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there she is when the raymond cast reunited. you'll see all of that in about 12 minutes. >> that was a fun reunion but we have a lot more to show you right now and i guess being royal is not quite good enough for william and harry because they really want to be jedi knights >> they are. >> tonight's know and tell. >> even princes get to be fan boys. william and harry duke it out jedi styles where star wars episode 8 is currently i production. check them out getting some looe. and we can't help but find this adorable. william having a moment with bb 8. >> how are you today? yeah? close and personal with all the props they hung out with the cast and harry got some pointers from luke skywalker himself mark hammel and william had to poke fun at daisy ridley. and scott eastwood and nina dobrev sparked major speculation. a source close to the actress tells et they're really good friends and nina has been hooking up with someone else and that someone else isn't famous. >> next as if you needed any more proof that rob kardashian is offi

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she won four emmys for her portrayal of marine barone on cbs' "everybody loves raymond." she got 7 nominations as best supporting actress for the sitcom. >> crystal cruz reports from hollywood >>> reporter: fans have been stopping by her star to snap photos and to honor her for her work that made us laugh out loud for years. >> frank, you rascal. [ laughter ] >> reporter: on "everybody loves raymond," she was amazing. >> very feisty. >> reporter: roberts began her career on broadway and quickly moved to tv with guest roles on many of the top comedies of the '70s and '80s. she also won an emmy for an appearance on "st. elsewhere." >> what did they say? you know? robert, they said that deborah dresses a little trampy. >> i think they were being kind. [ laughter ] >> reporter: ray romano who played her son on "everybody loves raymond" said in a statement, doris roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me. whether working professionally or with her many charities or just nurturing and mentoring a young green comic trying to make it as an actor. she did it all with such

"everybody loves raymond's" doris roberts.e'll open the vault in paying tribute to the primetime great. that's moments away. >>> let's move on and talk about a huge shake-up in daytime. >> everybody is talking about this. michael strahan announced he is leaving "live." you worked with her, kelly ripka. and why would strahan walkway from a reported $10 million a year gig? >> the news that i am leaving this show. and to go over to gma full time. >> the controversy kicked off earlier this week when it was announced that strahan was leaving. then on wednesday, kelly ripka abruptly called off the show, and anna was a last-minute guest host. >> i was reading stuff, and it sounded like i died. >> michael kicked off "live" on wednesday by thanking viewers, but did not mention kelly rip a ca once. we learned the emission was put off during a commercial and then he circled back. >> kelly, i thank you. i love you. and everyone else here at "live." and i'm not going to try on tv. >> audience members tell us there was no official explanati

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she is best known from the hit cbs sitcom "everybody loves raymond." tramp by. >> i think they were being kind. >> roberts won four emmy a wards during the show's nine- year run. she was a broadway actress in the '50s before heading to hollywood. her family says she passed away many her sleep on sunday. last night, ray said in part, doris roberts had an energy and spirit that amazed me. she never stopped. i will miss her dearly. she was 90 years old. >> always made us laugh. >> yeah, a real funny woman in hollywood. >> truly missed. >>> the water is still rising in texas after rains. many people in areas that normally don't flood were caught off guard. >>> and how long will our beautiful weather last? our john elliott has the and a little story. >>> the houston area is struggling with deadly widespread flooding and more is on the way. >> an estimated 1.5 feet of rain flooded homes and killed at least five people. >> reporter: overnight, first responders rescued more stranded residents in houston following monday's historic rainfall. some carried pets a

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everybody may have loved raymond, but we all adored doris. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt. before we go, take a look outside at rockefeller plaza. we're starting this evening, where we're airing on the big screen above the "today" show studios, if you're in new york, on west 49th street, stop on by and take a look. on that note, for all of us on nbc news, we thank you for watching. have a good night, everyone. # nbc bay area news starts now. >>> we're hoping to spearhead this movement and say these are faces to people that you're displacing. > right now at 6:00, it is a problem some say hasn't been dressed in decades. people are crowded into san jose city council chambers right now hoping the city will take the first move in solving the problem. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm raj mathai. hundreds of concerned people are demanding more protection for renters. they're calling for stricter rent control and assistance for the people being force

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. >> doris roberts of "everybody loves raymond" fame passed away. she won five emmy over the course of her long career in tv and movies and four of them the hugely successful "raymond" sitcom. doris oberts is dead at the age of 90. >>> the weather outside. more ts,n what 1 in 500 years? >> you hear a 100-year flood and this is considered 500-year flood. 0.pr2% of that flooding occurring going into the yeare the odds you usually don't get a flood like that but what they saw. houston area. foot of rain in this color here. just north of i-10. where the horrible flooding was. thankf ly that exact location is dry this morning and a chance for storms throughout the day. a wider spin near the four corners region and another disturbance rotating through. as of now the area is rain-free. here is the forecast over the next 48 hours. unfortunately, the bsul's-eye for heavy rain is southeast portions of texas once again but it's not 7 to 8 inches that we re forecasting a couple of days ago which turned into 16 in some case. we are expecting about 1 to 3 vicinit

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. >>> "everybody loves raymond's" co-star doris roberts. we'll celebrate the emmy winner today, tuesday, april 19th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. everybody loves doris roberts. >> she made me smile. the mom who never had an unspoken thought on "everybody loves raymond." we'll talk more about her life and career later in the show. >>> we're going to start in houston where a state of emergency is in effect at this hour as the city deals with massive flooding from torrential rain. nbc's janet shamlian is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was historic rain. as much as 17 inches of it in just a short period of time. the death toll stands at five people. all of those deaths came from people that were in vehicles that drove into high water. the concern is there's more rain in the forecast and that gives houston the possibility of more flooding. this morning

the mom who never had an unspoken thought on "everybody loves raymond." we'll talk more about her life and career >>> state of emergency is in effect as houston deals with torrential rains and flooding. janet shamlian is there. >> this was historic rain, as much as 17 inches in a matter of hours. the death toll stands at five people, all were in vehicles that had driven into high water. now, this morning, the concern is, there is a 70% chance of rain in the forecast today. that could certainly trigger more flooding. >> reporter: this morning, a city submerged by historic flooding. 17 inches in a matter of hours. there's more on the way. >> the biggest mistake anybody can make is assume the worst has passed. >> reporter: it ambushed the region in the overnight hour. >> two hours later, it was in the house up to the ankle. who hours after that, it's up to the knee. we left. >> reporter: schools announced they were closing. 100 nay poeighborhood students stayed home. the roads all but impassable. yet, some chose to try. >> leave the car. swim. >> reporter: t

the woman best known for her les, the meddling mom in the sitcom "everyone loves raymond" has died. >> sometimes i just want to smack you. >> well, doris roberts began her acting career on broadway back in the 1950s and won four emmys for her role on "everybody loves raymond." she passed away in her sleep sunday night and doris roberts was 90 years old. people know her from so many roles and so many shows, really someone who had a g.reat and long career. >> and the youngeregeneration right now, she was fantastic on "everybody." i had several laugh-out-loud moments from watching her. >>>till to come, an announcement on the subway lines getting a boost. cvs that could keep you out of their stores. >>> and a warning from police. ake frightening encounter in a local park. it's 63 degrees outside right now. >>> it is 4:54, time for weather and traffic on the 4s. >> irgot to the edge of frogging and couldn't -- >> then you pulled a hami. >> you have to take steps for frogging. still a little dry and breezy for the afternoon. the sunshine makes a return after some clouds. a little cooler tom