he says he is mariah. she is mariah. you're mariah. which one is mariah? i don't know!hat's going on as far as your weather is concerned. that rain's getting awfully close here, but i think it's going to hold off for mariah. it's going to be okay. new york, you can see the fog right now. top of the rock. washington, d.c., they're looking at rain. a lot of airport delays, going to be a big problem today. in fact, new york, philadelphia, d.c., boston later today. so if you're flying into any of those airports for graduations, allow a little extra time. saturday, mostly sunny. mild in new york city for fordham. low 60s. my niece is graduating. 9:00 a.m. saturday, suny oswego. sunday, rutgers with my meteorologist went. light winds in new brunswick. i take it back, i think he went to kane college. here's what's happening in your >>> 8:06. happy friday to you, bay area. cool and cloudy over the golden gate bridge at this hour. meanwhile, a little hazy sun over the south bay. we've got a good-looking day shaping up. temperatures are going to be comfortable. we're going to sti

mariah uses these to find answers to two questions. one, how likely is someone to purchase her service, and two, how likely are they to recommend it to a friend. today, citrus lane is up and running and doing well, but for mariah that's no reason to stop the research. it's given them a new audience of people to get feedback from using social media. >> what's different about this moment right now is the tools exist between social media and the ways to do market research with customers, that you can really listen and build a brand and a company that's trying to actually listen to the moms or whoever your customer is, and do a better job for them. that's how you grow. >> when we come back, the answers to your small business questions including how to find someone to buy your company and how to fasttrack hiring quality applicants. on this mother's day, solving domestic issues women small business owners have when they are the bread winners. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philoso

mariah carey at home in concert. >> me, i am mariah. chanteuse. >> we sat down in a recording studio. >> every time a song comes out. >> people expect it to be number one. >> mariah carey song. she's the hit maker. and this bet are be another one and how do you deal with that pressure? >> i feel like the pressure of that and the ups and downs like i feel much more empowered now than i did back in the day because i feel like i was always insecure as a child, i didn't have like the world's easiest upbringing, your life may not look like it was difficult but you may have had your own insecurities but that doesn't mean they didn't occur. ♪ ♪ >> you can watch the full special mariah carey at home in concert on a special "dateline" at 8:00, 7:00 central on nkz. up next your movie ticket from "maleficent" and the edge of tomorrow, which one is right for you. first these messages. it's great on strawberries, apples... bananas... rice cakes... raspberries... toast! [ kelly ] jif hazelnut spread makes anything your new favorite thing. spoons! whi

>> guest: mariah got married, divorced had another relationship and have two lovely children.nished high school and is trying to go back to college and become a nurse's assistant. has not quite gotten there yet. left her partner who is now a single mom raising these two beautiful children. she is doing pretty well. >> host: elizabeth? >> guest: elizabeth has struggled as well. elizabeth has a very young child. she had a baby a little over a year ago and has a fiancÉ. she almost finished high school, did not pass one section of her science test. her science high school test and because of that was not allowed to finish high school and because of that she is a dropout. >> host: any plans to go back at this point? >> guest: i would love to go back and as soon as possible. i would love to go back at least once a year and am hoping to go back in the fall and visit cincinnati. i'm very busy. i run a nonprofit in the north carolina mountains and i have a position that duke so i'm just pretty busy but i try to keep up and visit as much as i can stay and stay in touch with the seven gi

. >> host: mariah. >> guest: mariah is -- got married, divorced, had another relationship and had two lovely children, finished high school, trying to go back to college and become a nurse's assays stand, has not quite gotten there yet. left her partner, is now a single mom, raising these two beautiful children, and she is some -- she'sing too pretty well. >> host: elizabeth. >> guest: elizabeth has struggled as well. elizabeth has a very young child. she had a baby a little over a year ago. and has a fiancee, a steady partner, so she almost finished high school, did not pass one section of her science test. her science high school test and because of that, was not allowed to finish high school. and because of that, she is a dropout. >> host: any plans to go back at this point? >> guest: i would love to go back. and as soon as possible. i would love to go back at least once a year, and i'm hoping to go back in the fall in cincinnati. i am very busy. i run a nonprofit in the north carolina mountains and i have a position at duke. so i try to keep up and visit as much as i can good stay

. >>> a dedicated fan chased mariah's limo block after block, pleading with her to follow him on twitterper fan and is now enlisting the help of her twitter followers to find him. >>> in an exclusive, matt lauer sits down with mariah carey for a rare interview and a concert from her home. catch that saturday night at 8:00, 7:00 central here on nbc. >>> a kiss between kim kardashian and kanye west has become the most liked photo in the history of instagram. at 1.9 million likes, kim kardashian west is the new queen of instagram. >>> at 88 years young, dick van dyke still has the moves. he is moving great. the acting legend's wife uploaded a vine of van dyke getting down in a clothing store. a little soft shoe there. keep in mind, this is not the first time that we have seen dick van dyke vine. >> a tap dance reference. >> exactly. >> i got it. >>> mindy cowing had not so sage words for the graduating class of harvard law school. >> you are the nerds that are going to make some serious bank, all right. which is why i'm here today, to marry the best looking amongst you. some of you look rea

betsy was a single mother of two daughters, lea and mariah when she met russ and he seemed just about perfect for her, funny, outgoing, had a big heart says russ' heart mary anderson. >> he was a happy person, he was a jokester. you never seen him without him laughing. >> and said russ, she was the perfect woman for him. >> she encouraged me to go back to school and get my degree which led to a better job and more money, things like that which i probably wouldn't have done had she not come along. >> when russ met betsy her daughters were very young, mariah still a tiny girl. >> we really created a big bond, you know and lea, you know, bonded with me, as well. >> betsy and russ got married in january 2000 and like many couples they had good times and then less good times. for more than a year they actually lived apart. >> we argued a lot, you know and it's always darkest before the dawn they say. >> then betsy told him she'd found a church that meant a lot to her, maybe he'd like to come. >> the first week we went there, they were starting a series on marriage. it was kind of like omen

. >> a question on his >> he is compared to other bad celebrity pitches including karl lewis and mariah. if you watch closely you can see them moving the plate to help him out. can you see? see that? >> the giants will not be hiring him. >> but he is laughing. >> it is not fiddler on the roof but fiddler at the airport with a break out of an impromptu ta right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla. secretary of state. >> two musicians were kept from boarding a flight in charlotte after vying to bring their violins on board so they took matters into their hands. literally. >> he took out violin on the tarmac rather than playing, and the fellow musician posted the video on youtube and you can see the pilot completely ignoring the violinist and they got t

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i didn't start singing when i heard mariah carey. of how my passion and love for dance started. and i speak about it a lot in my memoir. that that was really an escape for me. i ended up not finding real dance classes until i was 13. it was at my boys and girls club. and that's where it all started, on a basketball court. >> seth: that's great. [ cheers and applause ] and now, i'm fascinated by -- because you are -- you know, you're both an artist but you're also a professional athlete. what is the day of a ballerina like? like, what is your -- because it's a very regimented schedule. >> it is. thank you for acknowledging that. because most don't. the hardest thing i think to hear as a ballerina is, "oh, that's so cute." and i'm like, "if you only knew what it took to look cute." [ laughter ] it's really rigorous. you know, i saw these nfl cars outside and i'm thinking to myself, like, these are hardcore athletes. but i don't think they could handle what we go through on a daily basis. >> seth: yeah, i bet they couldn't. [ cheers and

the "america's got talent" host is a producer, producer, husband to mariah carey, and father of twinsing juggle and transition. but, you know, i got ahold of it. >> when he was diagnosed with lupus in 2012, he took it in stride. >> i took my test and turned it into a testimony. i'm in this fight with you, and we can get through it. >> reporter: more than a mill and a half americans have lupus, an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks healthy tissue. it has no known cause or cure. cannon found out he had lupus when his kidneys failed while on vacation. >> it was really scary at the beginning. it is turn the cameras on me. see where this takes us. >> reporter: those cameras led cannon to film what he calls his incredible health hustle, a youtube series documenting his journey with lupus. >> getting my kidneys back strong. >> i called it the health hust until the sense of just make sure we're constantly going and not giving up. >> reporter: he is a tireless advocate for the lupus foundation of america, realizing his influence can fuel awareness. and more importantly, a cure. >> i

our next newscast is tomorr morning at 4 >> david letterman is next with mariah carey. >> you like the hot! >> didn't know you were going there. >> i was more of a barney girl. >> i liked ,,,,,,,,,,

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. >> andlet me tell everyone here, mariah carey is more vivacious in 3-d. >> i was in a hot tub withhenry kissinger. we speculated about our nation's future, listened to some harry chapin and made sweet love till the morning sun. >> we're huge fans and you have always been a personal inspiration to me as a news anchor. >> well, but i'm a real news anchor. i'm a serious person. i'm not like some fake anchor like you or colin. >> but you're a co-host on "the view." >> i love that barbara can take it in stride. >> she was great. did you have a favorite when you look back at those clips? >> i liked them all. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> earlier we asked you for your ideal dream. technology can make us lucid. we have some of the best responses. the clean ones? >> we got some great responses today. our favorite is instead of fighting for a living i was a news anchor. blain says, much like my last answer it involves one direction #cryforhelp. and morgan said, not the best answer, but don't want anything to control my dreams. dreams are part of our souls. >> we have a young journalist wh

. >> host: in the road out, who iis adriano, blair, mariah, elizabeth, shannon, jessica and alicia? >> guest: these are such an amazing girls i got to know when i was teaching in cincinnati. so i mentioned that i had gotten my college degree and my graduate degree ended up getting a teaching job in cincinnati ohio, and there i discovered this amazing neighborhood. it's a neighborhood of appalachian people in the inner city, and it sort of goes back to the part o that part of amers history when you have people in the region moving up north to look for jobs in cincinnati and dayton and akron. so i was teaching at the university of cincinnati and found out that there was an aberration community and i went there and decided to the people at the public elementary school in the community called lower price hill, we do on -- would you let me be a teacher in your elementary school and teach kids? so i began teaching and i got to know these seven girls, blair, or i am so forth, and at that time when i first met my students they were only in second grade. i followed them into third grading fo

our next newscast is tomorr morning at 4 >> david letterman is next with mariah carey. >> you like the was hot! >> didn't know you were going there. >> i was more of a barney girl. >> i liked betty. [ laughter ] ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. t... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs and now, with the power of the might of beethoven's 9th, david letterman! (cheers and applause) ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause )

which might agree with an education so i became teaching and got to know the seven gross, player, mariah and so forth. at that time when i first met by students, they were only in second grade. i followed these goes into the third grade and fourth grade and midway through their first great processor to these young girls coming to you while much of a class of your own? and they said yeah, we'll give this a try. so i began meeting with these girls, seven of them in toto. we met every week for four years of their lives and this became a kind of an amazing experience for them and for me. having a room of iran, a class of only studied and read literature and talked about stories and mostly i listen to the girl streams about their lives. it was a place or they could dream and tell stories and read books. >> host: deborah hicks, how are these girls similar in outlook of life click >> guest: they are poorer. so they are among the very poorest of american children. i found out -- unless cincinnati in 2009. i came back to north carolina, as i said, too found this nonprofit. cincinnati in 2010 beca

my students, blair and adriana and mariah wanted nothing to do with that.ey turned their noses in bed we don't want your kind. we don't want your book. not me personally are books i was in an era it turned out their favorite book was horror fiction. >> host: lake vampire? >> guest: at the age of nine and also 10, her favorite author was stephan king and they watched stephen king and television. they read stephen king and there i was trying to be this idealistic teacher, trying to change the world and all they wanted to read the stephen king i finally gave in his bed we are going to read horror fiction and that was transformative for me and for vice event because they began becoming readers and really enjoying reading roughing it in stuff and eventually stephen king read my mom are in wrote a blurb it. >> host: do you regret allowing the girls to read horror fiction? >> guest: not at all. we did not actually read stephen king in my class. i did a bunch of research after he learned about this literary passion of berries and i found all these really wonderful

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other sengers high on the list include my rye yaw carrie prince -- mariah carey and prince and stevenyler. i go by this and i don't like this. it angers me. who is your choice and remember it has to be white. >> somebody white? >> yes. >> elvis. he is black on the inside. >> he is now. >> that is true. first of all some group of white people put this list together and said let's dash a little bit of white people in there. he hasn't been relevant since tommy hilfiger made him. >> those were the days. >> people were surprised by axel being so high. who is your choice? >> i have the musical face of a 150-year-old man. it was like the magic flute for me. i listened to taylor swift and thought what a nice young woman. >> i would like to do something with taylor, but i can't remember what it is. i grew up with -- i grew up listening to middle of the road like frank sinatra stuff, and i think he is the greatest singer who ever lived. >> old blue eyes. now old blue everything. keeps on going and going. >> you have to say kurt cobain. you were saying one of the jonas brothers should have gotte

mariah carey kicking off our summer concert series in style.to get a good spot for mariah. >> she has a brand new album coming. we are going to talk to the so-called brainy bunch. take a look inside. this is a family, home schooled, seven went to college by the age of 12. we want to know, is this something you would want for your own children? head to our facebook page to weigh in. >>> let's check the top stories with natalie at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. good morning, everyone. surging wildfires are forcing thousands from their homes and even a college campus in southern california. nbc's joe fire is in carlsbad, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the fire in carlsbad, 60% contained. 22 homes and condos burned. including the house behind me. but the largest concern is to the east in san marcos. 700 acres burned there. zero percent containment. at least three houses destroyed. thousands evacuated. cal state san marcos was evacuated. in fact, graduation ceremonies for this weekend have be

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he's a producer, musician, husband to mariah carey and father of twins. >> interesting juggle and transition hold of it. >> when he was diagnosed with lupus in 2012, he took it in stride. >> i took my test and turned it into a testimony. i'm in this fight with you and we can get through it. >> more than a million and a half americans have lupus, an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks healthy tissue. no known cause or cure. cannon found out he had cannon when the kidneys failed on vacation. >> turn the cameras on me and see where it takes us. how did i get here? >> those cameras led cannon to film what he calls the incredible health hustle, a youtube series journalling the struggle. >> i called it health crisis. going and not giving up. >> he's a tireless advocate for the lupus foundation of america realizing the awareness can fuel awareness and more importantly a cure. >> i have lupus. lupus doesn't have me. humans. even when we cross our "ts" and dot our "i's", we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you

by the way, they're saying it's over between mariah carey and nick cannon.did we have to say about the google glasses? >> am i crazy or does this sound like an accident waiting to happen, hoda? one more thing to obstruct your vision and distract your attention from the real world around you. >> here's what i have to say about this. i guess it's okay. but why, oh why do you always need to be connected? >> so you' not really saying okay, okay? >> i guess it's okay i said. >> no, but -- >> okay? >> no, it's not okay. >> okay. >> what is that? >> i love our cartoons. >> i love watching those little cartoons. >> coming up, we brought in two women from the rain, gave them brand new looks. >> don't miss the big reveal of our "ambush makeover." >> plus award-winning actress swoosie kurtz is with us. >> that's not her. >> she's coming up. we're going to catch up with her. >> there she is. how cute is she? >> adorable. what's my advice for healthy looking, radiant skin? a good night's sleep... and aveeno®. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® positively radiant face mois

or maybe he can get some tips from mariah carey.that was in the dirt but it was straight down the middle. not exactly a perfect pitch but she did it in heels. not that one needs cleats or full length human arms. if there is a t-rex throwing out the first pitch at a red birds/memphis game, but if you really want to wow them with a first pitch you need the agility of a gymnast. check this out from south korea. gets fairly close to the strike zone. watch this. i don't even know how she did that. gymnasts have an unfair advantage with all that innate athleticism. gold medalist shawn johnson for instance, lady, throwing out the first pitch at an iowa cubs game, talk about floor expressway there. i think these teams should forget the ceremonial first pitch stuff and let will ferrell pitch the first. whatever is lost on the score board will be more than gained in entertainment value if you ask me. or how about going full naked gun for a royal start to the season? >> we're about ready for the first pitch ceremony with the queen of england r

i've learned somethings from you, but it seems to me that you're speaking in an extremely mariah carey ro sense. and a lot -- speaking in an extremely macro sense. where it's about the waste in defense spending. a couple of months ago i saw a congresswoman on the floor, you know, presenting this stuff like paying ten times what a plastic elbow is worth, and meals overseas for soldiers that we're paying for that they throw in the dumpster because they make them whether the soldier's going to eat them or not, because they get paid for it. so i wonder if you could address are of those things that really down low on the radar, and i think it's really connected directly with pork fat spending and whatever, and government officials getting contracts for friends and so on and so forth. anyway, sorry to be so long. host: we'll let todd harrison give you a response. guest: jim, i think you give a good example. waste in the defense budget is not like fat around the slice of the meat that you can cut off neatly, it is marbled into the meat. it's not unique to d.o.d., it's any large bureaucracy, a

. >> mariah carey, destiny's child. >> reporter: he started working on "escape" in 1999. >> michael wast. it was one of his favorite songs. ♪ i can imagine myself calling michael saying my kids love it, mike, my kids love it. they do? they really love it, rodney? that's what he would say. >> reporter: it's unlikely the newly released tracks could match the one that is made him famous. ♪ still, record sales since jackson's death five years ago suggest his music remains in demand. >> he is the king of pop. that is a crown that's never going to be removed. his fan base is as strong as ever. >> reporter: critics questioned releasing songs that didn't originally make the cut. >> you have your purists who think that, you know, the work michael made when he was alive is a legacy he should leave behind. >> reporter: the record company, epic, points out hits like wanna be starting something were recorded years before release. >> it remains to be seen how the public is going to embrace "escape." if you look at the first one, it was rocketed to the top 20 on the billboard charts the first week aft

up next on "trending" not whitney, not frank, not mariah.reatest singer ever. >> really? >> yeah. >>> plus, the science behind the scent, why you cannot resist the sweet smell of bacon. >>> the season's must-see movie. and the concerts. but first, matt -- maybe shake hand or two. >> oh, so sweet. good girl. so sweet. so say hello to ocean spray 100% juice. and goodbye to added sugar. i thought we weren't adding any sugar. oh. okay, nobody use these cranberries over here. one of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. come on, boy! [ female announcer ] symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma prob

and this classic, mariah carey in her short-shorts and heels, walking very slowly. oh. speaks for itself. it's funny because when 50 cent was asked about his pitch, he said that his alter ego, chris jackson, actually threw the pitch. he doesn't know what was wrong with that guy. if 50 had thrown the pitch, he would have been spot-on. we'll maybe give him a redo, right? 50 cent, this friday, in the park. don't miss it. we'll see what we can get him to do. >> free clinic. >> a little cage. he can throw. >> thank you, amy. >>> we turn, now, to the u.s. marine being held in a mexican jail, arrested nearly two months ago for crossing the border with three loaded guns. he says it's all a mistake. and this morning, he'll make his case to a judge. pierre thomas is in washington with the story. >> reporter: good morning. a u.s. marine reservist says he has done nothing wrong. he's in jail in mexico fighting for his freedom. after nearly two months in jail, for the first time, u.s. marine andrew tahmooressi appear in front of a mexican judge for gun charges. he said it was all a

mariah carey friday only on "today." >> willie's dreams can and do come true.p stories from our dancing queen, natalie. >> thanks so much. in the news this morning, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes left thousands without power in the south and midwest. funnel clouds in central minnesota snapped trees and utility poles, but not caused any serious injuries. and in the dallas/ft. worth area, crews are cleaning up after storms caused widespread flash flooding and property damage. winds reaching 70 miles an hour tore the front off of a dallas church. >>> veterans affairs chief eric shinseki has been subpoenaed to testify before congress next week amid calls for his resignation. lawmakers want to know more about the scandal at a va hospital in phoenix. officials there have been accused of creating and later destroying a secret patient list to falsify waiting times for medical care. about 40 veterans' deaths are allegedly linked to delayed medical care at the phoenix hospital. >>> secretary of state john kerry says a team of u.s. adviser has started arriving in nige

tomorrow night, don't miss mariah carey.as the most powerful force humanity had ever known. fully 1/5 of the world's population lived and died under the british flag. yet its true power was not on land but on the sea, where they ruled with the most brutal and efficient military force that has ever been: the british navy. but the oceans this navy sought to control were vast, unknowable, and full of terrible danger. and for all the crown's might, its ships were often lost to starvation, to storm and tempest, and to pirates. [men shouting] so it was that in 1712, the crown offered a prince's fortune to whomever could create a device that would allow its navy to navigate this great emptiness with a precision never before known. with this device, the empire would increase its dominion over the world. but without it, the ships of the crown would continue to be easy prey,

mariah carey, in japan, high-heels. >> she looks good. >> mercy.looking at the pitch. >> there we go. >> number two, the most gifted athletes of all time. >> karl rove. >> what! oh, lord. what was that! >> no! >> get off the field. >> get off the field, carl. >> this is truly the worst of all time. cincinnati, 2007, then mayor mark mallory, just watch this one. >> oh, my. >> why, guys? what happened? >> what did they do? what did they do as children? >> you can see in the clip. you watch the ejection. the it pans a little bit and he throws it out of the end zone. >> get out of here. get out of here. why is that so hard, guys? >> oh, man. >> still ahead, chris matthews and david gregory is joining our conversation. and next, mika's must-read opinion pages. alright, that should just about do it. excuse me, what are you doing? uh, well we are fine tuning these small cells that improve coverage, capacity and quality of the network. it means you'll be able t post from the breakroom. great! did it hurt? when you fell from heaven (awkward laugh) ...a litt

i've learned somethings from you, but it seems to me that you're speaking in an extremely mariah carey ro sense. and a lot -- speaking in an extremely macro sense. where it's about the waste in defense spending. a couple of months ago i saw a congresswoman on the floor, you know, presenting this stuff like paying ten times what a plastic elbow is worth, and meals overseas for soldiers that we're paying for that they throw in the dumpster because they make them whether the soldier's going to eat them or not, because they get paid for it. so i wonder if you could address are of those things that really down low on the radar, and i think it's really connected directly with pork fat spending and whatever, and government officials getting contracts for friends and so on and so forth. anyway, sorry to be so long. host: we'll let todd harrison give you a response. guest: jim, i think you give a good example. waste in the defense budget is not like fat around the slice of the meat that you can cut off neatly, it is marbled into the meat. it's not unique to d.o.d., it's any large bureaucracy, a

carl lewis, the former mayor of cincinnati, your boy in new york on the howard stern show, mariah careyat one definitely ranks up there with one of the worst ever, guys. what do you think? >> and he's built like he could definitely throw a baseball. >> he looks like a linebacker is the way he's built. >> it looks like he threw with the wrong hand. >> let's give it to him. let's just tell 50 that he's right-handed. >> he's going to have to change his name to a nickel after that. >> you have to know going into that it's not going to go well. when somebody said, hey, we want you to do this. think, maybe i should just say no based on that throw. i don't know. >> you can't expect that. you can't expect that. that was the worst thing ever. unless he had thrown it into the crowd and hit a child. >> he said afterwards on twitter, i'm a hustler, not a ballplayer. >> there you go. >> there you go. stay in your lane. >> i think he lost all of his hustler cred throw. >> a run-through at least. >> no, he panicked. >> now none of us can throw a pitch after we've clowning on 50 cent. >> i could defini

singer mariah carey ending her night out at new york city american heroes gala with a ride on the subway'm under dressed might as well just take the subway. >> you can imagine? wow, dressed in a blue gown, the top star diva posting several vinyl videos and instagram pictures as well documenting her commute. it turns out she didn't last too long. >> what a lengthy ride. >> she finished out her trip in a yellow cab. >> i'm glad she stooped down to our level to take a subway. oh, poor thing. >> mike huckabee joins us now. the long-time governor and all around sage, i would say. >> i don't know about that i'm not sure about the sage part about that. >> you always have a great astute things to say. >> and you just landed from china. >> yeah, i got in yesterday. we have been over there a couple of weeks my wife and i from our 40th anniversary. >> you look great. >> the jet lag doesn't bother me. there are some things to talk about. >> i don't know if the news hit while you were over in china with the resignation of secretary shinseki weigh in on this as you were traveling across the world. how

influence, so you'll have the little monsters battling the mahomies, battling the lambs, who love mariahts go out tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. and you can check them out at billboard.com/realtime. back to you guys. >> i wouldn't battle the mahomies. >> austin is moving down the aisle and they're going crazy. >> the eagle has landed. >> yes. >>> coming up next, we're going to shake up your barbecue a little bit as you head out to the store to buy the meats. you've got a new kind of burger you've never seen before. >>> plus, we're not going to keep you waiting much longer. austin mahone live in concert. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we are back now with "today's kitchen." if you're firing up the grill, we'll help you show off a little bit. billy deck is the owner of chicago's rocket burger bar. good to see you, man. i've never seen these before. you're going out there a little bit. >> we've amped it up for the holiday. old school classic american diner style. we're going to go with a thin patty. >> yeah. >> you don't see these as much anymore. so take your parchment paper right over this

mariah carey will be here friday for a special live concert celebrating her new album.ght. nice turn, guys. thanks so much. >>> los angeles clippers owner donald sterling is causing even more new controversy just weeks after he was banned from the nba for making racist remarks. in a cnn interview, sterling, who is jewish, said jews who become successful will help their people, but some african-americans don't do the same. and he lashed out at los angeles lakers great magic johnson as a bad role model. >> what kind of a guy goes to every city, has sex with every girl, then he catches hiv. is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about? >> well, magic johnson later tweeted, i'd rather be talking about these great nba playoffs than donald sterling's interview. meanwhile, sterling's wife shelly and her attorney watched that interview along with savannah guthrie and she told savannah that while her 80-year-old husband's earlier recorded racial remarks made her sick, she thinks his problem is dementia and not bigotry. >> i don't think it happened overnight. i thin

mariah carey will be here and she'll put on a show you do not want to miss. >> that will be fun. of the morning's stop stories from natalie. >> good morning to you all once again. good morning, everyone. a desperate rescue effort is under way in turkey where a coal mine disaster has killed more than 200 miners and trapped hundreds of others. chief correspondent richard engel has the latest from istanbul. >> reporter: turkey has a terrible track record of mine safety. officials in this country say what has happened is likely the deadliest mine accident in turkey's history. the government declared three days of national mourning. the explosion in the mine happened yesterday. officials say it was likely caused by an electrical fire. once that fire began, the mine shaft, and this is a very deep mine, quickly filled with toxic fumes. we don't know exactly how many people were in the mine. one turkish official said more than 700 miners were inside at the time. it happened during a shift change, so some miners were coming out, others were coming in. because of this overlap, officials ha