. >> reporter: last year country store thomas rhett broke the record for the world's largest twisterame, unrolling a 27,000 foot matt in arlington, texas. today twister is sold in over 35 countries. cashing in on the fun, and the nostalgia. >> i'm very happy that people are still enjoying it. and still having fun. playing the game. >> 50 years the game hasn't changed but fans are still willing to tie themselves up in knots. >> back in my day we didn't have cell phone, it was just good old family fun time. >> i am 42. i've been playing since i was little. >> left foot on green. >> reporter: the game that ties you up in knots, still tying people together. morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching and good night. >>> i heard this loud crash, so loud, and it threw me. i went flying off my trailer. >> right now at 6, lightning strikes the bay area. the unusual weather rattling nerves and causing panic at a local school. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessicaing laaguiler, it happened

. >> reporter: last year country store thomas rhett broke the record for the world's largest twisteroot matt in arlington, texas. today twister is sold in over 35 countries. cashing in on the fun, and the nostalgia. >> i'm very happy that people are still enjoying it. and still having fun. playing the game. >> 50 years the game hasn't changed but fans are still willing to tie themselves up in knots. >> back in my day we didn't have cell phone, it was just good old family fun time. >> i am 42. i've been playing since i was little. >> left foot on green. >> reporter: the game that ties you up in knots, still tying people together. morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us james corden's car pool karaoke with gwen, george, and julia. now on "extra" from new york city. >>> rocking and rolling with gwen. picking up a few celebrity surprises. james corden's new triple a-list car pool karaoke. >> it's been an incredible year. >> could letterman's old job be in the cards for corden? >>> breaking news on a late night

. >> reporter: last year country store thomas rhett broke the record for the world's largest twisteroot mat in arlington, texas. today, twister is sold in over 35 countries. cashing in on the fun, and the nostalgia. >> i'm very happy that people are still enjoying it. and still having fun playing the game. >> 50 years the game hasn't changed but fans are still willing to tie themselves up in knots. >> back in my day we didn't have cell phone it was good fun time. >> i'm 42 so i've been playing since i was little. >> left foot on green. >> reporter: the game that ties you up in knots still tying people together. >> i found it. >> reporter: morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. >> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for >>> lights, camera, access. >>> haven't the cuban people suffered enough? >> the kardashians in cuba, and a controversy quickly erupts. aisle billy bush. >>> as chanel brings glou

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we talked about this yet when we had thomas rhett giving the nominations. a great verse. i love this song. it reminds me of getting in a car and driving to a national park. >> doesn't it? >> checking out the scenery. one of those get in the car songs. >> traveling music. >> turn the tunes up. >> very cool. >> love it. >> we're going to talk to al and matt in a second. speaking of national parks. >>> first, see what you think about this story. could you, should you be liable for texting someone if it causes that driver to get into a car accident? there is a court case in pennsylvania testing this idea. pennsylvania driver is being sued for wrongful death and negligence by the state of a motorcycle rider killed by a woman distracted by incoming texts. the judge was asked to determine if the men sending the texts to the woman who got in the wreck could be liable. texting and driving is a huge problem. each day, eight people in the u.s. are killed. 860 injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. no question, it is a huge problem and we have to do somethin