mandy moore's claims of abuse. >>> then ken jeong like you have never seen him. how bradley. cooer came to his side during his darkest days. >>> plus -- royal but unromantic. the unexpected way harry and meghan are spending their first married valentine's day. >>> plus, how gwen stefani as her man all shook up. >> can you do the elvis snarl? >> sure. >> good night. >>> this is "entertainment tonight." >>> mandy moore reveals the emotional abuse she says she suffered by her ex husband. we have that story? just a minute. >>> we begin with jussie smollett. the "empire" star sat down for his first interview since he was brutally attacked. he broke down as he details that horrible night. >> what happened that night? >> as i was crossing thor and section i heard, "empire." i don't answer to "empire." i heard [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. i turned around and said, what did you just say to me? and i see the attacker, masked, and he said, this is maga country. punches me right in the face. >> jussie told "gma" he fought back but his attackers managed to get a noose around his neck and pour ble

this morning, mandy moore in her own words."new york times" about her marriage to singer/songwriter ryan adams. ♪ i still love you >> reporter: adam with hits like "new york, new york" nit eain t early 2000s worked with willie nelson, tim mcgraw, and john mayer. mu ♪ i'm missing you like candy >> reporter: moore considered him psychologically abusive. he would say, you're not a real musician because you don't play an instrument. she added, his controlling behavior kept her from furthering her music career during a pivotal and potentially lucrative time. adams said moore's account was inconsistent with his view of the relationship. overnight, moore posting on instagram, speaking your truth can be painful and triggering, but it is always worth it. my heart is with all women who suffered any trauma or abuse. you are seen and heard. moore's story, part of a bigger expose on adams by the "new york times." seven women and more than a dozen associates detailing a pattern of manipulative behavior by adams. some saying he promised to he

>> yes. >> coming up, mandy moore. r editors are going to reveal their hot list for valentine's day gifts. if you think it's chocolate and flowers think again. >>> craig melvin is down at the super bowl, plus, we've got oscar winner christoph waltz to talk about his futuristic new film "elita battle angel". >>> >> first mr. roker you've got a check of the weather. >>> today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers, for all the moments, for love, forever. >>> let's take a look at your week ahead and see what we've got weather-wise. starting off the week, it's going to be wet and snowy out west, the western third of the country. ice storm across the upper great lakes, a few showers in the mississippi and ohio river valleys. for wednesday a wintery mix moving through the upper ohio and mississippi river valley, heavy rain in the mississippi river valley with a flood risk there. heavy snow through the rockies, and then as we head into friday, we end up the week with some wet weather in the northeast and into new england.

mandy moore is one piece of that. al, what you got in the weather?january 1st. 21 inches from chicago. that's 13 inches above normal for minneapolis, ten for milwaukee, six for chicago.ew temperate, all below average and temperatures are going to stay a little on the. colder si look at that, in minneapolis, january 30th, minus 28. milwaukee minus 23, chicago minusha 23 and cold air is going to stay further away. we're going to see some colder air, but nothing quite like wt we sa we've got warmer conditions for indianapolis, little rock, shington, atlanta, new orleans, even midland, texas. colder air starts funneling back in. chicago by friday, at 22. nowhere near where you were. the cold air spreads east, by sunday, 53 in charlotte. that's what'soing onround the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> mostly sunny skies over wash thrning. not much of a breeze either. what winds we do have will be comingsout of the h. we'll end up with a milder-than-average afternoon. right now still cold, 20s and low 3 for most ofhe area. temp

he would have been married to mandy moore at the same time this was going on. >> that's right. >> mandyoore, musician, of course, one of the stores of nbc's hit show "this is us," she said she paid a price, lashed out in ways that moore came to consider psychologically abusive. he would always tell me, you're not a real musician because you don't play an instrument. what more did you learn about their rocky relationship? >> i think what's interesting about this story is it really talks about how, you know, abuse doesn't have to be physical and doesn't have to necessarily even be sexual to be harmful to people's career, which she experienced was emotional manipulation and controlling behavior that she felt damaged her ability to make music, in part, because ryan offered to work with her and then never did, never carried through on those promises. in the same way, you know, he jerked those opportunities away from other women. but also because he demeaned her. he demeaned her talent and that kind of thing gets under people's skin, it messes with their self-confidence and it becomes hard, y

game.o comingeaters june 21st. >>> thank you so much.st raight ahead, she's here, "this is us star mandy moore >> mandy! >> announcer: this is "news4 today" newsbreak. >>> good morning, everybody. 8:26 monday february 4th, i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get to melissa mollet with a look at first4traffic. >> left lane blocked by a crash, still slow inner loop from tafford bridge from an earlier accident. stafford 95 quantico, truck fire. nes open, delays hanging around headed northbound. 0, montrose take a look at poor air quality. left side is blocked on the shoulder main lanes. >> melissa, thank you. we'll have a look at our fo >>> good morning, everybody. cold start but sunshine out there for now. a little bit of fog as well. temp 2atures in the and low 30s now. we'll have no trouble climbing upnto the 5 today. keep in mind, 45 is an ample hi temperature, nearly 15 degrees warmer than average today and 20 warmer than average >> all right, chuck. thank you. of course you can get the latest news and weather any time, just open the nbc washington app. >>> hi, everything. lcome back. it is 8:30 on t

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. >>> actress mandy moore's candid revelation about her marriage to singer ryan adams calling the relationship entirely unhealthy. >> i felt like i was drowning. >> as he now faces sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women. ♪ baby love >>> and star power shower. duchess meghan taking manhattan by storm. how she's celebrating her baby-to-be with superstar serena williams and more. ♪ baby love my baby love >>> and good morning, america. meghan may have to get out ahead of the storm. >> i know. we want to get right to those two storms colliding bringing heavy snow and ice to the north. take a live look at the capitol in washington, d.c. and then that's the white house? wow. >> looks like a white house. down south take a look at the torrential rain. that's sparking a lot of fears of flooding this morning as those commuters are on their way to work. we're going to go right to ginger who is starting our coverage here in times square. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. that snow in washington, d.c., will be creeping from south to north and will be here after noon. the noon hour,

. >> everyone from mandy moore to madonna. >> i actually am dating somebody. >> of course, the most importante behati and their two daughters. let's not forget his mama. she interviewed him for us back in 2013. >> did you ever think you would be here? >> i did. >> that's my boy. >> but you know that. >> not having a plan "b" might be part of that. >> i'm like, if i have a plan "b," plan "a" is not going to work. >> i love you very much. >> best interview ever. ♪ >> now we teamed up with verizon to bring you the future of sports. welcome to the verizon experience. i'm with pro bowler juju smith schuster of the pittsburgh steelers. >> the 22-year-old star wide receiver knows how to hustle on and off the field, and he's not slowing down any time soon. in fact, he's speeding up the first of 5g how will 5g izon. change things for you. >> being able to train with something. i'm in california, ben's 234 become. >>. it's going change the future of the sports. >> virtual training with ben sounds cool, but since i was with juju i had to put it to the test. >> this camera is capturing footage, instantly

his ex-wife, mandy moore, claims he was psychologically abusive during their marriage. adams says he's not a perfect man and he, quote, apologize eply and unreservedly. >>> "eire" actor jussie smollett is not pleased with the investigation into histtack last month. he's upset that he's questioned about whether the incident actually haened. >> i'm pissed off. how do you doubt that? how do you not believehat? it ee's the truth. >> reporter: >> he told police he was assaulted by two men who put a rope around him and shouted hateful slurs. after viewing hundreds of hours of surveillance, investigators have not found evidence of the assault, leading to speculation that he made it up. >>> still ahead thimorning, a federal judge awards robert mueller a legalictory over paul manafort. good forews wasn't all the prosecution. >>> plus, rough landing. a passenger plane makes an emery stop after anc reynold's kitchens™ has eliminated plastic wrap frustration for good. to celebrate, award winner jeff russo composed the world's shortest victory song. [sfx: victory song plays] yes! th

. >>> mandy moore says her ex was throughoutard her the marriage that ended in 2016. now, in a "new york times" rert, seven other women accused adams of sexual an verbal abuse. the women claimed he offered to help with their music caeers. aid he had inappropriate conversations with her when she was 15. adams calls the allegations, quote, unsettlingnd inaccurate. >>> the chicago police departmentur and 20th ce fox are knocking down reports that r "e actor jesussie smollett staged his attack. police say they have n to support that the claimed attack was a hoax. and procers of the show say tt sm smollett's character is not leaving. two people of interest areot considered suspects. smollett sat down with abc's "good morning america" yesterday. >> at first, it was like, if i tell the truth, that's it. then, it became a thing like, oh, how can you doubt that in. >>mollett who is black and openly guy, said two men attacked him while hurling racist slurs at him. >>> you probably have seen the wild video by now. the taser takedown at the foot of the washington monument. the pa

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adam's ex-wife, "this is us" star mandy moore, claims he was phycologically abusive towards her during their marriage. the actress says he belittled her musical abilities. adams says he's not a perfect man and he, quote, apologizes deeply and unreservedly. >>> developing tonigh virginia's lieutenant governor could face a possible criminal investigation over allegations of sexual assault.. vanessa tyson says she's working to set up a meeting with prosecutors in boston about the allegations. she ss justin fairfax sexually assaulted her during the 2004 democratic national convention in boston. fairfax says the encounter was consensual and that his name will be cleared. the vseginia hou speaker says he's open to a general assembly-led investigation and tells "the richmond times dispatch" that there would need toti be a bipn agreement for that. >>> the catholic diocese of arlington tonight hd relea a list of 16 priests who are crediblyccused of sexually abusing minors. "the washington post" reports at least twotsf the pri in the arlington diocese have been charged cri tnally. no bishop ther

>> did anyone tell you you look like mandy moore. >> it's a non-starter where do you go from there?ersation. >> she's adorable. >> she's the cutest. >> she was just here, lights up the whole room. >> you can head to today.com for mandy's full episode including which of her tv or movie characters she said she would play for the rest of her life. the answer might surprise you. >>> up next, last night in phoenix as part of her book tour, mrs. obama discussed her surprise appearance at the grammy's where she delivered a short inspiring speech. the crowd erupted upon her sbra entrance. the one person who was not impressed mr. obama's mother. it starts off with mrs. obama saying i guess you were at the grammy's and followed up with did you meet any of the real stars? to which mrs. obama responded i am a real star, and her mom simply replied yeah. that's the former first lady who's going to have to step it up next time if she wants to impress mom. >> wait, wait, wait, can i fill in on pop start? >> sure, go ahead. >> our last item is about you carson daly. after 17 years it was announced t

the most high-from file accusation came from adams' ex-wife, actress and singer mandy moore.r seven-year marriage he was psychologically abusive and said his controlling behavior essentially did block my ability to make new connections in the industry. on twitter adams admitted he is not a perfect man and has made many mistakes and said he would never have inappropriate interactions with someone he thought was underaged. he said the times article paints an upsettingly inaccurate picture of him and calls it outright false. >> disturbing that the reckoning continues. >> indeed it does. >> tough to here. >> thank you. >> up next, a look at this morning's other headlines including an update on a story we brought you yesterday about poor housing conditi >>> it is day two of the atmospheric river event. we have been high wind warning and wind advisory in effect through the morning along with a flash flood watch. that is because of all of the rain we have received already, and we continue to look at scattered showers with isolated and heavy downpours. the wind will be easing to the

his ex-wife mandy moore claims adams was psychologically belittling to her in their ia ma. he apologizes deeply and unreservedre servedly. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man they are callia the nom flasher. officerseleasing this youtube video showing the man r they believe they are looking for. they say he's exposing himself to people. some of the incidents happened near a churchoo and s both close to the noma metro station. >>> now we go to a revelatio shocking some local catholic churches. >> the diocese of arlington has released a list of 16 priests credibleccused of sexually abusing minors. at leastwo of those priests had been criminally charged. arlington bishop michael ber bridge. one cathoc we spoke with since this hasn't shaken her faith but it's time the church takessp sibility for these priests. >> the faith in god is still this, it puts into question what protocols can be changed and adapted in order to achieve more success and to have ec accountabilityse i do think that's important. t> eight of the $16 priests l were removed from public ministry from 1993 to

seven women including his ex-wife mandy moore claimed adams offered to help their career, then thingsy he turned vengeful if rejected and subjected them to abuse. he says details in the report are misrepresented, exaggerated. he also admits to making many mistakes and is apologizing deeply to anybody he's ever hurt. >>> turning to an abc news exclusive, "empire" star, jussie smollett sitting down with robin roberts about the attack he says he endured in chicago. >> smollett opened up about the investigation and reaction to people who doubt his story. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: actor jussie smollett is speaking out in a interview with robin roberts, for the first time revealing what he saw in the grainy surveillance image of two people police say were spotted by around the time of the attack. >> the police have gone through a lot of video and they were able to capture an image of two people of interest. have you seen that image and do you believe that they could possibly be the attackers? >> i do. >> reporter: the star of the show "empire" told chicago police he was walking

>> did anyone tell you you look like mandy moore. it's a non-starter, where do you go from there? right? she was here. lights up the whole room. onhead to today.com for more which characters she said she'd play for the rest of heifer life. >>> last night in phoenix, mrs. obama discussed her recent surprise appearance at the grammys when she walked out with powerful female performers and delivered a short, inspiring speech. the one person who was not impressed, mrs. obama's mother. the former first lady shared a funny tex exchange. it starts off mrs. obama saying i guess you were athe grammys and followed up with, did you meet any ofl the r stars to which mrs. obama responded, i am a real star and her mom simply replied, yeah. >> i have a "popstart" item. our last item is about you, carson daly. after 17 years, it was announced that the late night show "last call wit carson daly" will end. it's known for shining new light on rising arsts. carson, as you're joined by maybe the best thing to come out of "last call" meeting aoung lady name siri pinter. >> thaghs met my wife on "last c