laverne cox, i got to tell you lily tomlin not the typical grandma.zing and, you know, i was so intimidated because she's a legend and i walked on to set and she was so sweet and so approachable and a fan of my work which is pretty amazing and it was just a delight. i could listen to her tell stories all day long and i just -- yeah, so honored to be a part of this film. >> i spoke to her and shepoke very highly of you and the entire cast. i really enjoyed watching the film over the weekend. and it's complex. it's funny. and it really goes into those complex relationships that women have, grandmother, mother, daughter and that. what drew you to this role. >> all those relationships i think most people can relate to having a family that's a little dysfunctional, maybe very dysfunctional but at the end of the day you're there for each other and i love the idea of playing a tattoo artist. i don't have any tattoos myself but i have known a lot of people who have and there's something really interesting about the relationship that tattoo artists seem to hav

television icon laverne cox is in the house. hey, lady. >> hey, how you doing? >> i'm very fine. >> glad to have you here. all right. well there have been a lot of targets during donald trump's qu, t to become president but this one we never saw coming. while discussing his outspoken attitude towards women, trump declared heidi klum, sadly, she's no longer a ten. >> the 42-year-old supermodel and mother of four has responded in the most fabulous way posting this video to her twitter followers. in the 12-second clip, heidi appears in a mock photo shoot wearing a sign that says ten when a man wearing a trump mask rips off the number to reveal 9.99. hidier shrugs it off and ends with #heidi trumps trump. >> i love she handled it that way. making fun of the whole situation and not being angry about it and going that route. although it would be understandable if she were upset about that. why would he say that? >> i don't know. i don't know what's -- where that came from. >> out of nowhere he's talking about immigration and all kinds of -- >> heidi klum's no longer a

it is fun day, monday. >> laverne cox is one of them.some laughs and dance moves. >> took her by surprise but she came through. >> the beautiful actress when she was here to promote her new season of "orange is the new black." >> you can binge on and watch on netflix. >> and more importantly, hoda woman, laverne gave us a lesson in hairography. >> i'll never forget that. >> take a look. >> this season was so much fun to shoot. i just got to do things as an actress i've never gotten to do before. i don't want to give stuff away for people who haven't. >> i watched -- >> binge watched. >> marathon. it sounds healthier. but they used to go there with sofia's story line. it gets really raw and really real. >> you have a twin brother in real life. >> yes. >> and your brother is on the show, as well. >> he, my brother plays sofia pretransition so that they can have, they didn't think that i was quite convincing enough, which is interesting. >> as a macho guy. >> shocker, shocker. my whole life i was never butch enough and that continues. >> bu

coming up, "orange is the new black's" laverne cox is here. >> and country superstar garth brooks and generalmy mccarthy. >> party on, garth. >> after your local news. party on. >>> hoda, i wan what's happened to snacking? how did it become absent-mindedly eating one after the next? we are a creamy cheese that still believes in savoring our food. the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. >>> a live look. the bwb on this monday, august 24th. good morning. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> a teenager under arrest for injuring one of mayor de blasio's security detail. the police officer sent to the hospital with a minor injury. police arrested 19-year-old michael veritsky facing charges assault on a police officer and reckless endangerment. the mayor was in brooklyn at the time of the shooting. >>> a check of weather. high 85. humid. tonight showers and storms possible. 71. tomorrow, scattered showers, morning 86 high and wednesday lots of sun, less humid. >>> coming up on the "today" show, from jenny mccarthy to garth brooks, kathie lee and hoda look back on their favorite celebrity interviews from

est: laverne cox marsha is her daughter.harlie: it's about relationships and some ways a political discussion about abortion. but it's really seems to me your character. grandma is a character. guest: this granddaughter who is 18 has powerful grandmother and mother and air is sucked out of he room and oblivious and is taught by her grandmother to stand up for herself and grandmother is helping her granddaughter and deal in a positive way with all the things she has gone through over the last 50 years. charlie: where are you -- i watched you last year at the kennedy honors. watch you look up and there was a wonderful film tribute to you. it seems to me that things are going quite well. guest: this year has been a rich year. charlie: you and jane together in netflix. is this something that comes in waves? guest: i think some of it is the aging of the population. people are turning their attention more to older characters, older culture types. that's the effect of grace and ankie with jane fonda on netflix. somehow just paul an

coming up, "orange is the new black's" laverne cox is here. >> and country superstar garth brooks andmy mccarthy. >> party on, garth. >> after your local news. party on. >>> >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning. i'm chris cato. 10:26 and we're headed to the upper 80s. no showers just yet and we've had a few clouds and they've cleared and upper 70s right now and we're headed for the 80s as you mentioned and this afternoon upper 80s and look to the west and you can see the line of clouds moving across pennsylvania and that's across parts of our area and north and west of the city a chance of showers later on. 79 in dover and millville and 80 in atlantic city and 78 degrees in philadelphia international and northeast philadelphia. up to 87 this afternoon and a few more clouds around. >> pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will be back in court this afternoon. she's charged with leaking grand jury information to a reporter and lying about it. at today's preliminary hearing prosecutors will lay out their case to show why it should go to trial. kane has refused to step down

>> then laverne cox channelling her inner sasha fierce. >> and from wonder woman to super girl.

>> then laverne cox channelling her inner sasha fierce. >> and from wonder woman to super girl. we go inside the marvel rise of the female super hero. >>> plus, the song and dance sensation that's gone viral and took this hit to platinum status. breaking legs and breaking records. everyone from one d to real moms whipping it into a hip-hop nae nae frenzy. >> now hollywood from the inside out. it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >>> does kim kardashian come with a warning label? >> if the fda has anything to do with it, yes, she would.

. >> and laverne cox is an old friend. >> rose: yes. marsha. >> marsha, the daughter. >> rose: and it is about relationships, in some way a political discussion about abortion? >> yes. >> rose:. >> but it is really it seems to me a character, i mean, grandma is a character. >> no question. i really liked the idea that this granddaughter who is 18 has such a powerful grandmother and mother that all of the air is sucked out of the room and completely oblivious to women's history and also needs to be taught by her grandmother how to stand up for herself and that the grandmother on her part is sort of helping her granddaughter, is able to move on from some of hermes anthroby and deal in a positive things all the things she has gone through in the last couple of years .. >> where are you? i have watched you last year at the kennedy honors, i watched and looked up and there was this sort of wonderful film tribute to you. it seems things have gone quite well. >> this year has been a rich year, it has been. >> rose: you and jane together? >> ye

>> then laverne cox channelling her inner sasha fierce. >> and from wonder woman to super girl. marvel rise of the female super hero. >>> plus, the song and dance sensation that's gone viral and took this hit to platinum status. breaking legs and breaking records. everyone from one d to real moms whipping it into a hip-hop nae nae frenzy. >> now hollywood from the inside out. it's "the insider" together with yahoo! >>> does kim kardashian come with a warning label? >> if the fda has anything to do with it, yes, she would. >> forget about breaking the internet with her behind. it's her endorsement of an anti-morning sickness drug on social media causing major drama for her today. >> when you have over 42 million followers, people listen to what you say. but are they getting all the info they need? let's go inside the kim kardashian controversy that hz her under fire from the fda. >> kim kardashian is under fire from the federal government. >> it's like a political warfare in our household. >> she's kind of in hot water because of the picture she