Ratchets up its warnings about that mysterious vaping illness sweeping the country. An outbreak of this magnitude that doesnt show any sign of slowing down is of great concern. More than a thousand people now sickened or killed just ahead, the new clue on what could be the cause. Massive payouts, a major casino hotel that just agreed to pay nearly a billion dollars to victims of the Las Vegas Massacre, what survivors are saying two years after the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. All that plus today exclusive, a rare and revealing look inside chinas secret Detention Camp tell me that it isnt rude to take a mother away from her 4yearold daughter when her father just died emotional return, amanda knox getting candid about her trip back to the place where she was tried and imprisoned. I still have people who send me messages describing how theyre going to murder me and nail biter, an epic game between the seahawks and rams comes down to one final play the winner decided by mere inches, today, friday, october 4th, 2019. From nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. You know whos ready for friday. Who that huge crowd outside. Everybody outside by the way, we have a beautiful crowd out there. Here for taylor swift whos going to be on snl on saturday they are out in force. Were going to get out and say hey. A lot of fascinating developments just overnight in the impeachment inquiry. Things have intensified after the president publicly called on another country, china to investigate his political rival joe biden. He did it on camera, and overnight, were also seeing new Text Messages turned over to congress by the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine. They appear to show the administration putting pressure on ukraine to investigate biden with the promise of a white house visit hanging over all of it, and this is coming as the white house plans to send a letter to Speaker Pelosi as soon as today asking her to hold a full house vote on impeachment right away weve got complete coverage. Well start with nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker at her post at the white house. Good morning. Good morning to you, a lot of fast moving developments on this friday President Trump is taking a defiant new stance this morning against house democrats, a source familiar with the thinking here telling nbc news overnight the white house as you say is planning to send that letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi as soon as today saying they wont turn over any documents despite demands until the house officially votes to formally open an impeachment inquiry. President trump doubling down in the face of a widening impeachment probe. On thursday, he publicly called on ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. And then surprised many when he said china should do the same. And by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. Because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi arguing the president s remarks amounting to a confession in respect the president has confessed to his violation of his oath of office right then and there so they dont need too much inquiry. Reporter President Trump calling Hunter Bidens business dealings in china crooked pointing to a 2013 trip when he joined then Vice President biden aboard air force 2 on an official trip to beijing in a strongly worded late night tweet, mr. Trump writing i have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty to investigate or have investigated corruption and that would include asking or suggesting other countries to help us out. The Biden Campaign calling the president s allegations of wrongdoing a dismantled Conspiracy Theory and arguing the president s calls to foreign leaders are equivalent to this moment from 2016. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter meanwhile, overnight a potential bomb shell in the form of Text Messages, the House Intelligence Committee which is leading the impeachment inquiry against President Trump releasing the texts which were handed over by former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, he spent nine hours on thursday testifying behind closed doors on capitol hill. The texts show u. S. Ambassadors pressing ukraine to investigate joe biden even signaling a meeting between the president of ukraine and President Trump was contingent on those. And a delay in military aid. In one of the text exchanges, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine writes to a group of other american diplomats, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign a colleague responding, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind, adding later, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. Now, in a Statement Released overnight, the chairman of three key house committees writing this is not normal or acceptable it is unethical, unpatriotic and wrong. Heres the bottom line, savannah, it appears to no longer be a debate over what the president did but about whether congress thinks its okay for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. Savannah. Thank you so much and that question sets up nicely our next guest, elise jordan, a former white house official in the bush administration, and now a political analyst for nbc news good morning to you. What about it, it isnt exactly a who done it, the president did it on camera, asked china as well as ukraine to investigate his political enemies, is that okay i mean, hes saying, look, im asking another country to help me ferret out corruption. It was a historic moment, the president of the United States on the white house lawn asking for a Foreign Government to intervene, two Foreign Governments to intervene in the american election. And that is a crime. Donald trump did it in front of everyone and the theory being that i put it out there, what i actually did in private maybe isnt going to matter as much since its out there now publicly but at the end of the day, its a pretty huge deal and goes against the very precedent and sanctity of american elections foreign intervention. Lets go back to first principles, i mean, just to even ask the question, why is it not good for American National security to ask Foreign Countries to help you go against your political rival. Its an abuse of power. Donald trump is seeking to withhold Security Assistance from the american taxpayers, Security Assistance that congress, his administration has agreed is necessary for americas own National Security because he wants political intelligence on a political rival. That is abusing his power for his own personal interests. Elise jordan, thank you very much extraordinary times, we appreciate it. Hoda over to you. Another major story, americas vaping epidemic. There is an alarming new report from the cdc on that serious lung disease it shows a startling rise in confirmed or probable cases now more than a thousand in 38 states nbcs tom costello has the latest good morning. Reporter reports of hundreds of more people becoming sick as a result of vaping in the last week and with the number of deaths now at 19, Health Authorities are warning it may only be the tip of the iceberg the numbers are alarming, revealing the true extent of the vaping crisis spreading across the country. The cdc says more than a thousand americans have now become sick or died because of illnesses linked to vaping most of them under the age of 35 nearly every state has reported a confirmed or probable case, with 275 confirmed in just the last week. Anthe centers for Disease Control and prevention says it could be just the beginning. An outbreak of this magnitude that doesnt show any sign of slowing down is of great concern. Reporter doctors across the country are scrambling to pinpoint what exactly is making people sick. Some have suggested that oil in the lungs is to blame. But a new mayo clinic study says theyre seeing toxic chemical burns in patients lungs. The type of chemical injury that we see closely resembles the type of injury you see when a patient is involved in an industrial accident where theres a chemical spill. Reporter with the majority of patients reporting that they used products containing thc, the psycho active ingredient in marijuana, counterfeit vapes are they contain high levels of causing concern. The vaping industry itself claims the recent outbreak is tied to tainted, tampered cartridges, tests commissioned by nbc news of elicit thc cartridges recently revealed they contain high levels of pesticides and a fungicide that can turn into Hydrogen Cyanide when burned as well as vitamin e. You dont know what youre getting. All this stuff in here is. Reporter a dangerous epidemic still spreading and claiming lives state Health Authorities tell nbc news they are investigating 1300 more cases so its very likely these numbers will only rise savannah. And i know theres new polling out there, americans weighing in on whether or not vaping should be regulated more, what does it say. The usa today poll finds americans support regulation when it comes to vaping, that could include requiring ingredients and health risks on the labels and not allowing anyone under age of 21 to purchase ecigarettes. Half the respondents were in favor of banning all vaping products all together. Thank you very much, and we ha breaking news overseas this morning, hong kong will ban face masks at public demonstrations as part of Emergency Powers announced today. The ban carries a penalty of up to one year in jail. Protesters who took to the streets again today have used masks to shield their identities and protect themselves from tear gas. Antigovernment demonstrators have gripped the territory for months plunging it into its biggest political crisis in decades. Victims of the Las Vegas Massacre have agreed to settle lawsuits with the hotel where the deadliest shooting took place. Mgm could pay up to 800 million to the victims 58 people died hundreds of others were hurt at the route 91 harvest Music Festival victims say mgm failed to protect them when a gunman opened fire from his suite at the mandalay bay resort. The money will be allocated late next year. Also this morning, we are learning more now about the passengers and crews who were killed in that fiery crash of a vintage military plane it happened in connecticut many of those on board were history buffs and Aviation Enthusiasts and were learning more about them today. Nbcs ron allen joins us with the latest on the investigation as well. Ron, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah, from Bradley International where several witnesses have told investigators that the b17 appeared to have engine trouble from the start with mechanics trying to fix the problem as passengers were boarding an old war plane that first flew half a century ago for 59yeaold bert riddell flying aboard a b17 was a lifelong dream. Everything about world war ii he loved. He and wife debra, World War Ii History buffs, planned to celebrate their upcoming 60th birthdays in normandy, scene of the d day invasion before takeoff, debra noticed mechanics working on the plane. At one point, even the pilot came out and did something to the plane, in the meantime, you know, my husband was texting me saying this doesnt bode well. He also texted this picture then minutes after takeoff, as the plane tried to make an emergency landing, it slammed back on to the runway in a ball of fire. I kept saying, this cannot be happening, this cannot be happening. It just seemed impossible that that plane just crashed before my eyes. Reporter robert, one of seven killed, including the pilot, mac mccauley, heard last week on the airplane geeks podcast talking about flying the b17. It must be a blast for you to fly this aircraft. Yeah, fly this thing every day, every single day at least once reporter also on board, 66yearold gary mazzone, a retired police captain, his son brian devastated. I feel cheated. You can answer a million questions, my dad is not coming back i dont care how it happened, what happened, why it happened, it just happened. Reporter ntsb reports reveal 21 previous accidents involving world war ii era bombers since 1982 with 23 fatalities. As grieving families cling to memories. He was an amazing father, grandfather, husband that was the person he was, and everybody believes that. Reporter state officials here in connecticut now say they are concerned about that accident and fatality record for vintage war planes over the years and now question whether the b17 should have been flying here near an International Airport in the first place hoda, savannah ron, thank you very much. We do have a lot more to get to this morning, including some good news, some drama on a florida highway when a couple was pulled over for speeding, so ere was a reason they were going so fast, the driver was trying to get his pregnant wife to the hospital and that baby was not going to wait, as nbcs Kerry Sanders tells us, thats when a deputy, a local deputy made a very special delivery reporter getting pulled over for speeding is always ner nerveracki nerveracking. Officer you have the right to stop me, im not going to even lie. But for one driver, those lights and sirens were a godsend. Theres a baby coming out look, look. The driver doing 63 where the limit was 45 was in a rush for a reason. The babys coming out, so i started speeding, trying to get to the hospital. Veteran Florida Deputy robert pound jumped into action, grabbing gloves and a clean blanket from his patrol car. Here we go. Laid the blanket down, and wasnt too long after that, was holding a newborn baby in my hands. Congratulations, you got a little girl. He had trained for moments like this, but in 26 years on the job, deputy pounds had never delivered a baby until now i guess you could say it was just my training that kicked in. The baby did most of the work, well put it that way. Reporter it went so well after the delivery, dad paused for a selfie. Everybody is afraid to get pulled over. This time was happy. Reporter and that newborn baby girls name, layla robert louis, honoring the deputy that helped bring her into the world. For today, Kerry Sanders, nbc news. I love everything about that. The middle name, you have yourself a baby, so casual. And he was trained to deliver babies like 26 years ago what did you learn 26 years ago that you could pull off today. Crazy. Congrats to them. Wow, what a game, incredible last night between the seahawks and the rams first of all, take a look at this unbelievable catch by seattles tyler lockett. He hauls it in in the back of the end zone, seattle takes a 1 point lead cut to the end of the game, rams had a chance to win it with a 44 yard field goal. Take a look. Heres the unit zuerlein missed it oh, i mean. Failed, right, a little bit just by a hair, just a hair seattle holds on, wins it 3029. I always feel so bad for the guy under all that pressure in the moment. I cannot believe that wow. Were going to bring in mr. Roker. Its almost like we watched the game we did, the most important part. Im going to have a suit made of that seahawks material, that looks great. Anyway, lets show you what we have coming on today weve got fall weather in the northwest, cool weather returning to the northeast, but record highs still hanging in there. About a dozen cities could break records today, new orleans, ontgomery, all the way to tallahassee, maybe a record in dallas, tampa, new orleans looking pretty warm. Wait just a second though. First of all look at what happens on saturday, a little fake there, im sorry. Temperatures are going to be a little bit below average in fact, saturday morning we got about 21 Million People under a freeze watch, warning or a frost advisory, as temperatures will be awfully chilly saturday morning, freezing in alpena, 46 in new york city, boston will be 41, and d. C. , a temperature of 50 were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds good friday morning. Im kari hall. Here is a live look outside in San Francisco. Its a chilly start to the day. Were in the upper 40s and were heading into another very nice and comfortable afternoon. In some spots just slightly warmer than it was yesterday in the upper 70s and low 80s in the inland east bay as well as the north bay with our temperatures heating up for the weekend. Well reach into the low 80s tomorrow. Upper 80s by sunday and were peaking at 90 degrees in the valleys on monday. And tha and thats your latest weather. Hoda. Coming up, lester holts exclusive interview with amanda knox. A lot of people are confused about why im not just burying my head in the ground and disappearing and crying. Why she says its time to reclaim her story eight years after her acquittal for murder in italy. Plus an eye opening today exclusive, keir simmons with a rare look inside chinas secret Detention Camp the country has been accused of wiping out an entire culture but first, this is today on nbc. Lets get down to business. The business of atlanta on monday. Cincinnati on tuesday. 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A taxi driver was going into the city early yesterday morning when a wrong way driver slammed into their suv. The chp said the wrong way driver was impaired. We want to get a look at your forecast as the weekend is upon us. Good morning. Good morning. Were starting out with sunshine and a clear view as we look across the south bay in san jose. Our highs this afternoon will be very nice and feeling falllike and this is the last day of it. We better get out and enjoy it because our temperatures will heat up this weekend reaching into the low 80s tomorrow and then upper 80s by sunday. Definitely a summer feel to the air on monday as we start out the new week with highs reaching 90 degrees and then it will cool off for the middle of next week. San francisco will have low 70s today. Mid 70s tomorrow and a high of 80 degrees this sunday. Lets head over to mike for an update on the commute. The bay bridge. They may have sped up over the last 20 minutes. I do see movement now for the fast track lanes in recovery a bit off the berkeley curve. Still very slow. That arrow shows you down through berkeley through west 80. Also still recovering southbound 101. The earlier crash looks like its on the shoulder. The rest of the bay is pretty typical for a friday. Traffic related. San mateo bridge. You also saw the 101 at the 92 interchange. Pretty typical. Back to you. All right. Another local news update for you in an hour. Back now, it is 7 30, you all. It is friday, just to remind you. It is october the 4th, the weekend is knocking on the door. Our enthusiastic crowd is so into it. Were going to step outside into that mass of loveliness in just a little bit. I love that we love it. Lets get to the top stories of the morning. We start with the latest on the impeachment inquiry, the president taking a defiant new stance against house democrats, according to a source familiar with the matter, the white house is planning to send a letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi as soon as today saying the white house will not turn over any documents until the full house officially votes to formally open an impeachment inquiry. The president wanting to see members of the house on the record he also appears to be doubling down yesterday he called for two countries, ukraine and china to investigate his political rival joe biden. House Speaker Pelosi says those remarks amounted to a confession an 80yearold man is in custody this morning accused in a shooting at a Senior Living Apartment Building in washington state. Vancouver police say robert brech opened fire in the lobby yesterday. He killed one man and wounded two women. They say brech then barricaded himself inside his apartment for several hours. He was then taken into custody no word on the motive for that shooting. It has been exactly eight years since amanda knox walked free from an italian prison, the first of two times she would be acquitted for the murder of her roommate lester holt sat down with her for an exclusive interview, good morning. Good morning good to see both of you i traveled to seattle to visit with amanda knox and how shes finding her voice with a new project. In 2007 she was thrust into the global spotlight after being convicted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad with people all over the world debating her innocence four years later she was acquitted and released after a lengthy legal saga, knox and her exboyfriend were fully exonerated in 2015 by Italys Supreme Court which said there was simply no evidence they took part in the murder of meredith kercher. The court of Public Opinion is still deliberating do you wonder what i think about you when you encounter people. I wonder if people care about my experience beyond whether or not im guilty or innocent i worry that when i meet people, they will have a great conversation with me facetoface, and then, and like ill think that we had a human connection, and then theyll walk away and like go to their buddies and be like, yeah, i talked to the killer, amanda knox. Its hard to trust. Its hard to trust. Amanda knox, now 31 is trying to reclaim her story in june, knox returned to italy for the First Time Since she was freed from prison in 2011, telling me she was afraid to go. What were you fearful of . The fact that i had been invited by the italy innocence project, it was tremendously important to me but that didnt change the fact that i still have people who send me messages describing how theyre going to murder me. Knox, emotional at moments spoke without incident i break my own heart every time i access what happened to me. In 2015, knox and her exboyfriend were exonerated by italys highest court, which cited a lack of evidence and investigators affected by media pressure since then, knox has found her voice in an ironic place. Youre facing injustice, do you notify the authorities or take the law into your own hands. Producing a True Crime Podcast with her fiance, Chris Robinson bringing compassion to what she says the genre typically lacks. Im trying to think critically and compassionately, and a lot of people think you can only do one or the other, you can have compassion or be critical, and i dont think thats the case at all i think you can do both at the same time. As she did in italy, knox often speaks on criminal justice reform, hoping to put her own story in a broader perspective a lot of people are confused about why im not just burying my head in the ground and disappearing and crying. And whats the answer and the answer is im a real human being too and im trying to do the best that i can with what life has given me, and this is my answer, and i dont i dont think im the mo resilient person in the world. I just know i take it day by day, and some days are really hard, some moments are really hard i got super emotional with you in the interview you talked about italy, and i am not done processing italy. I needed the fresh air looking at other stories of people who have been similarly flattened and dehumanized has given me perspective on my own experience and has allowed me to like share an openness with them that i dont think they experienced in the greater world. I mean, you can see it, there are moments where its still so raw for her, understandably. What else did she say about going to italy because that obviously was very important to her. She and i had a chat on the phone before she went, and she sounded, you know, genuinely fearful, but she talked about finding support there in places she didnt expect to find, and one of the things that shes doing a lot of speaking now, talking to, you know exonerated groups, and the one thing is you dont have to explain this we spend our whole lives explaining to people and in that group theres a sense of comfort and certainly common experience. The podcast that shes coproducing, but other big plans, too, right . Yeah, she and her fiance are planning their wedding next year. Well, thats good to catch up with her and see what shes up to lester, thank you. Well see you on nightly tonight. Youre working, right. All the way through thats what you do. The romantic new song that Justin Bieber just released days after his wedding, and wait until you see who else is on it. 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These are institutions nbc news has been trying to gain access to for a year this is a place you may not have heard of, people you may not know but what youre about to hear will break your heart stories of families being forcibly separated in allegations china denied, is trying to brainwash huge numbers of people, pledging allegiance to the Chinese Communist party 3yearold hanza knew his mother for only 10 days, his parents fearing oppression fled their home in china to give birth to him in turkey. Hanza calls out mom. Holding back tears, his father says hes all his son has left hes told me hanzas mom went back to get her other four boys and was arrested they say they were never given a reason why hanzas brothers are also missing. The white house says more than a million of this mostly muslim chinese population have been subject to religious persecution and sent to what it deems political indoctrination camps. I call them concentration camps. They want to wipe out everything belonging to uighur culture. The chinese say allegations like these are all lies. In search of the truth we have flown to a remote region of the world, more than twice the size of texas where horrific stories have been emerging from a vast network of secretive facilities, the chinese who have agreed to let us film with government chaperones call them education and vocation centers here, dozens of adults sit studying, many of them sleeping in dormitories, the chinese say these centers ha hd stabilize the region they insist we visit this exhibit, documenting decades of violent terrorist attacks, allegedly planned and carried out by members of the Muslim Minority our measures are effective says Senior Communist Party official, pointing to growing tourism and increasing investment in the region but at what cost, prayers are allowed at sanctioned mosques and routine for minor infringements, according to Human Rights Watch why are you here attending an illegal preaching, he tells me. At another center, more youth, the aim sounds like a kind of mind control the director in a rare oncamera description tells us they prevent terrorist thoughts from developing we focus on changing their minds, he says this woman in a class teaching her to care for infants is already a mother she was accused of religious extremism just when her husband had died her daughter only 4. Tell me that it isnt brutal to take a mother away from her 4yearold daughter when her father has just died tell me that is not a brutal thing to do. She can go home once every week her father died and her mother was taken away and could only see her once a week, and you say thats fine . The parents, every one of us misses our children. Later she claims she could pass her thoughts on to her children, and her children could become terrorists this disturbing video which the state department believes to be authentic has recently emerged, detainees shackled and blindfolded. Were getting a sanitized picture. Analysts at the Strategic Policy institute tells nbc news, these images show another part of the camp just across the road from where we were standing, one that is far more punishing with exercise pens and barbed wire. We can go across the road to the other side where there are bars on the windows. That is a normal school, it has nothing to do with us. Reporter back in washington, senator marco rubio has campaigned against chinas weaker policy. Uighur policy. Do you bie what the chinese have shown us here reflects what these centers are like of course not they control 100 this region, who gets to speak, and wyou get to see. Reporter the criticism is unjust we protect uighur culture, he says but thousands of miles away in istanbul, turkey, we get to reflect on a different story, hanza growing up without his mom. His family fears his brothers have been sent to orphanages Chinas Communist Party pushing for a more united country, tearing families apart. Its astonishing, to see what you saw, even the things theyre willing to show you are concerning in so many ways what, if anything, is the u. S. Government doing about this . Marco rubio has a bill, the house has a bill, so the president may have a bill over this issue on his desk in the coming weeks and months this is why americans should care china by many measures is the second biggest economy in the world now. It is expanding militarily, it has huge influence, and we cannot just sleepwalk into a situation where china is so powerful in the world and we arent asking tough questions. You know, judge a country by the way it treats its own citizens and china really cares about what we think. Ive got a personal letter from the Chinese Party communist official who wrote to me again to say china has always attached great importance to the protection of childrens rights. We were tough but fair, i think, in that report but what we must not do is allow china to act without us asking them the questions that need to be asked especially when its looking to increase its influence worldwide. Keir, thank you. Thank you. Were going to switch gears now. Were going to go to mr. Roker and get a check of the weather. Hurricane season goes through november were watching an area to the north of cancun right now. Were not expecting anything major out of this. It bears watching over the next five days. A 10 chance of development. Its in the lower gulf we will continue to monitor this as the week wears out. Record highs in the southeast, on in the gulf, drying out in the northeast, and cooling off a flood risk in the southwest, and were looking at snow in the Western Plains thats whats going good friday. Im kari hall. Live look outside in januasan j starting out with sunshine and another chilly morning. Upper 40s. Were heading up to 76 degrees for the high today. Livermore will reach 77 degrees in the 80s in concord. Some of these temperatures might be warmer than yesterday and the big heat upstarts tomorrow with gusty winds picking up during the evening. And up to 90 on monday. And thats your latest weather, savannah. Well, let the party begin. Carson is here and kate snow has a new show, shes going to introduce us to a couple of parents on a relentless search for justice. Shes going to talk about this new series and this extraordinary story. And jimmy fallon surprises taylor swift with a video she never sees coming. Shes in tears the star of the video is a banana im going to explain all of this coming up in pop start is that taylor right there . Yes wow oup. Oup. Got it. Earning on that eclair. Dont touch it. Dont touch it yet. Let me get the big one. Nope. This one . Nope. This one . No. Let me get them all. Im gonna get them all. Its just the basics. Can you double bag this right here . 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Its 8 00 on today, coming up, doubling down, President Trump calls on ukraine to investigate the bidens and says china should do the same. China should start an investigation into the bidens. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling those remarks a confession so what happens next were live with the latest. Plus finding forgiveness after this emotional moment in a texas courtroom. Harry smith takes a closer look at the power of forgiveness and what we can all learn from it. And she needs to calm down what taylor swifts mom gave to jimmy fallon that left the pop star like. Oh, my god. Thats on television today, friday, october 4th, 2019 here for elizabeths birthday. Were here celebrating my husbands birthday. From the great state of alabama. Celebrating 46 years of marriage. And 46 years of loving the today show 54 years of wedded bliss. Its missy turning 50 in new york city. Theres a party out there on the plaza. Weve got birthdays, weve got anniversaries, weve got happy people weve got sunshine, and its friday lots to be very happy about today. Indeed. We also love when you all send your love, your shout outs, so keep them coming with that mytodayplaza, and maybe well put you on the air. This is an october to remember on today, we have cool guests next week, jimmy fallon is going to join us live right here in the studio, and Priyanka Chopra is going to stop by as well. Were going to have a special event in honor of International Day of the girl. Savannah and i will introduce you to girls in the United States doing incredible work in their communities, plus Michelle Obama has a special announcement for us and grammy winner alicia carl will be here, and shes going to put on a live concert for us. Thats one week from today. A lot to look forward to the president has openly asked a second Foreign Government to investigate joe biden and his son. This is the very issue that led to the impeachment inquiry against him. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has got the latest on this good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you in a remarkable turn of events, President Trump now openly asking not only ukraine but china to investigate joe biden the question for lawmakers is not what the president did but whether its legal President Trump doubling down in the face of a widening impeachment probe. On thursday, he publicly called on ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. And then surprised many when he said china should do the same. And by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi arguing the president s remarks amounting to a confession. The president has confessed to his violation of his oath of office right then and there, so dont need too much inquiry. Reporter meanwhile, overnight, a potential bomb shell in the form of Text Messages the House Intelligence Committee which is leading the impeachment inquiry against President Trump releasing the texts, which were handed over by former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, he spent nine hours testifying at capitol hill. Pressing ukraine to investigate joe biden, even signaling a meeting between the president of ukraine and President Trump was contingent on those investigations and raising the issue of a delay in military aid. In one of the text exchanges, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine writes to a group of other american diplomats, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign a colleague responding, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quo of any kind now a source familiar with the thinking here at the white house tells nbc news the white house is planning to send a letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi as soon as today saying they wont turn over any documents until the full house officially votes to formally open an impeachment inquiry. Savannah kristen, thank you. 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A School Bus Driver in texas noticed that the kids at one of his stops had to stand in really tall weeds they were about waist high it was in front of a vacant house, and nobody looked after it so that driver, jerry martin decided to do something. He brought his own lawn mower to the stop he cut down the weeds himself. Jerry said he had to because he didnt want the kids to have bug bites all over their legs. He says he always treats all of the kids like they are his very own. I love a person who sees a problem and says im going to fix it. Just ahead, two remarkable stories from two of our favorites, kate snow and harry smith. Kate is showing how one mom persevered through great personal pain. And harry is going to tackle what it means to truly forgive but first, these messages. Youre earning unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Like on that new laptop. Quicksilver keepgs simple, gary. And smart, like you and i like that. I guess i am pretty smart. 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Now students are truly hopeful for what they may achieve. Were back with our ongoing series mr. Smith goes to. Well, we love this series harry, this morning you are talking about the power of forgiveness. Thats right. By now we have all seen that powerful moment in a texas courtroom when a young man chose to forgive the woman who killed his brother. Its not the first time, though, that weve seen people forgive in the midst of tragedy. So what is it that gives certain people that power . If you truly are sorry, i know i can speak for myself. I forgive you. It happened when some of the press and a number of spectators had already left the courtroom botham jeans brother brandt spoke to the court during a period known as the victims impact statement, the impact of which we can still feel. I dont know if this is possible but can i give her a hug, please please after the second please, the judge said yes their embrace lasted the better part of a minute, a reporter in the courtroom said she could hear amber guyger sobbing. This is the very definition of grace, the act of loving even your enemy, an act of selflessness which wed like to think we too would be capable of the amish in eastern pennsylvania immediately forgave the man who walked into a local school and shot ten girls, five died they even attended his funeral, and vowed to help his widow. Wisconsin acted similarly when a white supremacist entered their temple, killing six and wounding four, their message, forgiveness and peace. When dylann roof shamelessly took the lives of nine members of the Emanuel Ame Church in charleston, the faithful there found love enough in their hearts to forgive as well. Hoda spoke with them forgiveness is like youre letting somebody else off the hook youre actually letting yourself off the hook because if you keep it, theres no healing, with hatred, you have to love each other. Thats our second commandment. You know, you always want to forgive, and thats what were taught you know, sometimes i feel like i teeter totter, then i know the right thing to do is forgive thats what we have taught our girls. I dont teach them to hate. The act of forgiveness is an emotional transaction, hatred and anger are burdensome companions, forgiveness can free us of those feelings it is an act that requires no small amount of courage and faith. So can i tell you a story sure. Im in church years ago, the sermon is about the lords prayer, theres a portion of lords prayer that says forgive us our trespass as we forgive those who trespass against us and the guy says think about that for a second, theres someone in your life for whom you have this jones, this thing that just drives you nuts, you need to let that go. I said in the prayer, i said this, i did this thing i hadnt seen this guy in years, i ran into him in the street the next day. What happened i thought, theres some serious message in this whole idea that you release something in yourself when you give that up so for those people that weve seen do this, its a transaction, as i said, in the piece. Right, its a twoway street. I dont know if i could do it. The give in forgiveness, you have to give it costs you something, but it also repays something and helps you heal but as a human, its counterintuitive, as a family member, that young man in texas, that was one of the most unbelievable things i have ever seen a difficult thing to do. I feel like a witness, it felt like god himself was in that moment. Thats a good point. People believe different things, when i saw that, i thought, theres proof that god exists. Look in harrys piece, it is a faithbased theme for all of us. That interview with those folks. Those women from South Carolina that, by the way, is the common thread, theres also the woman whose child died in columbine, she forgave the shooter and met with the shooters mother, and again, it was her faith. Like, i think that seems to be the common thread. You know why, because its not human, its supernatural, it is, to be able to forgive, so far and above what i think were cae of. Youre supposed to yell in that victims moment, i hope you go to jail, you took my brother. And for him to exude so much grace, the spirit takes over thats it. Thats it. Brandts mother says im not there yet. Im absolutely not there i ought to be there, but im not there. Which is an amazingly honest emotion as well. God is patient with our journeys you know. We better hope so exactly. Harry, that was awesome. Harry hasnt been back to church since that story. Harry, youre the most experienced broadcaster here, how do we go from that to the mighty pop start. Lets go. You know what, take a beat. Weather first. Think of me as an buffer. By the way, your voice, i know you have a Little Something going on, but theres a barry white thing going on. Baby baby. I love to love your mama. Anyway, lets show you whats going on as far as your National Weather is concerned, drying out cooling off in the northeast, great lakes, record highs throughout south, a flood ri through the southwest and snow in the Western Plains thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats good friday morning, here is a look at our beautiful view from San Francisco with a fog and cloudless sky. As we go into the rest of the day were going to see more sunshine. Temperatures here reaching 73 degrees. In san jose, a high of 76 degrees up to 80 in concord. Inland valleys reached the low 80s. Were going to peek up to 90 on monday before the fall like weather returns by the middle of next week. Weather, best time of the morning. You lie like a rug again. We love it. Come on, and now harry is going to hang out for us. All the pressure. First up, taylor swift, weve got a big performance from her on snl she did take some time to swing by jimmy fallon, she probably thought she was there to promote her new album, he surprised her with video, post laser eye correction surgery, here she is hopped up on painkillers. Video provided by your mom. This is real thats not the one i wanted. Stop, you cant cry thats not what youre supposed to be doing. I tried to get this one. Let me get the other one for you. What do we do with this now ill leave it its mine. But it doesnt have a head. Wow, look at her. Mom, giving the video of taylor swift. Oh, my gosh. Eating a banana. She must love her mother. She couldnt even save face with a little game they played on the show called name that song, which started in taylors favor, but ended with a song she probably should have known in its nelly, its hot in here. This is my favorite song. Shake it off . Not sure if she knows that or not. Not sure if she knew, but theres the reaction. Jimmy is going to have a special tonight show this weekend after football tune into that, tiger woods is making an appearance that will be fun. Well move on. Danny devito sat down with jimmy kimmel, where the two got talking about Danny Devitos impressions and the viral video of a creepy danny devito mask. This guy made this mask hyper flesh is the name of the company, and take a look at this that sounds sexy, that sounds sexy, hyperflesh. Holy [ bleep what the [ bleep ] ho, my god this is like holy, this is the television sequel to twins thats crazy. Late night tv goal. How creepy, thats the same company that made that tom brady mask. Look at that one. Wow we got to get those we have to get a harry smith mask always stunning. I would wear that the superstar is going to join willie guest and talk about from wrestling to Childrens Books, how his career is compared to Dwayne Johnson there are a lot of people who watched your hollywood movies, oh, i see hesoing down the Dwayne Johnson path. To say i want to emulate the career of Dwayne Johnson is true in some aspects, because he was brave enough to be the first one to be like, no, we are more, and im going down swinging and im going to prove that we are more, but i also know that if you are a copy of someone that is all that you will be you can catch the entire interview on this weekend sunday today with willie geist. Carson, thank you, harry, we love you as usual. Have a great weekend, with that cold, we need you. Get to church. Two mothers on a mission to find justice part of a new series premiering tonight on oxygen, called relentless with kate snow, and kate of course you know her, nbc Senior National correspondent and the perfect person to tell these stories. Lisa Wheeler Bowman and karen cobb were proud moms living separate lives in st. Petersburg, florida, their sons were both fathers and in one night their world collapsed and in time, they both found the strength to fight. You know, we were living our lives, we were fine. Like i had tunnel vision, and then mr camend knocked on my door. It was a night that changed everything lisa Wheeler Bowmans son cabretti was hanging out at a Recording Studio in st. Petersburg, he had just found out he was going to be a father again. We talked about the new baby that was coming and he was so happy, you know, he was going to have a girl. Reporter cabretti was with his friend kyle ellis, who had dreams of becoming a rap star. Kyles mom karen i will say one thing about kyle, he could rap better than most people i know. But cabretti would never meet his daughter, and kyle would never pursue his dreams. Two of my friends are possibly dying, please get someone here. The two young men were gunne down at the studio. I just remember dropping to my knees, all i was screaming was not my son. We pulled up in front of the studio, and it was hours before they showed me a polaroid picture of my son who was dead with no murder weapon found at the scene, no obvious suspects, lisa worried police wouldnt get a lot of tips from a distrustful community. You ever heard snitches get stitches, you know, so they dont want to tell the police anything. So lisa hit the streets herself, wearing cabrettis face on a tshirt, going into bars and asking everyone she met wha hole in the wall they knew about the murders. You know, im going into, a hole in the wall, i would sit at the bar and a guy would be like youre cabrettis mom. Werent you scared . No. For months, lisa kept journals. Takes you back, right im sorry. She wrote down every name or nickname she heard, sharing the information with karen and the police i would call this detective every morning like 7 30 because i wanted my voice to be the first one he heard. It took over 2 1 2 years, and a change in the investigative team, but police finally made an arrest we were brought together by tragedy but even out of the darkest moments, good things bloomed. They said nobody would be arrested for my sons murder and guess what, no was not an option. Lisa became a leading voice against gun violence, and then ran for city council and won this is our city, these are our sons and until you make it personal, were going to keep losing him today, both mothers have made it their mission to speak out. Im going to keep fighting. Were going to fight until i take my last breath. What makes it worth it. Being able to help other people and because i know that i got justice for cabretti so karen credits lisa with taking the lead, but both moms really came to a point where they were relentless, they werent going to let this go, and we have seen that time and again in this series. Just when she said i called the detective, i want my voice to be the first one he hears. There are a lot of moms who are fighting that fight. And every one of these stories, theres a common theme, were doing a whole series of them, and its this strength that they found to go after and to do things that the police maybe werent doing because they dont have the resources theres another story we tell, were in hawaii where a woman goes missing and the mom has to set up search grids, shes got maps all over her dining room table because no one else is doing it. That speaks to the power of a mothers love. Never let go. Kate, thank you so much. Again, relentless premiers tonight on oxygen. Congratulations on that show carson. Hi, guys. Right there. Good morning, it is 8 267, jud bergman and his wife, who was founder at head of heals in cheg. He was a chairman and ceo of a Financial Services committee. They were in a taxi when a wrong way driver on the 101 slammed into their taxi. The wrong way driver was impaired. Nothing like that going on overnight, but we had a couple bigger crashes that all cleared quickly. We had the bay bridge toll plaza. Were looking at the rest of the bay that is nice and dry. It is slowing now through the valley and that is typical of a friday at this time. South of 24 that crash should be clearing. Slow westbound 580. But again the span of the pay bridge is clear, just a late back up that is just now clearing. Back to you. Thank you, mike, another local update in 30 minutes. 8 30 now on this beautiful friday morning it is october the 4th, you all it is a great day to be in new york city. I know, this crowd is awesome. It goes all the way around. Guys, craig has the day off. In a moment were going to show you where carson awesome. It goes all the way around guys, craig has the day off. In a moment were going to show you where carson went. Its very interesting. Where are you going i just want to go and meet this cute little friend of mine. Is there a little boy here named evan hi. Hi. Where are you from atlanta how old are you 3. Youre 3 . Youre kind of amazing. Thank you yes, now, is there a part of the show that you like the most . Yes which part . Singing songs. I heard you really like the weather. I like the weather. Do you ever hear this guy al roker. Mr. Al. How are you evan is a real weather lover, right guys correct you okay, evan. You have a little frog in your throat whats going on . Ive been coughing. I hope youre doing okay. You like the weather yes, sir. Very polite young man, too. Oh, yes you always say its sunny it is today so that works out. Youre as accurate as i am very good. Evan, youre adorable, i cant believe youre just 3. You seem at least like a 6 or 7yearold. And you have the same haircut as dad. Dad has the same haircut as him. Thats very cool. Evan, nice to see you. Thanks for visiting us. Meantime, carson took a walk across the street. Yo, carson whats up guys, this is unreal. Thank you very much, im at lucys sparrow delicatessen. Looks like a normal deli, but a little bit different, though, all the stuff in the deli made of felt. With me is lucy sparrow. At what point in first grade when you were making things out of felt did it turn into all of this. I always wanted to do art as a career, and felt was something that, you know, really took on quite easily, and i just carried on making until i reached a whole shop. People can come in here, can they buy these things . Absolutely. The shop will last as long as we have the stuff. Where did you get inspiration for felt, what is it about this art that drew you do it . Felt makes people happy, color makes people happy its art prozac for the soul theres grim stuff on the news and you come in here, and laugh. Like walking through a candy store. Walk us through the variables, fish, shellfish, all the things you would find in a deli in new york bakery, weve got bakery, meats, all types of cheeses, we have octopus, lobsters, all the fruit and veg, weve really got everything. And you have made all of this stuff. I have made everything, yes. How long did it take you . It took ten months. My goodness. And how long are you going to be open here for people. We are here until the 20th or until we sell out to be honest it dt lasthat long. This is the spitting image of the real deal. Im going to pick this one up. Lucy sparrows delicatessen. We have a few here. Send this to taylor swift. Exactly a banana. You want some swiss cheese. I love that a great woman from louisiana with tons of cooking stuff whats your name pat in the pot. All right, coming up, were going to turn from baked food to the real deal, wait until you see what the chef is cooking up inside in honor of sunday nights big game on nbc. First, lets get a check of the weather from al. This sunday night football weather is brought to you by verizon, the network more people rely on. Lets take a look and see whats going on as far as your weekend is concerned saturday, a frosty start to the northeast, weve got heavy rain in the upper great lakes, record heat, plenty of sunshine out west sunday, sunday, heavy rain through the ohio river valley, sunny skies through the western 2 3 of the country, gulf coast heat developing, sunshine along the coast. Thats wha good morning, im kar eeri. Here is a live look outside. Sunny weather will continue into the afternoon. This is our last day of slightly cooler than normal weather before we heat up this weekend. A look at the sevenday forecast shows our upward trend in our temperatures going toward the end of the weekend and early next week. Up to 90 for the inland valleys. Well watch for a fire danger. San francisco up to 70 today. And thats your weather. Whats your name. Kara and matt. Where are you from . Chicago the best weekend, sunday night football night in america. The colts coming to the chiefs, arrowhead stadium, its clear, its mild, its 58 degrees and its the best Football Game of the day. Thats right on sunday night, football night in america womens help today, more of our series shining a light on a difficult topic. October is Domestic Violence awareness month. This morning, we are taking a deeper look at a form of psychological abuse. Its called gaslighting. Maria shriver is here with more on that. Victims of domestic violencd emotional abuse, and while there are no visible signs of it, psychological abuse can be as dangerous and damaging nearly half of all women and men have experienced psychologically aggressive behavior by a partner. Gaslighting is just one form and according to the people we spoke to, it can ruin lives. Gaslighting isnt new, but its had a resurgence in recent years. Its definition, to manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity the runnerup for Oxford Dictionarys word of the year in 2018, the term gaslighting entered the mainstream by way of a 1938 play and later a movie starring Ingrid Bergman called gaslight are you trying to tell me im insane but for victims, theres no hollywood ending just a real life nightmare dr. Robin stern wrote the book on gaslighting or what she calls the gaslight effect. People become hopeless, they give up on themselves. Theyre so busy defending themselves over time, and then theyre so busy agreeing with the gaslighter that they begin to think hes right. Some classic signs of gaslighting include compulsive lying, deflection, defensiveness, or denial of bad behavior, accusing or blaming you of things you didnt do. And using your weaknesses and things you value as ammunition if im the gaslighter, im trying to undermine your reality antrying to convince you that youre crazy, basically. Or convince you that theres something wrong with you or convince you that you didnt see something that in fact you did see. Gaslighting is hard to spot, and even harder for victims to articulate or prove. But experts say it is a form of psychological manipulation that can be crippling according to experts, its difficult for doctors to diagnose because its not widely taught in medical school Amanda Phillips was studying to become a counselor when she says she became a victim of gaslighting at the hands of her boyfriend. For me, at least, someone slowly builds this environment where you are trained to second guess your thoughts and your feelings and your emotions its not just about manipulation, its more a really deconstruction of a persons identity she says the gaslighting went on for almost a year and eventually escalated to financial, sexual, and physical abuse. Even things i vividly remember happening, i was like maybe i am wrong, maybe i am crazy, and is just, it just piles and piles and piles, until you just dont trust yourself at all. Did he make you think you were the cause of everything that was going wrong in the relationship absolutely. And he made you doubt what you were actually seeing, what you were feeling. Yes with the support of her family, amanda got help, and got out. There are things that we can do to make this knowledge of it so mainstream that people dont even walk into those situations in the first place. Gaslighting doesnt just happen in romantic relationships. It can happen between friends, with family members, and in the workplace. And men can be victims too people are not born gaslighters. Its social learning either you grew up in a home or you grew up in an environment where the people around you used gaslighting or psychological manipulation to control the moment so what should you do if you find yourself on the receiving end of gaslighting write down instances where you feel youre being manipulated to validate your own reality. Know your triggers and prepare to manage your emotions while talking to your gaslighter and finally, decide whether or not its time to get out of the relationship all together. Sometimes it just takes a while to live your way into the answer the doctor we spoke to said since victims of gaslighting are unwitting participants it could be as simple as being able to put the term to the psychological abuse theyre experiencing by hearing about it, reading about it in a book or seeing it here on this show, that could be enough to wake them up and help them gain the strength to reclaim their reality and get help and thats the most important thing where somebody has an ahha moment, and go thats happening to me theres a term for it. Other people have experienced it i can go and now put a term to it. Maria, thank you. Back to you savannah. Hoda, thank you the author of a new Childrens Book, and its really cool its giving kids the value of giving and its really important and timely adam grant is here well talk to him. But first, this is today on nbc. Announcer Time Magazine reports the new american addiction. How juul hooked kids and ignited a Public Health crisis. Other news outlets report juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Markets ecigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use ecigarettes. Juul is following big tobaccos playbook. And now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn ecigarette protections. Vote no on juul. No on big tobacco. No on prop c. Were back now, 8 4 were back now, 8 43 with a question, what is better than getting a present, the answer is giving one. Thats for sure, and its the idea behind a new Childrens Book its all about generosity, from renowned psychologist adam grant. Its called the gift inside the box. Adam good morning. Good to have you here. Thank you, great to be here. Show off the book, it is a box, you have to open it up. Its so cute. It was allisons idea to turn it into a package. I love that and it has curb appeal but a really Important Message for kids about giving which i think we all are trying to tell our kid all the time but this is an interesting way of going about it. We live in this world where our kids have packages magically arrive on the porch, they dont know how they got there, and so we thought it would be great to try to reinforce the message that its great to receive but its sometimes even more fun and meaningful to give. And sometimes giving, i feel like our kids learn from what we do we could tell them a million times certain things but if they see us doing a generous thing, giving something, they look and think, yeah, maybe thats something i should do. I think thats so important, and we could go the extra step too of inviting them to give around holiday time, we have them pick out gifts they want to give to a shelter or a hospital, and they feel like they get to participate. Its ownership. Exactly you have what you call grant family values in your house, and i really was inspired by these, kind of go through them, and i dont know how old your kids are. 2yearold about this, who is basically like mine all the time, but what are some of the values and how do you work them into your everyday routine we actually just started a few weeks ago. We sat down with our kids, and said we want to talk about what our family principles are, and they wrote down what our family values should be and we compared the list, and they all had something related to generosity or kindness or treating others well, and then we said, okay, what else, and we ended up with six values, so we said, okay, we care a lot about how you treat others we want you to be happy, to value learning, to be responsible and take care of your health and hygiene, and as we went through the list we realized this is a great way to talk about how we plan vacations, what are our values but also when our kids do something were not thrilled with, we can ask is that a reflection of the values you chose. And i think thats kind of how we tag our children. You say its good to tag your children as youre a helper. I remember i was signing books in a book line and there was a young boy there, and the mom said, well, my son is shy, and i thought he probably hears that a thousand times a day, hes shy, and that becomes part of his identity, just like a big giver can be part of your identity. I think you have to be careful about that every time you give your kid feedback, whether its praise or criticism, theres a chance they internalize that as part of their character. We should spend time thinking who do we think our kids should be and treat others especially. When your child does something generous, thanks for giving. Youre such a good giver. My wife rolls her eyes, dont bring the psychology home. And shes lucky to have a psychologist right in the house and you dont charge, right. For more on the gift inside the box, go to today. Com shop. Carson, you must be in your glee right now i wish time would slow down, food and football, shes going to whip up dishes, perfect for games, were going to eat and talk football. First this is today on nbc cheers. Cheers. Lets get down to business. The business of atlanta on monday. Cincinnati on tuesday. Philly on wednesday. And thursday back to cincinnati. Modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. Get the lowest price guaranteed on all Choice Hotels when you book direct at choicehotels. Com. This is the best part of the day. It doesnt get better than this. Food loves football getting prepped for sunday nights game on nbc, the colts, going to take on the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs so weve brought in the best, Chef Christian willis. Right into our today show concession center. Thank you for being here great recipes family and friends are going to want to cook this weekend. First tater tots, were getting to them in a moment. I see a slow cooker. Were doing pulled pork tacos. Also National Taco day. This is going to work out perfect. How great is that cool you make your own Barbecue Sauce . I do but you can buy it ketchup, molasses, honey, this is going to be a sweet and spicy type of thing. Throw that in there. What are the spices. Cayenne pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, all the good stuff thats going to make it pop. Al, you probably make your own Barbecue Sauce. Not all the time. How long does the sauce simmer for. Let it go about five minutes. Thats easy to do. Done, done, pulled rk, we want that to shred nicely. What were going to do, take a little rub, smoked paprika, pepper pork shoulder, publix, anywhere you want. Butt, shoulder. We got our slow cooker. Throw this in there, forget it. How long. 6 or 10 hours, no liquids, go in there, a little bit of barbecue, throw that in there. I love that i love that. This is the easiest thing to do ever. Literally start this in the morning, take your kids to school, come back, and its going to be ready. Pop that in. Let it do its thing. How long again, 10, 12 hours, set it, forget it. It. Set it, forget it. Wine juice, and weve got a little bit of set it, forget it wine juice, and weve got a little bit of honey, so we can pop that in there. Ive got our white wine vinegar and thats going to marinade we have a little bit of cilantro for flavor greek yogurt you can use mayo the greek yogurt, and honey for the sweet. Let that marinade, pinch of salt boom, were done with that. I dont like coleslaw, that looks great. Its really bright. Thats awesome. Weve got our pulled pork. Eight hours later, take two forks. Pull it apart. I love the crispy parts. Its the best take our little bit of barbecue that we had at the bottom of the slow cooker. Nice talking. Wheres my beer. Who cares about the cheese. Weve got that, marinade it theres the taco. Crispy shells. I love it crispy. Almost like crispy is hard to find too. They dont make it. My kids love crispy. Those are going to be awesome. Pork, a little bit of slaw, top it with a little bit of queso fresco, i love that brightness in there a little bit of lime get in there, carson. Get in there. Cool. Thats done. Taco friday. Weve got tater tots. Chili cheese, this is going to be really fun. Your friends are going to love it after you brown your ground beef, add dry ingredients right here a little bit of paprika, garlic powder, all the fun stuff, you want to throw some salt in there. Boom, nice, cool were going to make our cheese sauce. Buy your own velveeta, this is really fun butter, add a little flour. I have to make the cheese sauce. Cut that down a nice little roux while you do that, im going to pour in milk, whole milk is great, thicken up nicely add our sharp Cheddar Cheese if you like a little flavor, pinch of chili powder. Thats the little extra. Exactly thumbs up cool. Weve got that. You can have an Assembly Line with your friends. You go, christian add our chili, boom, right there. Nice and fun make sure you cover all your little tacos, all the love. Football, got the raiders going in london, maybe they can pull out a win over chicago. You eat this how are the tater tots, guys . Good. I want to drip the pretzels in the cheese sauce. Thats a good call. I dont know if those are real pretzels, though today. Com food thats where youre going to find the recipes sunday night, nbc, coverage starts at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Were back in a moment Christian Willis spike the taco were back in a minute, but first, this is today on nbc. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. 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