trying to figure out how to get lionel richie on a lionel richie song.asked the question to darius rucker. i said what part would you like to sing? and he said your part. i don't have any part to sing. >> the tv special you did, i couldn't leave the couch. i had to watch it from the beginning. i tivoed it and rewatch it. >> i may be crazy, but i don't think i'm the only one out there that misses beautiful melodies and fabulous lyrics. i am distressed about what's happening in the music industry. >> well, you know what it is. there's a point in life where we're going to sound like parents after a while. because i remember when i came in the door that day with the commodores and i had enough hair and afro for -- >> you had hoda hair. >> i had a whole helmet hair is what they called me. my grandmother said, well, i would love for you to be in something dignified, like the music business was not what she wanted. because she was a classical pianist. so it had to come out like that. they referred to our music as bump-bump music. >> they did? >> yeah. i called

lionel richie on a lionel richie song, you following me?nt in life where we are going to sound like parents after a while. i remember when i came in the door that day with the commodores and had enough hair -- >> you had hoda hair. >> i had helmet head, they called it. my grandmother said, well, i would love for you to be in something dignified, like the music business was not what she wanted. she was a classical pianist. they referred to our music as bump-bump music. i called it funk. >> it was both. >> i remember the words henry mancini when he saw the commodores come down the aisle at the grammys, they said, well, there goes the music business. >> then you started singing the songs and henry mancini would know the greatness. my favorite is "still." would you please sing the last three lines of that? only because it's my birthday. ♪ i do love you still >> thank you, lionel. we love you. >> thank you. all the best. continued success to you. a sister act that took the plunge and will have you drowning in laughter. what could that be? >> it

for lionel richie, his hometown tus tuskegee.ble, the dew point, down sec evidently from yesterday. sunshine this morning and a few clouds developing this >> and coming up, kelsey grammer talks about his clinically acclaimed new show "boss" and about being a dad. t t we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. >>> back now, 8:37. kelsey grammer gained fame as dr. frasier crane on and "cheers" as frasier. but he now plays the mayor on "the boss," who is secretly battling a disease. >> the tremors can be hidden for a time but without awareness -- you're not god. you don't want to shake. how do you feel about seeing monsters or believing you can fly? your personality, your judgment, the way you look at the world, all those things will be compromised. >> purpose. i have purpose. >> mr. mayor, you have to know your best days are behind you. >> kelsey grammer, good morning. nice to see you. >> good to s

you know, there's some guys who simply can put on a show and lionel richie is one of those guys. >> a life long dream fulfilled. thank you, lionel. >> and if you're just joining us, we have more music from lionel coming up in just a couple of minutes. man, now you know why his albums are the best selling. >> that's how it's done. >> on the plaza, i'm here with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> coming up, we'll be cooking with curtis stone. >> and we're heading down to graceland where natalie morales is for the 35th anniversary of elvis presley's death. you're going to give us a little tour, right, natalie? >> i'm going to give you a tour. this here is the dining radar loop. it is very much used and still continues to be used by the family. i'll show you graceland coming up. >> jody foster wrote an interesting essay in the "daily beast" coming to the defense of kristen stewart saying this coverage has gone too far. we'll ask the professionals what they think about that. >> one more time, lionel richie! >> the pride of tuskegee, alabama. the taliban is claiming it shot down a coalition

the european for yummy. >> the scottos are a big lionel richie fan and they are a fan.w. then 98 degrees. carrie underwood has one more song for us from hit her album "blown away." ♪ ♪ that i dug my key ♪ ♪ into the side of his pretty little souped-up ♪ ♪ four-wheel drive ♪ carved my name into his leather seats ♪ ♪ i took a louisville slugger to both headlights ♪ ♪ slashed a hole in all four tires ♪ ♪ and maybe next time he'll think before he cheats ♪ ♪ right now ♪ he's thinking he's going to get lucky ♪ ♪ right now probably ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and he don't know i dug my key ♪ ♪ into the side of his pretty little souped-up ♪ ♪ four-wheel drive ♪ carved my name into his leather seats ♪ ♪ i took a louisville slugger to both headlights ♪ ♪ slashed a hole in all four tires ♪ ♪ and maybe next time he'll think before he cheats ♪ ♪ next time before he cheats it won't be on me ♪ ♪ i dug my key into the side of his souped up ♪ four-wheel drive ♪ carved my name into his leather seats ♪ ♪ i took a louisville slugger to both headlights ♪ ♪ slashed a hole in all four tires ♪ ♪ and maybe next ti

the legendary lionel richie on thursday. on friday, 98 degrees reunion.you but i'm looking forward to lionel richie. >> penny love. >> slow dancing. don't get us started -- them. >> they are not in concert. >> the first concerts, you know. >> anyway, moving on. this half hour watching all the action from london, has you planning a trip to the british isles, some great country escapes. we'll show you where to go. >> we're punchy. natalie coughlin looks -- cooks like a champion, looks like one also. >> she does. >> an easy middle eastern recipe. >> saif save us. what's coming up this weekend. >> too late to save you. we're going to take a bike ride in london, riders of the team usa bmx team. let me tell you, their kind of riding is not for the faint of heart. we'll look back at names to remember and a preview of the closing ceremony. someone named natalie is going to be joining me here from london this weekend. just leave me the keys, i'll lock the whole thing up. >> me, too. >> get another van and you guys are good to go. >> bring us back. >> mr. roker, ho

i like lionel richie.name, lion, reminds me that his face is a little bit lion-like. >> jimmy: he is a bit lion-like. another story about you that you appear to being again. who is that? >> that's kund leany yoga, where you get access to cosmic forces that flow through the universe. >> jimmy: here she is again. it seems like you're around town together. >> this was one of the greatest three somes i've ever taken part in! i'm getting it, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming! >> jimmy: i heard he's here with us tonight, is that true? >> she's in the back now. with one of your producers who i love. >> jimmy: why does your yoga instructor traveu?you? >> i only live down the road. if i was in peru, i wouldn't take her. >> jimmy: so you guys are friends and you hang around together? >> it's not like i'm in i candle lit room. i like her, she's a nice person. spiritual person, sometimes they're a priest, or yoga teacher. sometimes it's just some bloke you chat to who gets to the heart of the matter. otherwise you

priscilla and their daughter lisa marie for a special interview live from graceland, and r & b legend lionel richie performs live on the plaza. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one.

on thursday, lionel richie. >> love him. and he'll be with us, too. >> and on friday, 98 degrees. so it's a nice week. >> it will be great. sarah is not with us today. she got stuck in paris. so we'll do favorite things and then -- >> okay. this is cool. this one you'll love. >> my favorite thing is an app and my nieces were going crazy over this app. the app is called talking ben and it's free. you download it -- >> how does anyone make any money on a free app? >> i don't know. you push the button and you say go to scandalous on broadway.com, baby. >> okay. now, i hit play. you're not going to believe this. go to scandalous on broadway.com, baby. >> isn't that cute? you can make birthday messages and you just hit will send or share and it goes similar. and it's free. >> we were talking before about how i struggle with the sleep thing and a lot of you were so sweet and you sent things and you made suggestions. and i started putting a little bit of lavender oil in my bath and just relaxes you nicely. and then somebody sent me this, it's called sleep 18, it's 21 drops, 18 sleeps, ex

don't forget thursday lionel richie will be here and friday the reunion of the boy band 98 degrees. >s week for sure. >> absolutely. meantime just ahead it's shark week on the discovery channel. we're going to follow the migratory channels of the great white shark. >> excited. >> i'm not happy about them but i'll watch them on tv. >> can your dog count to ten? does your horseplay a mean basketball? if your pet has a one-of-a-kind talent, we want to see it. >> our quest for the best pet contest. we're on the prowl for the most gifted animal in america. to submit a video of your critter's savvy skills, go to nbc.com. >> can't just be good looks. three pets will win a trip to new york city and a chance to compete live for the title of "today's" best. the deadline is this thursday so start training fido now. >> might be a little late. let's see what we've got weather wise starting with "today," a risk of strong storms along the mid-atlantic and northeast. we're also looking at warm weather continuing in the pacific northwest. sizzling weather through the southwest. as we move into tomorro

then it's lionel richie on thursday.with a 98 degrees reunion. >> can't wait for that. meantime just ahead this morning still from printed pants to leather leggings, there are some tricky trends you'll be seeing in stores for fall. we'll show you how to wear them so they don't wear you. >> why are you laughing? >> tricky trends. >> you're just happy you don't have to try it. >> al doesn't have to worry about that. >> if you can't stand the heat, get into the kitchen. sweet and smoky barbecue flavor. katie ledecky sticking around. i hope she likes to cook. >> i hope she doesn't get her medal in the sauce. >> detective nick burkheart, descendant of the brothers grimm who can see and fight evil creatures but lives among us. last season he learned his mother who we thought was actually dead is still alive. season two upon us. a lot of surprises? >> a lot of surprises. i meet my mom. i don't really like her because she pretended to be dead for a long time. >> some mom issues. >> you have to work through that in therapy. >> ex

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. >> the way lionel richie was looking at you. >> go in the conversation side to side, not head to head he loves me, when i don't see the lovie dovy stuff i panic. i feel like we are becoming too long distant. am i overreacting? >> it's got to be there. it's a slippery slope where you're roommates, you are buddies, sleeping in separate beds, not talking to each other. >> what's wrong with that? >> excuse me. uh-oh. touched a nerve. you don't have the to make out in public, although you may if you want to, but make sure the intimacy is there. especially married with kids. make time. >> do you have date nights? >> date night once a week. thank the producers of "toy story 3" because you can put your kids in a room with "toy story" and get lost for two hours. they don't even know you're gone. thank you. >> one more quick one. >> this one is from josie. why can't grown men stay away from video gapes? >> the average age of the video gamer is 35 years old. 35. it's a true story. >> no! >> i don't get it. i haven't played video games an since eighth grade. guys sit with headsets talking to 12-y

. >> to lionel richie when he takes center stage. here on "today." meanwhile i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up "today's" professionals are in the house. we'll talk to them about the story of lolo jones. remember how emotional she got in her interview with you after that really rough article about her in the "new york times" just before she competed in the 100 meter hurdles. the pros will take on the question of whether that article was too harshed and was it ill timed. that's just one of the topics we'll get to. >>> we are going to continue our series "today" in history. on monday we created that famous abbey road photo by the beelgss. yesterday matt tried to be like mike and did a pretty good job. i still can't get over the uniform. tod today natalie and her son are going to try to recreate this photo. >>> can't wait to see molly ringwald. she's here, '80s icon turned author. can't wait to get to her. >> let's go inside. the aforementioned natalie morales has a check of the headlines. natalie, take it away

lionel richie will come >>> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying toave you a little money. my job isn't just to entertain but i'm teaching tonight. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. as much as i love twitter @jimcramer, i don't want to take my cues lately from what i have been prodded with on a day like today where the average has barely budged. dow slipped seven points. 11% higher. nasdaq rising .64%. i kept ruminating about a tweet that accused me of leading retail investor lambs to slaughter because i'm too bullish. [ bull bellowing ] someone said wait a second, it's a phenomenal move here. my mantra has been the same the whole time, which is to stay the course. pick stocks you like. invest, don't tr

then it's lionel richie on thursday.nds. >> you're just happy you don't have to try it. >> al doesn't have to worry about that. >> if you can't stand the heat, get into the kitchen. sweet and smoky barbecue flavor. katie ledecky sticking around. i hope she likes to cook. >> i hope she doesn't get her medal in the sauce. >> detective nick burkheart, descendant of the brothers grimm who can see and fight evil creatures but lives among us. last season he learned his mother who we thought was actually dead is still alive. season two upon us. a lot of surprises? >> a lot of surprises. i meet my mom. i don't really like her because she pretended to be dead for a long time. >> some mom issues. >> you have to work through that in therapy. >> exactly. years of therapy. that's season three. and then, yeah, just a lot of surprises. my girlfriend is in a coma right now. >> i guess a cat scratched her or enchanted cat. >> an enchanted cat scratched her and she's kind of gone under. hopefully she wakes up but we'll kind of find out. >

concerts lined up for you, monday we'll have the fray followed by nicki minaj, carrie underwood, lionel richieby. all of you in london, come with us. >> let's show you what you've got as far as your weekend is concerned. starting with friday, a beautiful day out west. the eastern seaboard is going to be a mess. saturday more sunshine and sizzling weather, showers around the great lakes, and then sunday we are looking at more mild weather, plenty of sunshine along the eastern seaboard. showers mid section of the country. beautiful weather all the way >> good morning.uthwest where ih it will be a warm and humid day today. you might want to take an umbrella with you. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thanks. when you spend time in london, it's clear the americans and british have a special relationship but why are we so fascinated with one another? tom brokaw is here to explain. good morning. >> good morning. as you know, it's a mixed relationship. at the beginning america was a british colony. before long there was a family feud and the british were told to take their ting and

. >> tomorrow carrie underwood will be here, on thursday lionel richie will be here and on friday, theer team hope solo helped lead her team to gold in london. in her new memoir, she says she doesn't believe in happy endings. she'll explain why in a live interview. >> first we want to say hello once again to five young ladies who also left london with gold medals, u.s. women's gymnastics team, mikayla, gabby -- >> notice the gymnastics team with three aspiring gymnasts. hi, ladies, i hear you have questions for the gymnast. lulu, you want to go first. >> congratulations on your olympic gold medal. >> thank you. >> are you ready to give up your training to do other things that other teenagers do, like going to the mall, watching movies and eating ice cream and hanging out? >> it's a multi-part question. >> yeah, we like fashion and hanging out at the mall and movies. the next stop for us we're going to do the tour of champs. i'm very excited to do that. yeah, we're just regular teenagers. we like to talk about boys and shoes. >> okay. ellie, you've got the next question. >> [ inaudible

acts, talking about the fray, nicki minaj, country star carrie underwood, the smooth sounds of lionel richie right now we want to welcome a couple of usa medal winnards. eric competing in olympics took silver, leo, the silver in the 1500 meters. he's the first american to medal in that event in 44 years. just to make the finals, how does it feel to win the silver medal. >> i feel like i should have won gold. >> enjoy it. >> i try. i put my best effort. i'm going home with a little jewelry. i wish it was gold. >> we were watching. you have kind of a ritual. what are you doing? can you explain it to us? >> i'm in my element. i'm in the zone. they kind of ask about the stage being too big. i told them i was ready. i feel like i deserve to be here. i don't get nervous or tentative at meets to compete. i feel like i'm competing among the best because i am one of the best. >> the confidence plays off. >> leo, you were held back, behind for a long way throughout your race and snuck up on everyone coming into fourth place to end up with a silver medal. what was that like for you? were you planning y

country superstar carrie underwood takes the stage wednesday, lionel richie on thursday and friday aod morning to a couple of olympic champions. two swummers, cullen jones comes home with three medals, a gold and two silver. katie ledecky was the youngest member of the swim team or the olympic team, she won gold. guys nice to see you again, good morning. >> good morning. >> are you both on an adrenaline rush even though your events end add week ago. >> absolutely. every time i watch the race, my heart jumps up. >> katie? >> same. still running on that adrenaline, still trying to catch up on sleep. >> have either of you gone anywhere near a swimming pool since the games? >> no, not at all. >> i went once to our summer pool to play basketball with my brother. >> floating on a raft, not racing for gold medal. >> cullen, for you this olympics defied expect as. there were some that thought you wouldn't make it to the olympics. you did. now you're back with three medals, how does that feel? >> amazing. a lot of practice went into that. a lot of change in the performance. thankful. lights o

concerts lined up for you, monday we'll have the fray followed by nicki minaj, carrie underwood, lionel richielondon, come with us. >> let's show you what you've got as far as your weekend is concerned. starting with friday, a beautiful day out west. the eastern seaboard is going to be a mess. saturday more sunshine and sizzling weather, showers around the great lakes, and then sunday we are looking at more mild weather, plenty of sunshine along the eastern seaboard. showers mid section of the country. beautiful weather all the way down into the southwest w >>> sunshine and sizzle inland today. meanwhile, comfortable conditions at the beach and over the bay, but what is really interesting is you can actually see the bank of low clouds kind of burning off with the naked eye. something we don't typically see and because high pressure is out there and it is so strong compressing everything in our atmosphere. the spare the air day. that will be at its worse in the east bay thonk. -- this evening. weather. savannah? >> al, thanks. when you spend time in london, it's clear the americans and british

then country superstar carrie underwood on wednesday, lionel richie on thursday. out next week. >> meantime we'll show you how you can copy all the chic looks of london for a heck of a lot less. >> speaking of fashion meredith vieira caught up with stella mccartney, fashion designer, designer of some of the athletes you've seen at the olympic games. she's talked about her work and pros and cons of having that famous last name. >> first ever fashionable al roker with the forecast. look at those pants. >> let's see what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. for today looking at strong storms down through the southeast. we're expecting to see sunshine around the great lakes. beautiful weather out in the pacific northwest. warmer than usual. 78 in l.a. and gorgeous. as we move into tomorrow, we've got more sunshine around the great lakes with more warm weather. sizzling weather continues in the mid plains, hot in the pacific northwest, sizzling in the southwest. showers and >> good morning. there will be a couple of scattered rain showers this morning. . >>>

thursday the smooth sounds of lionel richie. we'll wrap things up with a 98 degrees reunion., how about a check of the weather. >> start off today for you, a lot of weather down through the gulf coast into the southeast. we're looking at sizzling weather continuing from the upper plains into the midwest. gorgeous day in the pacific northwest, temperatures upper 70s, low 80s, mid-80s in southern california. tomorrow the sizzling weather continues in the southwest into the western plains. more wet weather for the southeastern atlantic states on into the eastern gulf coast. look for sunny, mild weather in >> good morning. we have a 20% chance for a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. weather. savannah. >> all right, al. thanks. now let's say hello to the world's greatest all around female athlete. grit britain's jessica ennis won gold in the women's decathlon. good morning to you. i guess you're getting used to crowds cheering everywhere you go. >> i'm still getting used to it. it's great here in the olympic park. we have so much support. >> you didn't just win, you killed it

thursday the smooth sounds of lionel richie. we'll wrap things up with a 98 degrees reunion.w about a check of the weather. >> start off today for you, a lot of weather down through the gulf coast into the southeast. we're looking at sizzling weather continuing from the upper plains into the midwest. gorgeous day in the pacific northwest, temperatures upper 70s, low 80s, mid-80s in southern california. tomorrow the sizzling weather continues in the southwest into the western plains. more wet weather for the southeastern atlantic states on into the eastern gulf coast. look for sunny, mild >>> 8:34. already clear over sunol this morning. we still have some low clouds hugging the coastline. that will be the case until about 10:00, but only an hour and a half longer. then we start to soar. temperatures today will be in the upper 60s in san francisco, 69 degrees there, 78 in oakland, and 78 degrees in santa cruz. as we head throughout tomorrow, temperatures climb by about 5 to 10 degrees, triple digits on the way as we head through thursday. we'll stay just about as hot on friday

concerts lined up for you, monday we'll have the fray followed by nicki minaj, carrie underwood, lionel richieon, come with now. >>> let's show you what we have as far as your weekend is concerned. starting with friday, beautiful day making its way out west, but along the eastern seaboard it is going to be a mess. sizzling in the midsection of the country and, saturday, we've got more sunshine and sizzling weather from the midsection of the u.s. and showers around the great lakes and sunny and mild in the pacific northwest and then sunday, sunday, we are looking at more mild weather and plenty of sunshine along the eastern seaboard and all the way down to the southwest where it will be sunny and sizzling. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4 and it is near 80 and humid and storm 4 radar showing one thundershower and maybe a developing thundershower just west of winchester and later today maybe a passing shower or thunderstorm and this evening, as well. highs before then, low to mid-90s and t

thursday the smooth sounds of lionel richie. we'll wrap things up with a 98 degrees reunion.her? >> let's start off with today for you. a lot of wet weather down through the gulf coast into the southeast. we're looking at sizzling weather continuing from the upper plains into the midwest. gorgeous day in the pacific northwest, temperatures upper 70s, low 80s. mid-80s in southern california. tomorrow, the sizzling weather continues in the southwest into the western plains. more wet weather for the southeastern atlantic states. on into the eastern gulf coast. look for sunny, mild weather in the upper mississippi river valley. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, tom kierein, storm center 4. high clouds over the metro area and points north and west and south and east, though, getting downpours with thunder and lightning. southern calvert and parts of charles county and maybe later today a few more down that way and central virginia and partly sunny, otherwise and near 90. tomorrow, partly sunny, near 90 an

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