. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take" with al roker, natalie roker, natalie moralisa and tom am ron tameron hall. inside i'm willie along with phil and al, natalie and tameron. savannah and matt have the day off. >> i could listen to this all day long. >> it's for the time being, and water under the bridge. her new album 25 crossing 3 million sales. >> yeah, that's what everybody was predicting. >> all time record for opening week. let's talk a little thanksgiving. >> yeah, did you have a good one? >> i did. we had about 25 people at that time house. what did you guys get into? >> my whole family, my husband's family from boston comes down. i live in a very small apartment in new york city. notice my husband is not in the picture. everybody shows up and he's like i'm out and goes to work. i'm hanging out with the family. >> he's gone? >> yeah, he's not in the peck picture. we then went out to a restaurant. that's everybody. my husband showed back up for dinner. we ate at 1:00 in the afternoon. by the time it was 7:00 at night i was so stuffed. i have this pair of pants i

. > we were running behind, and hungry in sacramento, when the store natmo natalie: mr. roker, can i have al: wow. in n out burger. wow. natalie: .o make your day better al: impressive natalie: for everybody natalie: ittdoesn't get any al: there was a snow squall. we couldn't get there so we had were late and tired but goat...roker! roker!" that of course.. al roker tonight roker will be in dubuque -- on the riverwalk giving us the forecast for iowa... join us tonight at ten -- to see him here on kwwl. u can also hee out to the riverwalk around 9:30 to give him a warm welcome to iowa. coming up ... police call in an alligator hunter to help capture a gator outside a shopping center. you're watching kwwl. out anapplication first and then once approved, we can set up for you to meet the animal you re interested in. please go to our homepage and fill out the online application. www.wpr.petfinder.com pokeee.. gorgeous tuxedo boy; domestic shorthair. born in april 2015 - 4 months old as of august 2015. (see story below) with so many tuxedo kittetes in this group, we tell them apart

natalie and tamron. one person missing from this table and for good reason. al roker off on his record-setting whirl wind seven-day 50-state roker thon-2 adventure, pushing off from newark, new jersey, today on his way to hawaii, where he'll join us tomorrow. >> nice. >> you're hearing this song, "titanium" by sia. i dedicated this to al. titanium pants roker. >> that could get heavy. >> i don't know what that means, exactly. i'm thinking about it. >> titanium pants. >> he's just amazing, and he could do anything. and he's mr. titanium. >> he is. unbreakable. >> stronger than any other known metal. >> there it is. it's the pants -- >> my mind was underpants -- wait a minute, what does it all mean? but it's superman. >> that's a visual. >> oh, my gosh. so donald trump is hosting snl in two days. and this morning, he released two radio ads. the first time he has put advertising out anywhere. he'll be playing in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. here's a piece of one of them. >> if the people of iowa vote for me, you'll never be disappointed. i don't disappoint peo

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it is wednesday morning, november 25th, 2015. i'm willie inside alongside al and completely checked out for thanksgiving. natalie is on assignment, and your morning jam is -- >> a little whitney houston, "howley know." >> that's right. >> i was out last night and i was at a restaurant and all like '80s and '90s music and this thing popped up so i thought that's my jam for today. >> you know why that's good, one the great syringes and divas of our time, whitney houston and now adele singing just there a minute ago performing her new song "million years ago." >> listen to a little bit. >> beautiful. i know i'm not the only one who regrets the things they've done sometimes i just feel it's only me who stand the reflection that they see i wish i could live a little look up to the sky, not just the floor i feel like my life is passing by >> you can see with huge crowds on the plaza, yes, because it's thanksgiving

. >> narrator: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome for "today," it's >> but it's a lucky day for us. >> i'm willie along with look who is back in the building. mr. al roker. tamron is here and our good friend the star of stage and screen, jane krakowski. >> good morning. >> al roker once again a guinness world record holder. reported the weather in all 50 states in a given week. >> crank it up, deejay. can we toast you, celebrate you? >> al, congratulations. >> unbelievable. >> i tell you, we're all across this great country, this is a great country. and the people who came out were fantastic. they were standing in the cold, person waiting. >> by the thousands. >> and it was really -- it was awe-ib awe-inspiring. the people were so sweet. they brought us stuff. had this maple infused bourbon from vermont. oh, my. that will make your pancakes really good. >> so the people in vermont gave you alcohol on the last stretch? >> and we had chowder for lunch. i think it was a v

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today eats take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie gave the and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a monday morning. it's november the 30th, 2015. nice crowd outside on a chilly day in new york city. i'm willie along with natalie and tamron. al left a little bit early this morning. tell us about this jam. >> this is my jim, "hit the quan." over the weekend you gather with your family and every new line dance that the younger kids know that the older people at table >> were you dabing? >> i was dabbing. >> yes, we dab the, of course. i'm not going to teach you how to quan but my nephew did. the college kids come home and know all the dances. kind of like the whip-nae-nae. get one of your kids to teach you how to quan because i think i heard this and "hello" by adele. quit the quan, "hello." hit the quan, "hello." >> mash-up for sure. >> leave the whip e-nae behind. learn the dab and the quan by new years. >> what's the dab? >> it's cam newton. google it. >> cam newton. >> atlanta. yeah. >> you just showed me an

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> a very excited crowd on the plaza. co-hosts with us in studio. foodie and beauty. we have it all. welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, november 12th, 2015. i'm tamron hall. dylan is here. nat nat, al and willie are on assignment. we brought in curtis stone and actress lindsay price stone. tell me about it. >> we have family dance parties. it's a good way to burn off some young boy energy. >> oh, yeah. i have two young boys, and i'll play jennifer hudson and iggy azalea. >> this song is called "trouble." >> good intention. we had dance parties before the kids. >> just mommy-daddy dance parties. >> you can do both. mommy my my my mommy-daddy date nights. >> we were in our pajamas in the kitchens for our dance parties. >> your boys are how old? >> hudson turned 4. emerson is 1. it is trouble. >> having fun touring around new york with the family? >> it's a dream. >> it's a cool city to be in with the kids. we went to the t

from nbc news this the requests today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller playsa. >>> welcome to "today," it's 2015. i'm willie along with al and tamron. early this morning for an assignment. big crowd outside. justin bieber is our concert star and will have a song for us in just a moment but we do want to begin in paris where this morning police carried out a raid and engaged in a long shootout north of the city. richard engel is in saint-denis for us. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. that raid took place in a house on the street behind me. it began around 4:30 this morning and police were apparently expecting a fight. they came in heavily armed. hundreds of officers, and as soon as they entered into an apartment on the third floor a woman inside was apparently wearing a suicide vest. she detonated that vest killing police officers. french president says that seven people were arrested. two of what he's calling the terrorists were killed in that apartment. of the phr te suspect, the main tar

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rock flerg plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's friday morning, november the 6th, 2015. a balmy 70-something degrees large part of the country. 'm willie and i'm a little lonely. not going to lie to you. tamron and natalie are off doing god knows what and al is kicking off rokerthon in hawaii and only if i had a co-host i've got a brand new pair of >> oh, my gosh, is that who i think it is. >> hi. >> jania causeky of "the unbreakable jimmy schmitz >> and back wards. a woman who knows how to make an entrance. >> why the brand new key" by melanie. this is actually happening, this is the jane loves willie hour. >> yes it is. >> brace yourselves. is away and never would have let this hour happen together. >> started the morning off quite in style out of roller skates. >> came out of vintage cross. >> will they be here. >> you know jane, of course, in "unbreakable jimmy schmitz". >> yes, so excited for everybody to see it when it comes out sometimes in the

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it's thursday morning, november 19th, 2015. i'm willie along with al, natalie and tamron. we begin again this morning in paris with major news about the alleged leader of the attacks last friday. keir simmons is there in paris for us. what's the latest? >> good morning. abdelhamid abaaoud, this guy was a ruthless terrorist, a poster boy for isis. he'd post pictures of himself online with dead bodies in syria. he took a 13-year-old relative, allegedly, with him to syria. he is the mastermind behind, the linchpin behind the series of terrorist attacks, including the massacre here in paris. it took the french authorities until today to confirm they had killed him. they had to use fingerprints to be sure because of the scale of that fire fight in the third floor apartment yesterday in the saint-denis area of paris. 5,000 rounds were fired. it's clear abaaoud did everything he could to try to we know that he had

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a friday morning, november the 20th, 2015. natalie on assignment and al is off today. so much going on in the world, and we want to start with the news here in the united states. the house passed a bill on thursday that would suspend a program allowing syrian and iraqi refugees into the united states until key agencies certify that those ref views don't pose a risk. 47 democrats voted for the bill. that creates a majority that could overwide president obama's promised veto. yesterday the fbi director james comey said while there are no connections right now between the paris atea, and the united states, no credible threats against the u.s., the fbi is intensifying investigations and surveillance of dozens of potential isis suspects. the latest isis propaganda video includes a threat to attack white house. on the campaign trail yesterday, candidates weighed in, including ben carson, talking about the refuge

. >> announcer: fromnbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning, november 3rd, 2015. it's election day in the united states. >> yeah. >> and we're here along with al and natalie. tamron is on assignment. my morning jam, let's listen tore a second. >> this is "my shot" from the hamilton, the musical. if you haven't seen it yet, i know it's a tough ticket, try to get some. come sometime to new york city and see it. talked about this. >> finally got to see it a couple weeks ago, and i've got to say, it's one of those shows everybody bulked it up so much, so much hype and i said can it really be and it really is as good as everybody says it is. >> just incredible. you can download the album now to get ready for when you come see it on itunes. >> that's probably the best way because when you actually first see it it takes almost five minutes i think to kind of acclimate your ears to the rhythm and everything that's going on because you are not ready for it

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's time. welcome to "today." it's wednesday morning, november 4th, 2015. i'm willie along with al, a little bit because it's taking me back to high school. ace of bass. is that you? >> that was me. i was in l.a. at pharmacy walking through walgreens and the song comes on and i'm like shaziam, and i remember this song. >> i like where you get your inspiration, the pharmacy. >> can you give me another ace of bass song? because i can. "all that she wants." all that she wants is another baby >> keep singing, it willie. >> you were like officially grown and working. >> i was grown and working in 19725 so, you know, i missed a whole generation. >> willie was in high school and we were in college. there you go. >> by the way, it's going to be in the 70s today and tomorrow and friday, and friday the rockefeller center christmas tree comes in. cuttingit down today. can you believe it. it's christmas and we're in the 70s. >> seeing peop

all tt and more coming up now >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's tuesday, morning, november 10th, 2015. we show you outdoors. it's a little drizzly and why that matters in just a second. i'm willie along with tamron, natalie on assignment and al taking the world by storm delivering the weather in 50 states in one week. i thought since this morning it's just the two of us "it takes two" from rob base. >> it's contagious. >> ladies love me girls adore me, even the ones who never saw me. so let's go, cuz. >> there you interest t.drop the cups. that the video i would wait in seventh or eighth grade to come on to the music box show. >> did you do the dance? >> clearly we're having a blast this morning. >> should you say why, why we're excited, a little tense, why there's something in the air today. tamron and i are about to engage in a figure skating showdown. we're going head-to-head. >> why? >> here's how it's going to work. a little -- a littl

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome, it's monday morning. we have a big crowd ringing in willie along with al and al, the morning jam >> lay it all on me. a little chorus. >> i like this song. before. where have i been? >> the hit sound on hits one. >> i listen to all the time with the kids. >> they are dancing now in kansas city. tell you that. royals won the world series. they came back again. they won in 12 innings last night here in new york city, they beat the mets 7-2 after they were trailing 2-0 into the ninth. the first world series title for kansas city in 30 years. here. throw home a good throw home. gets the runner but it's well wide. that's the tying run that sent it into extra innings. >> i got to tell you. watching last night, that whole controversy with terry collins and matt harvey, you know, he pitched great and then did not want to come out. >> they pulled him. >> no, they kept him in. unfortunately. and that's when it all went. >> as a manager

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie gist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's monday morning, big thanksgiving week crowd out on our plaza. it's monday, november 23rd, 2015. i'm willie along withable, natalie and tamron. toasty inside. what's your jam this morning, al in. >> requests easy live" by sigala, a producer, and a great video. been downloaded and viewed more than 20 million times. >> really. i'll have to check it out. >> michael jackson and easy -- how easy love can be. it's a terrific tune. >> nice song. >> nice choice. >> prafor, mr. roker. >> just talking about adele on "snl" this weekend, mind blowing how good she was and then the sketch they did with "hello" equally mind blowingly great. music last night, by the way, american music awards. big night. j. lo opened the whole show, did an opening dance medley of the biggest songs of the year. michelle pfeiffer, that white gold you couldn't stop looking at outfit, but i watched it last night and i've never seen anything like that o

all that and more comingup next >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on what's shaping up to be a chilly day here in new york city. this morning. inside i'm willie along with al, natalie and tamron. a little while ago charlie sheen was here sitting down with matt in an exclusive interview where he revealed he was hiv-positive. to that in a bit, but first the late on the investigation into the terror attacks in paris. nbc's bill neely is there for us. bill, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, willie. a chilly morning here as well, and latest news is that one of paris' most famous landmarks, the eiffel tower, has been closed here. it was only reopened yesterday. authorities will say only that it's closed because of the current situation. also overnight another series of police raids. 106 homes raided. 16 arrests and six guns seized. also today, two hotel rooms were searched by police. it's believed they were rooms used by the killers just befor

. >> announcer: from nbcnous, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron ham live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on monday morning, november 9, 2015 and as you look at the beautiful christmas tree lit up here in rockefeller center in a couple of we be. nice job out on the plaza. i'm willie and tamron and wwe cena is here. >> love it because you're here and not just because of the great music you pick. redding. doesn't sing a bad song. >> you should deejay in addition to every else. >> i do an occasional wedding. >> do you really? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> that would be amazing. i might get married. >> cena is up there. >> and i did tell john and willie in the break and i watched "trainwreck" again this weekend. >> and you are still asking where are his clothes? >> and i'm blushing a little bit. >> you're blushing. >> and i love your friend. she's amazing. >> i'm the one wearing a towel. >> yes, i know and when i realize you were coming it's seeing that scene. >> it's awkward. >> but it's acting. >> natalie is out on assignme

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome back to "today." it's tuesday morning, november 24th, 2015. man, we love this time of year when you all come out and hang with us outside and inside i'm willie along with al, natalie and tamron. your jam. >> haley steinfeld's "love themselves." >> let them love themselves on the plaza. that could be messy. >> the don't do it on the plaza. >> thanksgiving time. >> love each other. >> in the spirit of giving. >> family, giving and other things. >> thanksgiving also means a lot >> yes. >> so we'll talk about the weather and the roads. all those things. we do want to let you know, you know, this is all against the backdrop of what happened in pair as i couple weeks ago. two new warnings this morning, a bulletin issued by the fbi homestand, homeland security and national counterterrorism service warning law enforcement to review procedures for active the new york city police department lately, battening down the hatches and m

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with the al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> quite a week or so. >> just a week. >> welcome to "today." it's a wednesday morning. november the 11th. 2015. military this morning. many of them out on the plaza in the rain with us. thank you for being here. i'm willie with tamron, and our friend mel b. >> what's up? what's up? >> i'm just saying you are an oreo "today." >> feeling the beard. just saying that. >> i'm kind of just saying that. >> i know you well by now. >> not really feeling it. >> did you really just say that? >> i didn't mean to. what i meant was feeling it like touching. >> it's soft. not bad. >> it's a bit scattered though. >> it's like when a 14-year-old boy tries to grow a beard, that's sort of what it looks like. >> is there beard gel. >> there's horse shampoo you can put in. >> i know that. >> luxurious. >> what are the kids saying at home as you grow this out again? >> when i go to give them a kiss good night. they want nothing -- >> too fuzzy. >>

natalie and tamron. there's one person missing from the table. it's for good reason. al rokershing off from newark, new jersey, today, on his way to hawaii, where he'll join us tomorrow. >> nice. >> you're hearing this song, "titanium," by sia. i dedicated this to al. titanium pants roker. >> that can get heavy. >> i don't know what that means exactly. i'm thinking about it. >> he's just amazing, and he can do anything. he's mr. tititanium. >> okay. >> unbreakable. >> stronger than any other known metal. >> my mind, the underpants, wait, what does it mean? >> superman, titanium pants under there. >> that's a visual. >> oh, my gosh. >> donald trump is hosting "snl" in two days. this morning, he released two radio ads. the first time we put advertising out anywhere. they'll be playing in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. here's a piece of one of them. >> if the people of iowa vote for me, you'll never be disappointed. i don't disappoint people. i produce. together, we're going to make america great again. i'm donald trump, candidate for president, and i approve this messag

. >>> all that >>> from a nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it's thursday morning, unseasonably warm, not only in new york city, but across the country. 75 degrees. >> and the tree comes tomorrow, on a 75-degree day. >> going to take a lot of water to keep that thing going. >> thursday, november 5th, 2015. i'm willie along with natalie and tamron. one person missing from this al roker off on his record-setting whirl wind seven-day 50-state roker thon-2 adadnture, pushing off from newark, new jersey, today on his way to hawaii, where he'll join us tomorrow. >> nice. >> you're hearing this song, "titanium" by sia. i dedicated this to al. titanium pants roker. >> that could get heavy. >> i don't know what that means, exactly. i'm thinking about it. >> titanium pants. >> he's just amazing, and he could dl anything. and he's mr. titanium. >> he is. unbreakable. >> stronger than any other known metal. >> there it is. it's the pants -- >> my mind was underpants -- wait

natalie. >> drink up, more java for all. >> nat, thank you. >> mr. roker. >> i stay off the stuff because i'd go boom. let's show you what we've got. this radar is a perfect example of what's going on right now. you can see the big snow storm over colorado and then as we make our way to the east, you can see the heavier rain and thunderstorms. we've got that activity going on right now through texas on into kansas city. so additional snowfall amounts. we're talking today, denver, colorado, blizzard warnings until 2:00 and snowfall rates of up to an inch per hour and upwards of 20 inches of snow before it's all over, and then you movee into the central a a southern plains. 20 million people at risk for flood watches, rainfall amounts, anywhere from 2 to 5 inches. could be as much as 8 inches of that's what's going on arounand drizzle tomorrow. it will also be breezy, although the strongest winds will track through on thursday as we get in between systems. we only had a little rain yesterday with most of us only getting a quarter inch or so, but we have a lo

natalie. >> drink up, more java for all. >> nat, thank you. >> mr. roker. >> i stay off the stuff because i'd go boom. let's show you what we've got. this radar is a perfect example of what's going on right now. you can see the big snow storm over colorado and then as we make our way to the east, you thunderstorms. we've got that activity going on right now through texas on into kansas city. so additional snowfall amounts. we're talking today, denver, colorado, blizzard warnings until 2:00 and snowfall rates of up to an inch per hour and upwards of 20 inches of snow before it's all over, and then you move into the central and southern plains. 20 million people at risk for flood watches, rainfall amounts, anywhere from 2 to 5 inches. could be as much as 8 inches of rain in some areas. >> that's your latest weather. matt. >> thank you very much. now more of our exclusive conversation with charlie sheen. in our last half hour he shared a very personal announcement, that he is hiv-positive. he decided to speak out now in part because, he says, he didn't want t

natalie. >> drink up, more java for all. >> nat, thank you. >> mr. rokere stuff because i'd go boom. let's show you what we've got. this radar is a perfect example of what's going on right now. you can see the big snow storm over colorado and then as we make our way to the east, you can see the heavier rain and thunderstorms. we've got that activity going on right now through texas on into kansas city. so additional snowfall amounts. we're talking today, denver, colorado, blizzard warnings until 2:00 and snowfall rates of up to an inch per hour and upwards of 20 inches of snow before it's all over, and then you move into the central and southern plains. 20 million people at risk for flood watches, rainfall amounts, anywhere from 2 to 5 inches. could be as much as 8 inches of rain in some areas. that's what's going on around the >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a chilly start and a cooler day today with mostly sunny skies. the temperatures will be heading into the low to upper 50s today, thanks to northeasterly winds to 12 miles an hour. tom