tommy mottola, great to have you here. >> thanks, matt. >> good to see you. mcghee sextuplets take over our studio. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart ♪ you have to let me know ♪ so i don't make my worst mistake ♪ ♪ turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. made with sweet, smooth peanut butter and salted, roasted peanuts. sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> back at 8:44, mcghee sextuplets fir captured the hearts of america with an online photo. and now they're giving us a look into their challenging lives in the documentary "six little mcghees." >> if we can make it there in four minutes, it's a miracle. it's like they know they're turning 2. >> and they are out of control. >> you got to be kidding me. this is a national disaster, boy. >> peed in the water. >> these kids are all over the place. >> and rozonno, & mia are now with us along with their six kids. good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> i find myself stressed

it's great. >> yeah. >> tommy mottola, thanks for sticking around. his new book is called "hitmaker." go check it out. >>> natalie has a look at the headlines. >> roads near brisbane have turned into rivers, thousands have been evacuated, many homes completely submerged. forecasters say the flooding should not worsen. >>> president obama unveiled his immigration reform today in las vegas, just a day after bipartisan group of senators laid out their own comprehensive plan. among the proposals in that senate plan, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already living in the u.s. and an increased security presence on our nation's borders. >>> a major policy change could be on the way for the boy scouts of america. the organization's board of directors may reverse a ban on gay scouts and scout leaders, leaving it up to the local troops to decide. if approved, the national policy change could go into effect next week. >>> billions of dollars of aid are heading to victims of superstorm sandy. monday, the senate approved the $50 billion to pro

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and there is still a lot of need. >>> coming up, we will check in with the legendary music sxuf, tommy mottola with the legendary music executive tommy motolla. for nearly 15 years he was head of sony music and worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, michael jackson, celine deion and mariah carry. from elvis to the ipod. why write this book? you start writing about some of these stars. in you're honest about a lot of them, you will get instant reaction. >> well, i thought that if i was going to do this it would be more interesting to talk about things in terms of a bigger umbrella story of what happened to popular music in the golden age which happened between elvis and the ipod. and if i could narrate and tell a story in the middle of that instead of a boring biography, i thought maybe that would be fun. >> in the process you bring up some of these a-listers and personal experiences. and here comes the reaction. you write about mariah carry. she says of you you were controlling, restrictive. how do you plead? >> you know, i guess that at 20 years old all of the things that it t