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i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist, al roker and tamron hall.and natalie are off today. a united airlines flight heading to seattle was forced to make an emergency landing after reports the pilot suffered a heart attack. we now learned that a crew member died at the hospital. >>> in washington, today, the senate expected to approve legislation to avoid a government shutdown but house republicans won't accept it. >> an arrest warrant is issued for a woman known as the white widow for plotting to attack tourist resorts in kenya. >>> straight ahead, a warning about the new fees your bank could be charging you. even one for talking to the teller. >> should companies be required to give new parents paid leave? we'll hear from moms and dads and a lawmaker making a push for that. >> we'll begin this half hour with rossen reports new developments in a case we first broke. a criminal hacking into miss teen usa's webcam. today jeff rossen has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> good morning. this is about as creepy as it gets. authority sas this m

i'm willie geist with natalie morales. suit. no nothing. she has a few miles left to go. she first tried 35 years ago. she is 64 now. the big problem has really been jelly fish. she has been stung so heavily she couldn't go on. >> i interviewed her, the fourth try -- no, the third try. she said at that point she didn't know if she was going to try again. i'm glad to see she has come back each time and this time i think she'll make it. 5th time is the charm. 10 miles away. at this point she also has a special mask she is wearing to prevent jelly fish from stinging her too much. does not look all that attractive but it's working apparently. d she also that has this ointment she is using as well. so i'm hoping this is the time for her. >> she's close enough. they said they could see the lights of key west this morning. >> at this point i imagine the cheers, people on the shore will be bringing her home and she has this -- it's called thextreme dream. so many people around the country i think are rooting for her and want this

i'm willie geist along with al and mel b.ed. >> well it helps people that pay a lot of money for a ring to resell it. >> the website is called i do, now i don't. it's created by a man that returned home to find out his fiancee of three months moved out leaving her engagement ring behien. >> so he started the website. >> he did. >> so would you buy a ring off that website. >> no. i wouldn't. >> you know it's cursed. it's one thing to go into a shop and you don't know the story behind it. >> or create your own special ring for your lady rather than buy something else that's already been given to somebody else. >> take that ring, remove the stone, and maybe put it in a new setting or something. >> i think it's terrible. >> well, i just kind of -- that went nowhere. it's just so sad. >> we can do the weather. >> we talk about of course prince william presented his mother's ring. >> well, that has value. >> that's a family ring. >> yeah. >> i mean, that's that. but let's face it. most of us -- although some people have sentimental

. >> willie geist, is this explosion, this expansion.like scuds sweeping across north georgia. all of america shoulder scared. >> i know you mean that in a good way. let's go the executive editor of politico with big news. jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> let me read the headline. tell me if it's true. politico to take on nyt, "new york times" in own backyard. what do they mean? >> i don't mind the headline. we're starting a you publication. called capital new york. we'll test theories that worked well for us in washington and in new york we're going hit three topics in the beginning, policy and politics at city hall of albany and of media. in each one of those cases we'll have more reporters and editors than any other publication than the "new york times" included and do things the way we've done them here at politico and we've had quite a bit of success in washington. great opportunity for us to test it in new york where there's a huge audience. a lot of interest in the issues we care about. >> you'll be the president of this ope

. >>> and willie geist talks to michael j. fox about his return to tv and his battle w . . . >>> new this morning, aseanaairlines under investigation for not providing victims with proper help in the hours and days following the disaster. details next >>> a south bay school teacher in jail accused of having sex with a minor. what the district is telling parents this morning >>> on the brink of eviction in a little more than an hour. a fraens coupsan francisco coup yanked from their home >>> a live look at san francisco. the city by the bay, all lit up on this wednesday, september 25th. this is "today in the bay." >>> how do

i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist al roker and tamron hall.sh for military action in syria to sell shoes. >> an incredible medical first, a baby survives being born without kidneys. her mom happens to be a member of congress and she'll join us exclusively. >> a great story. >> we'll start this half hour with a today exclusive tied to the cleveland kidnapping case. days after ariel castro committed suicide nbc news obtained video of his fbi interrogation recorded hours after his arrest back in may. kate snow has the story. kate, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. these fbi interviews obtained by nbc news from the source familiar with the criminal investigation are four hours long. at times the audio is a little unclear but in the tapes castro details how he abducted and abused michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus. out of respect for the victims, we are not showing castro speaking out about the details of his crime. nbc news reached out to the lawyers of the victims to alert them to the report this morning. details long he

fox and willie geist take us off the air this night. thank you for being with us. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> we're down to one race for the america's cup. >> months of controversy, a cheating scandal and millions of dollars, but this evening a grand celebration. many of us are familiar with the dramatic story line. and the man behind it all,ellis. >> and then there was a crowd. huge crowd. 25,000 along the bay to watch the final moments oof the race. we have team coverage. we were there for all the excitement. but we begin with lawrence who's been covering the race since last summer. you've been on the boat. oracle team usa defending again. they celebrated this. it's a real celebration not just in the bay area. sailing fan

willie geist, is there.s of the dead. but i will say with the one world trade rising above the city and with the memorial finished and with the museum that's being built underneath there is a sense of hope, rebillire billion rebuilding there. people were asked, where is the tower? why haven't we rebuilt? and today they can say they are. the tower opens early next year. this museum opens in spring. and i have to tell you i got a little preview of it. it's incredible. it's 110,000 square feet beneath the foundation. you're looking at the spot where both towers stood. many of the pieces of the foundations remain there. they are bringing in artifacts from the hangar at jfk and putting them on display so people can mourn at the memorial, and learn what happened afterward. >> the memorial, the two reflecting pools, so much discussion about the design, what would be included, what wouldn't. there they would be located. i've been down there. it is one of the most spectacular and emotional memorials i have ever seen.

willie geist is our master of ceremonies.int for that? >> this is my answer for sara. >> this was my answer for nikki. >> what is your co-host's guilty pleasure? >> chardonnay. >> does she really feel guilty about it? >> it's the new chardonnay i will tell you about. i'll tell you later. i said sweets. >> you don't love sweets. >> you. >> i don't understand the game. >> your co-host guilty pleasure is? >> i sai she doesn't have a guilty pleasure. >> i don't bieve in them. >> you're right. >> don't give them a point. >> i said -- i wou say kardashians or frappuccino. >> i said wating youtube vide of people combing their hair. >> that is weird. they're dumb as we are. >> next time we'll rehearse. >> you can catch nikki and sara live tonight on mtv. >> they are adorable. ever wonder why certain styles never look good on you? >> it's about your torso. bobbie thomas has all the answers after this. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chunky spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me c

. >> willie geist got to spend time with him on the set. >> the show titled the michael j. parkinson's disease. for fox it's a familiar story line and familiar to me. my father also has parkinsons. >> reporter: he burst on to our tv sets as alex keaton on family ties. and then road to movie super stardom in back to the movie. >> i'm looking at it. >> reporter: now, michael j. fox is making a full time return to television in the nbc comedy the michael j. fox show. >> the kitchen in family ties was so iconic and where so much of the action happened. do you think about the circle of your sitcom career. >> yeah. i do all the time. i was a kid on that and then i was a young adult on spin city and now i'm a middle aged father. >> reporter: more than a decade after spin city and 22 years after his parkinson's diagnosis he play ace family man and tv anchor returning to work five years after parkinson's put his career on hold. >> we love you. >> thanks man. thanks for man. >> people are saying this is michael j. fox's big come back. are you ready to be back in the public eye like t

i'm savannah guthrie alongside willie geist.led online and we have one young girl who says she was a victim. she opens up about what the fbi is now calling sex-tortion. >> we talked about the smartwatch and we have some of the very first in the world. peoples like you should be wearing this orange to go with your dress. >> hoello, is it on? >> tap it. it will be great. these are some of the very first in the world. we'll show you how to use this and what's ensued of there in a few minutes. >> and something very exciting you didn't see yesterday, not on the show anyway. you know, willie and i have a preshow ritual. and it has been outed. we'll tell you the story behind that. >> it bated into this. >> how do you know the words then? >> nabbed. >> hey, natalie morales. >> good morning. president obama arrived in russia for a world economic summit amid the showdown over syria. he's not scheduled to meet face to face with vladimir putin. an ally of syria and a critic of threatened u.s. military strikes. that meeting was called off la

willie geist will be in lower manhattan with an inside look at the 9/11 museum and mark the time of the attacks with moments of silence as well as look at some much the coverage of the attacks as they happened 12 years ago and i know for myself any time that stuff is on television, it's like you just sit down and you watch it. it's just -- it's still chilling to this day obviously for all of us. >>> some other news to get to on this wednesday morning. two disgraced democrats looking for political redemption in new york city waking up wondering what is next for their careers. former congressman anthony weiner coming up short in his bid to be new york city's mayor. he finished in fifth place in the democratic primary. who won? bill de blasio, the city's public advocate. he might have more than the 40% of the vote that would avoid a runoff against bill thompson. thompson, though, has not conceded. in his victory speech promised a sharp turn away from mayor michael bloomberg's policy sdmrgs tonight, before so many friends, i say this, what we have achieved here tonight and what we'll do in

willie geist will be down at ground zero today. >> the mark. wow, gosh. >> 12 years, 11 years. 12 years. wow. >> we'll be hearing from him coming up. of course the headline this morning is the president's speech last fight. >> the president's speech last night. also a lot of political news out of new york city. the shock of all shock, anthony weiner not only loses, he ends with a flourish by giving an nbc reporter his middle finger. eliot spitzer loses. a big surprise. elliot is expected to win. that did not happen. but the speech last night, we got a lot of reaction to the speech last night. i'm very surprised by a lot of what i was reading. >> i was surprised across the board. >> how harsh. >> yes. >> let's set it up. get the harsh assessment from the table. >> they're not all harsh. president obama is asking congress to postpone a vote on striking syria as a possible deal to hand over its chemical weapons gains traction. even so, the president spent much of his presidential address condemning syria. layling out the time line of president ass

i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist, al roker and natalie morales. will be here in a moment with a hidden camera investigation parents will want to see. >> also, valerie bertinelli gives us a review of the mary tyler moore reunion on hot in cleveland. >> who would hang up on oprah? we'll show you. >> but we begin with the rossen reports undercover investigation into the popular party drug known as molly. two people died from overdoses at a music festival over the weekend so that raises questions how are kids getting their hands on it. jeff rossen is here with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. this is in the headlines right now. it's the new it drug for college students and even high school kids. as we have seen, it can be deadly. now officials are issuing new warnings about molly, this party drug that's exploding across the country. so we wanted to know how are these kids getting their hands on molly and how easy is it? this morning, we're undercover with hidden cameras rolling. >> reporter: it's broad daylight in new york's bryant

. >> i'm willie geist with al roker and tamron hall. matt and natalie has the morning off. we just saw the video. mariano rivera. that was one of my favorite if not my favorite moments in yankee hisself risk. his teammates go out and pull him off the field for one last time. >> i don't think you have to be a yankee's fan to love this. >> no. you have to have a heart. if you have a moment watch the whole thing. you'll need an entire box of tissues because it's truly touching. >> you know it's a big moment when i'm getting tweets from red sox fans saying that's a big moment. >> i'm a texas rangers fan and i got choked up. we'll show you more of the video. >>> we begin with today's top story and that's the emergency landing by a united plane in bosie, idaho. tom costello, what can you tell us about this. >> they said he suffered a heart attack in flight. this was united flight 1603 from houston to seattle. a boeing 737, 900 with 161 passengers and a crew of 6. the cockpit told air flight controllers of an in light medical emergency and made a landing at 8:10. united is not con

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales and willie geist.les and with us all week mel b. >> thank you for being here. >> al, you're back from colorado. natalie back from vegas. >> yeah. >> it's amazing how good you look. >> i had a super secret assignment yesterday. i'll just say i'm sore in places i shouldn't be sore. >> i wouldn't be saying that. >> it's perfect timing, willie. >> that's hilarious. >> you'll find out. >> i'm the voice of reason? really? come on. it's not right. >> that was amazing. let's talk about president obama and his smoking. made no secret he has been a smoker a lot of his life. he hasn't done it as much lately but yesterday comments caught on an open mike as he was talking to another gentleman at the u.n. general assembly. >> i haven't had a cigarette because i'm scared of my wife. >> it's not about the cigarettes. he's afraid of mrs. obama. >> his wife. >> smart fan. >> he said recently he's had a cigarette here and there. in 2009, he goes out back and has one in the rose garden from time to time. >> yeah. >> a hig

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist.'m willie geist with al roker, natalie morales, brooke shields back in the house with us. >> usually you're in for me. >> just keeping the seat warm for you. >> there as a party when you walked in not only because you hadn't met beforeut because you're wearing -- >> the bottom half of my dress and the whole part of your dress. >> made to look like snake but it's not. >> want to be clear. >> not real snake. >> no. >> so the thing everybody is talking about this morning is the "breaking bad" finale. how many of us saw it? >> i couldn't wait. >> there's low risk of a spoiler alert because only brooke saw the finale. >> so our viewers that haven't seen it yet. >> it's too late. everybody's going to know. >> don't give away too much. but did it live up to your expectations? >> it was beyond. part of me likes happy endings and in this weird sort of breaking bad world it was a happy ending and he says i'm never going to tell me -- and then at the final moment -- >> hey, hey, hey -- >> everybo

i'm willie geist along with al, natalie and mel b. important parenting question.we put a tv in her room and it was a big mistake but when we were kids that was a big deal to have a tv. back in the day when they had just gotten color -- >> back in my day. >> back when the radio had pictures, i remember that. yeah. it was fantastic. >> there's a popular website cafe mom put the question would you put a television in your kid's bedroom. one mom posted we have enough problems with them doing their homework without adding a tv into the mix. >> although it's different now because they can get so much video on their computer. you don't even have to have a tv in the room. >> we do have a computer in my oldest son's room but not a tv. >> i have an area off the kitchen where the computer is there so i can see what they're looking at. >> when they get older and up to high school age they probably need. >> what about tvs in your bedroom. do you have that? >> no. >> we do but we barely turn it on. with our hours, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> that's in the contract. >> it

willie geist is our master of ceremonies.s on how well you know one another. >> called the newly friend game. >> newly friend game. >> okay. >> i'm going to start with hoda and kathie. hoda, what was your co-host wearing the first time you met? >> she was wearing something tight and her boobs were hanging out. >> correct? >> no. >> what were you wearing? >> hold up your card. >> it wasn't that tight. >> a dress. >> yes. a dress. that's right. >> i don't remember. >> full credit. >> what was your co-host wearing the first time? >> i don't remember because i was drunk. >> okay. >> yes. let's see. what's the right answer? >> i said she was wearing glasses. i said i have no idea. >> full credit. >> they got a point for that? >> yeah. >> oh, god. >> this is my answer for sara. >> this was my answer for nikki. >> fine. >> okay. hoda, what is your co-host's guilty pleasure? >> chardonnay. >> be careful. >> does she really feel guilty about it? >> no, it isn't. >> what is it? >> it's the new chardonnay i will tell you about. >> i'll

coverage checker from progressive. s >> welcome back to "today" i'm willie geist along with al, nataliesappeared on us. >> here she is. >> hey, we do this show for an hour. >> i'm pulling a mel b. she comes in late every day. >> throw her under the bus. >> under the double dipper. wow! >> you know, i went upstairs to get my notes. >> it's so nice up here, i'm stay up here. >> she's fine. >> you think it's time for brunch? >> get some coffee. i thought you guys were doing a fashion segment. i saw the kids. >> oh, no. >> it's usually called the watch. you look at it. you go, hey. >> oh, natalie. >> can't i just pull a mel b? mel b does it, it's fine. >> i got my wrist slapped. >> oh. >> you were here that day. >> i like that fashionably late to tv hosting. >> kind of 9:30ish. >> shouldn't you have a peanut butter sandwich now? >>let all delay. >> i'm going to ask everybody a question. do you like chain restaurants? >> natalie does. she is out of the question. >> i'm done there there is a few restaurant chain loyalty, they find dining usually comes down to which place offers the best boz.

willie geist spoke to fox about that story line, and it hits close to home for willie because his dadg with parkinson's. >> do you even have a sense for the way you've inspired people? >> i don't look at myself as a leader. i do look at myself as part of the community. i'm a visible member of the community. if i can set that example for people and make them feel that you don't have to shut it down, you don't have to withdraw, you don't have to pull in. but it doesn't have to be life shattering or life ending. just be a new thing that pushes you to a new place. so like when i thought about doing the show, it's like, why not? why can't i? >> he is so inspirational. you can watch "the michael j. fox show" at 9:00 tonight on nbc. it appears our journey has come to a delightful end. then i better use the capital one purchase eraser to redeem my venture miles for this trip. purchase eraser? it's the easy way to erase any recent travel expense. i just pick a charge, like my flight with a few taps, it's taken care of. impressive baldwin. does it work for hotels? absolutely thank goodness. mrs

i'm willie geist along with al, natalie, mel b.pauley d. >> jersey shore fan. >> yeah. >> do you like the jersey shore? >> i've been there, yeah, with the kids. >> how does everybody here deal with mothers-in-law? feel good about it? >> yeah. >> i get along with mine. >> does your husband get along with yours? >> not so much. my mother is fiesty. >> shocking. >> another study. it says seeing your mother-in-law is good for you. weekly contact with your mother but also with your mother-in-law. >> these guys have been in the outback. she looks good by comparison. >> see your mother-in-law once a week and you will be happy. >> once a week, i think in small bursts. >> feels like a lot. >> even if it's just a drive-by. how are you doing? >> if it's next door like everybody loves raymond and they're knocking on the door it can be tough. >> i loved my mom. i loved her but she could be tough and deborah got t in a sense, the imbalance because she saw my mom all the time where as deborah's mom is in georgia so i wouldn't see her that much. >

i'm willie geist along with al, natalie, brooke shields in with us this week. that's wake me up.with the kids. >> every day all day long. >> hits one. >> exactly. >> no, on radio sometimes. >> a different channel. >> yeah, we just play club music. we have rave with 4-year-olds. >> we were talking about snl, tina fey hosted. there was one sketch that spoke to different kind of passengers as they try to get on the plane at the gate. watch this. >> we'd like to welcome any travellers with carry ones that have no chance in fitting in the overhead compartment. >> oh, it will fit. >> before we continue we would like to announce this is an overbooked flight. if anyone is willing to give up their seats in exchange for the first available flight tomorrow, please approach the desk and explain why your life style permits this. people who clap when the plane has landed. we will not board you because what you do is stupid. >> see, i like the clap when the plane hands. >> you're just so happy you're alive or what? oh, thank god. >> was it that bad a flight? >> when you fly to foreign countries

i was watching this morning willie geist and some of the things you've collected.cant artifacts that help us to remember? >> you know, the artifacts that we'll have in the museum, they span the spectrum from monumental pieces of steel that really helped communicate the force of collapse, what people in those buildings experienced, down to very smaller artifacts. we have recently got the watch that todd beamer had on flight 93, the passenger who helped lead that counterattack. that watch was found in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania, with the date and calendar still on 11. all these artifacts are going to remind people that those people that died on 9/11, 12 years ago today, were just like us. they simply got up in the morning and went to work. >> tell us why it's so important. let's think about the children who were born after 9/11, the 11 and 12-year-olds. what do you want them to take from this if they go on boy scout or girl scout tours or with their parents as they grow up? >> you know, fundamentally, it's that we have the ability as a country to take care

i'm willie geist with al, natalie and howie mandela.k about that in a minute. natalie had the story a few minutes ago about the crocodile under the bed. >> under the bed. >> when there's a bump in the night, 1 in 5 men, 20% of men send their wooifs to investigate. >> you do that. >> what kind of a man? >> you do that. >> if it's a cuff ough or sneeze goes. >> can we talk about your germaphobe thing for a second? there's exceptions to the rule? when there are beautiful women around. >> paula patton. >> paula patton. >> she was my assistant. >> her first job in showbiz was my assistant. >> yes. >> did you see her talent early on. i said quit getting my lunch, you're a movie star. i just don't touch hands. i don't even touch my wife's hands. we have three children. my germaphobia is just this body part. i'll touch anything else. if you are out there and you want me to touch you -- i will not send my wife. >> you don't send deborah down. >> i can go downstairs. i hear something downstairs, i go downstairs. i can turn all the lights on. have

i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales.to school. >> been a long summer. >> it's like this natural transition. i'm very excited for her. >> but your wife sad. >> deborah is sniffling. i just got off the phone with her. >> it's a big day. >> not a baby anymore. >> speaking of, luke turned 5 today. >> happy birthday luke. >> big guy. >> luke is 5. i can't believe it. yesterday we were like -- now you have to do everything by yourself. you have to eat by yourself because sometimes he gets lazy. you have to do other things by yourself. learn how to wipe. >> oh. still not down that road. >> it took awhile. >> wow, let's talk about the news. >> yeah. >> how about buckingham palace. did you hear about this? uniform police mistakenly challenged prince andrew on the grounds of buckingham palace. thought he was an intruder. officers approached him and asked him to verify his identity. no weapons were drawn. >> they didn't notice the crowd. >> he is fifth in line to the thrown. this came days after a -- >> he is -- >> there was reason

i'm willie geist with al and natalie.s? >> a sweater. >> i'm going to rip through the beautiful paper so we can get to it. >> comes to us from japan. very high end. >> beautifully wrapped. so what is it? >> oh boy. >> it's like sacred toilet paper. >> toilet paper. >> this is called the world's most expensive toilet paper. each roll ranges from $13 to $17. >> per roll? >> per roll. >> wait until you hear this, the japanese company clams it's made with the highest quality wood fiber -- >> the papers from canada. >> yeah, treated with water from the clearest stream in japan and get this -- >> yeah. >> it features japanese poetry that reads my endless love now become butterfly and fly into the air finding flowers, while time goes by and then that moment becomes -- and then you wipe with it. >> do you know who would love this stuff? bruce jenner. >> he uses this stuff? >> all the time. >> at least it's two-ply. with we show our prison toilet paper that we have here? >> that's our prison toilet paper we keep at the "today" sho

i'm willie geist along with america's got talent judge, spice girl, our good friend mel b. new york. >> and i landed at 5:00 this morning. >> you just got here. >> yes, three hours of hair and make up. >> speaking of looking incredible, we were talk cher. she looks crazy good. the body the hair the face everything. she still has it. >> yeah. >> and she's singing live too. >> singing live. >> good for her. >> at this hour of the morning no less. >> speaking of singing live, mel b. has a new single. we'll show the video later. >> yes. came out last week. >> you weren't wearing a lot in that video. >> no i was but then i kind of took it off a little bit. bit by bit by bit. >> this is a tease. if you'd love to stay with us. >> it's too early. >> now, the emmys were last night in l.a. >> that's right. >> you're a huge fan of all the shows. you watched them all. >> yes. >> you saw them last night. very exciting for mel. hosted by neil patrick harris. show kicked off with a great moment featuring tina fey and amy pohler. check it out. >> love tina fey. >> take your pants off. >> t

. >> let's go to willie geist next. willie, i got a correction here, by the way willie. somebody texted me and took great offense i guess was a dirty girl in high school, texted me in and she said the dirty girl in high school, you mean the fun girl in high school. i don't know. >> i would love to know who that text was from. anyway, kelly -- >> that was neither dirty nor fun. >> you're fun, kelly. >> kelly, as i was saying, let's say currents national mood holds even after the president's speech tonight that the polls are against action in syria, he doesn't have the votes in the house that you have been stew dig, where does that leave the president of the united states? if he doesn't get either of those groups, doesn't get the authorization to take the action he wants to, you set this up as a great moral crisis can he walk away from syria then? >> i would expect there would have to be some other event that the president and the white house could look to as another leverage point. part of what i think made john kerry sort of off the top of his head comments so pivotal, p

this is, again, willy geist, this is like someone looked at old films of bud wilkinson and said the coachas great, he won 5 straight games in h a row and deid sided last night since the wishbone worked for bud, we'll implement the wishbone h in the nfl in september of 2013. it's a tactic that won't work. it's obvious on its face. >> it's a tactic that won't work, gene, and it allows harry reid to not address concerns about obamacare. it allows reid to call republicans anarchists, nancy pelosi to call republicans arsonists. that's the frustration. the republicans are all painted with the ted cruz brush. >> they are. they can all count to 51 and understand this is creating a huge unnecessary vulnerability for them and they are going to get slammed. i have a question for our image experts -- >> oh, great. >> donny and joe. >> when did joe -- excuse me. >> joe was in congress. here's the question. suppose ted cruz wakes up this morning, slams himself in the forehead h and says, i'm such an idiot. >> chances of that happening are nil. >> i know. it won't happen. but, you know, in a parallel un

. >> willie geist, what was going on at the time the president was talking about republicans liking their hurting people. >> the building was still locked down. they were looking for shooter or shooters. they were looking for bodies people were hiding in lockers. this was a speech about the five year anniversary. let's do it tomorrow or the day after. he did, obviously, talk about it at the top of that speech but as mika said the stage of it -- >> exactly. i was distracted by the people behind him that looked very excited to be there. >> he brought his props along and he had his political speech. it was a harsh, harsh speech from the president of the united states on any day but, you know what? this president is frustrated and there is -- he certainly has every right to do that but on the day while people were hiding, while people were bleeding, while people were dying, while the nation was locked in on this he's talking about harsh partisanship and republicans wanting to hurt people. mike, what is more partisan than not being able to put aside one of these stupid washington battles, neve

willie geist along with al and natalie.ning. i am so thankful to be here. thank you for making the transition. >> so people know the orange room in our new studio, which we will debut on monday is the melding of digital and broadcast. >> that's kind of the idea of it, al. it's a studio in the new 1-a, which we will see on monday. let face it. i think the average person can understand a place like today for over 60 years has gathered and delivered news as a tra dirnl means. technology is in a crazy place, citizen journalism, a ton of stuff happening online t. orange room will be a place during the live "today" show, we will be able to intersect with what you are doing. >> so we'll be checking in with you periodically on issues, whatever stories are getting the viewers excited or whatever emotions. >> the viewer looks at it as a hub or a new home to them to reach out to me through the orange room to have sort of a richer relationship with the show. we'll see how it manifests in real time when we're on the air with whatever gi

i'm willie geist, al roker, brooke shields in for natalie today. the falcons but wtf to the young people is something else. we put it on a poll at today show.com. 89% -- 90% say -- >> say get rid of the shirt. >> should not support the shirt. >> should not support it. got it. that's good. >> so we have a game that you don't know abo yet. oh. >> we're going to play a spy a celebrity's eyebrows. >> why you ask. >> oh. >> perhaps america's most famous eyebrows. >> i don't know. >> i think they sti are to this day. let's look at the 80s eyebrows. >> look at that. >> w, needs a little cleaning up. >> a little shaping. >> just a good tweezer. >> were you conscious of the iconic nature of your eyebrows? >> not until it was told to me all the time and people would bring my picture in and say i want these. they were just eyebrows. >> this is from the 80s. i don't know what year that is. you look spectacular. there's no really much difference. other than the hair. >> i had a lot of hair. thank you. >> just saying. >> i agree with you and i have a game for us

i'm willie geist along with al and natalie. but you know that already.. if you watched last night, the wind was blowing all over the place. >> yeah. >> so i just met the -- the latest line jumper, terry dutcher from syracuse, utah. you saw the guy, when they did the live door knock, the guy who comes, you know -- >> salt lake city. >> yeah, looks like he is my age. terry looking young. i immediately said is that your dad? she said no it's my husband. >> oh. >> at least i didn't ask her if she was pregnant. >> nice, wow. we've all had those right. >> i get asked when i'm with my kids, oh, your grand kids are beautiful. >> oh, really? >> really? >> and you talk about them enough that people would know. >> and natalie morales was one of the choices on the questions last night. >> that's impressive. >> who showed their phone number. >> hoda, savannah, rachel ray, natalie morales. >> and it was hoda kotb was the correct answer. >> that's your big break. one of the choices on million second quiz. >> actually, coming up we all recorded quiz questions. >> i have

. >> senator toomey, willie geist and i are very disturbed about another issue here. bp >> what's coming here, chuck? >> it seems to me, willie, that the city that gave us terry bradshaw and -- >> do we have to go there >> stallworth. stallworth. >> all right. >> no. >> that's just mean. >> senator pat toomey -- >> what's wrong with the steelers. >> joe. >> we could be talking about pirates. glass the half full. >> what's wrong with the steelers? >> it's a building year, joe. >> senator pat toomey, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> sorry for these guys. sam stein, thank you. >> we'll have a -- >> next supermodel turned entrepreneur kathy ireland joins the table with the latest on her billion dollar brand. and more "morning joe" when we come back. ♪ ♪ you make me, make me, make me go crazy ♪ ♪ you make me, make me, make me go crazy. ♪ bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ gart

what in the world, willie geist? >> can't show syria that kind of weakness. >> oh, my god. tin, no wonder -- that's why putin can start writing in our newspapers. >> i know. >> don't know. >> by the way, putin is now -- willie i got a question four. putin is no russian journalist. >> right. >> should he get more production? >> from himself? >> from himself. he might get angry at something and shoot himself. he's done it before. it's a brain teaser. it's the truth. >> you're crazy. designee kills journalists at will and so -- >> yes, he does. >> barnacle says imagine making me his editor. vlad, i don't think we should -- you're right. >> i don't see that being much different on "morning joe." >> let's go to patrick gavin. he has a look at the politico playbook. >> mom and dad pipe down over there. >> bring your parent to work day. >> at politico. >> so patrick your lead story up there, the most popular on your website is a story about the coke brothers going behind the curtain what you're calling a secret bank impact on republican politics. >> we've been feeling around the el

i'm willie geist with brian shactman in new york.kingdom, leader of the liberal democrats, mr. nick clegg. >> good morning. >> is it as exciting as it appears? >> it is thrilling. >> riveting. >> you can't take your eyes off it. >> we were talking about the new president in iran, rowhani, saying the right things, striking a moderate tone. what approach do you take? it feels we have heard it before from iranians. >> it's progress that he's taking a different tone, speaking a different language but it doesn't solve the problems. you have to see if the actions -- b the words are translated into action. so i think the ball will return into the court of the iranian regime pretty quickly. they will have to really show whether they mean what they are suggesting through their rhetoric. i think we should test what he's saying seriously. take him seriously. be open and sincere in trying to find a way forward but be hard headed that it's actions, not words that speak the loudest. >> there is a high level meeting among foreign ministers includin