey, find something you love to do and

>>> this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.igan. it froze over. >> now you can say when hell freezes over, and it already has. >> guess who's here warming things up for us. >> when you look in the paper on tv, there he is. >> there he is in all of his hercules hunkitude. >> we want to see if you can pronounce this. her name is -- let's pronounce it. it's marishka. facebook folks love to show how cold they are. they send lots of pictures. here's a picture of a frozen bubble. we tried that yesterday. poor brit. >> brittany was chasing the bubbles. in michigan, it was cold and ice was forming inside the house it did that at my house too. cody was home. he said mom, what was this? he started scratching the windows. it's ice. i think the seals have been broken on windows because it's that cold. >> tammy put snow to good use. she used it to chill her wine. >> thank god someone has thought of something good. >> all right. >>> this is my favorite story of the whole thing. an escaped inmate from kentucky turned himself in because it was

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. >>> in office politics my conversation with kathie lee gifford, she tells me how she and hoda the dynamices of e-mails text documents, related to the intentional traffic jam on the george washington bridge that developed into the biggest scandal of governor chris christie's tenure. among the revelations, furious e-mails from the port authority, questions about whether or not laws have been broken and warnings not to disclose anything to the public. come tuesday, though the assembly subpoena power will expire. so joining me now with the details, nbc national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff.

kathie lee gifford sang the notes on that show for a while.n musical notes, it deals in characters, 140 or less. the words those characters create, and on twitter this week, one of the most fascinating names that developed was the #liberalismin4words. senator ted cruz tweeted, tax more spend more. lots of progressives used it as a chance to define who they are. this democratic consultant defined it as moving america forward together. john fuel saying he needed two notes to name that tune. he needed two words to define liberalism. those two words, prematurely mainstream but used 30 words to explain it. quoting john, ten years ago i was called a liberal because i supported gay marriage and medical marijuana while opposing the iraq invasion and bush's economic plan. it turns out i was prematurely mainstream. the washington post used the hash tag when he sent out this column this week, he explained moderates need not be afraid of a liberal resurgence. as a result, our entire debate has been dragged in a conservative direction, the center pulled th

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, >>> this is today with kathie somebody is hairier than you are. >> i got tweets about how awesome carson was. i got back from something and turned you guys on and saw you interviewing somebody. >> he is a doll. >> he is. >> i signed the petition for him to replace me. there were people that wanted to do that. i said where do i sign up? >> how was your little vacation? >> not good. you know what, it was like all vacations. there was some great stuff and not so great stuff. we had better weather than anywhere else. one day it stopped raining. i don't know if you're going to make it out on this picture. it was a triple -- you know what it got so faint. it was a full all the way both sides triple rainbow. >> crazy. >> you know what, that's the price of admission there. it was extraordinary. >> beautiful. >> yeah. >> did you cut loose when you were in the keys like you tend to do? >> there is my annual new year's day at alabama jack. every year i think to myself they're not going to ask me again. they did. this is what

♪ >>> this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from rockefeller plaza. >> hi everyonerget who else was in that. nathan lane and robyn williams. >> he's got a project about fatherhood. can't wait to hear it. >> elvis duran is here. we're going to play their song. you may recognize it because it's in a lowe's tv commercial. let's watch. ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ >> wow. they're cute. they are called the american authors. they're going to be here and play for us. we're excited. >> lowe's the store. i thought you meant the movie theater. >> it's spelled differently. loew and this is lowes isn't it? >> don't though much about spelling. big story on the front page of the post today. it's the sex scandal. it's in france. and the french president -- i will be your interpreter. >> he has had a live in girlfriend for many years. so he was seen on the back of a motorcycle with a helmet on sneaking off to see his lover allegedly. she is an actress named julie guyette. they're calling her the first lady of france's girlfriend. they're not really married. he's

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda.. >> yes, we did. >> a lot of football. your saints were playing. my giants were out. i was hoping for your saints. >> i was in a funk over the saints. i thought i would cheer up the crowd outside in the morning. i decided it was a good idea in the morning to say hello. >> seven years in a row. >> it's her birthday but my shot. photo bombing as only hoda can do. how was your weekend? >> i was busy. we talked about rise and shine goals. i had started on that project actually last summer. i hadn't used a professional photographer and and hadn't started using recipes and things. it's more like a cookbook. more accessible, less excepensi. there's bianca from our set. there's one that's not finished. that's going to be january. it's cornish game hens and lots of -- >> are you going to put your recipes in there? >> yes. there's andy. a lot of andy's recipes. he made the awesome pumpkin dip in october. we literally worked from 7:00 in the morning until 7:00 at night. i was a pig in mud. what

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> other than thattloaf yesterday. >> jeff garland. >> he had so much fun the time the last time he came on. >> i said, what took so long? he said l.a., you should be here more often. >> we have a fun story about professional football players who are teaming one a couple of kids who had been bullied. these football players know what it feels like, so -- >> they were bullied too, right? >> yeah. it answ it's an interesting union. so jimmy fallon is about to embark on his -- >> isn't he too busy for this? >> every other day. >> we make it into one of his sketches. >> or monologue. >> let's listen. >> tonight we'll be taking a look at the pros and cons of the super bowl coming to new york. pros seeing peyton manning getting blitzed. cons, appearing on "today" show with hoda and kathie lee. >> oh, funny. >> there's a tragedy in the making. of epic proportions. everyone knows how awful this drought ask on the west coast. they're saying it's the worst in 100 years. it's risen to our attention that california'