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As President Biden returns from the region saying hes seen new information that clears israel in that deadly hos blast. Pi our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis. But protests still raging across the globe. Biden set to address the nation from the oval office tonight. We are live in washington and jerusalem. Heightened alert, Homeland Security warning of the mounting potential for violence here in the u. S. Over the war in the middle east. Authorities ramping up security in cities across the country. Well have the very latest. In turmoil, jim jordan now losing support with republicans in his bid to become the speaker of the house. A third vote expected today, so what happens if he falls short once again . Were live on capitol hill. Chilling confession. Joran van der sloot finally admits killing Natalee Holloway nearly 20 years after her mysterious disappearance, giving her family longsought answers. The not knowing is more torturous than the knowing. This morning, holloways mother speaking out in an emotional interview. All that plus, one of a kind. Tributes pouring in for burt young, the oscar nominee beloved for his role in the rocky franchise. You kept me around, another a lot of people would have said, drop that dead bum. Well remember his life and legacy. And still soaring. Simone biles back in the gym with her eyes on the Paris Olympics after becoming the most decorated gymnast ever. Well catch up with the greatest of all time when she joins us live, today, thursday, october 19th, 2023. Announcer this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda cot kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. We appreciate you starting your day with us this morning. Nice to have you along. Well start with President Biden who returned home overnight after that brief trip to tel aviv, where he delivered a clear message, the u. S. Stands behind israel. He made headlines addressing that deadly hospital blast in gaza, saying that based on what hes seen, it was a misfired palestinian rocket rather than an israeli air strike. This comes amid new protests here in the u. S. To europe and lebanon where hundreds of demonstrators carrying palestinian flags gathered near the u. S. Embassy. Police having to fire tear gas into the crowd. We have it all covered, including new security concerns here at home and the president s primetime address tonight. Let us start off with richard engel, nbcs chief foreign correspondent, whos in jerusalem for us. Hi, richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. During President Bidens visit here, there was a brief lull in israeli strikes on the gaza strip, but it didnt last long. As soon as President Biden left israel, israeli strikes on the gaza strip intensified. Four hours after he was wheels up, the bombs were raining down. One, according to several witnesses, damaging a u. N. School turned into a Refugee Center in southern gaza, where palestinians were told to go for safety. Medical Officials Say five people were killed and dozens injured. We are all people from other areas who fled here because of the war, says this man. Then he sees something in the air, and theres panic as many fear another strike is coming. During his visit to israel, President Biden expressed the United States full support for israels military campaign, after hamas gunmen from gaza broke into israel and killed 1,400 israelis and foreigners and took more than 200 hostages. Israel, you are not alone. Reporter the president also backed israels claim that it did not attack a hospital in gaza on tuesday. Hamas claims hundreds were killed. Israel insists the explosion was caused by a rocket from the militant group, islamic jihad, that misfired and crashed on the hospital grounds. New video capturing the blast. That exemployees explosion sparked protests across the arab world. But in gaza, it was just one of many. To the north in gaza city, right before President Biden landed, our crew witnessed an israeli air strike on an apartment building, the first of a small group of local reporters still in gaza to reach the scene. People tried to dig through the rubble. They think they hear voices below. A rescue worker makes an appeal, anyone with a bulldozer, come here now, he says. Its not clear who israel may have been targeting, but civilians were among the dead, including a baby. The gaza strip remains cut off. Fuel and medical supplies are running out. Doctors say babies in incubators will soon die unless aid is allowed in. President biden struck a deal for aid trucks to come in, but for now, they remain in egypt, just across the border. Regarding that explosion at the u. N. School in gaza, we are seeking comment from both the Israeli Military and the united nations. Across the middle east, there is considerable rage about what is happening in gaza, and it could get a lot worse tomorrow, where protests are again expected to happen across the region. On friday, a muslim holy day. Richard engel for us there in jerusalem. Richard, thank you. The president had more to say about the investigation into that hospital explosion during his flight home to washington. Later tonight, he will deliver an Oval Office Address on the wars in israel and ukraine to the country. Nbcs chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joins us. So peter, what are we expecting from tonights speech . Why has the president asked for this primetime . Reporter yeah, savannah, this is actually the president s second Oval Office Address. Thats it. Tonight he is going to appeal directly to the American People to keep supporting israel and ukraine. Hes going to Push Congress to approve what he describes as an unprecedented aid package. Officials here are telling nbc news that hes expected to request 100 billion in military and humanitarian support for ukraine and israel, as well as taiwan, facing a threat from china and Border Security here at home. But with congress paralyzed, House Republicans yet to pick a speaker, its not even clear how soon that could happen. The president , we should note, did announce 100 million in humanitarian aid to palestinians in gaza and the west bank. And looming over this israel trip was that hospital explosion in gaza. The white house backing up israels assessment that a misfired rocket from a Palestinian Terrorist group is to blame for the blast, not an israeli air strike, citing u. S. Intelligence. And in what was an extremely rare move, the president came back to speak to reporters about it on air force one. Listen. Our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis, a different footprint, and im not suggesting that hamas deliberately did it, either. Thats that old thing, got to learn how to shoot straight. And its not the first time hamas has launched something that didnt function very well. Reporter in fact, to be clear, the u. S. Suspects that it was not hamas but a separate smaller terrorist group in gaza, as richard noted. The Palestinian Islamic jihad. The president reiterating that the u. S. Stands with israel. That much more powerful this time as he said those words standing in israel. But he also notably urged restraint, savannah, warning the israelis not to repeat mistakes that the u. S. Made after 9 11 here. Back to you. Peter, thank you. And of course, nbc news will bring you live coverage of the president s addresting tonight, 8 00 eastern. I want to turn now and get more perspective on this from jeremy bash, former chief of staff at both the department of defense and the cia. Jeremy, good morning you know, lets talk about this explosion in gaza, because, of course, it has set off such a firestorm. The president said that information from the pentagon, from his own Defense Department, convinced him that it was not an israeli air strike is there information that the president would be privy too over and above what the israelis would have provided . Absolutely. We conduct our own independent analysis in a situation like this, so the president can rely on american intelligence professionals, american technical experts to provide him with that analysis we may also have our own independent sources of collection the white house cited three sources of collection, they talked about overhead imagery, which really means satellites. They talked about intercepts, which means listening to phone calls or reading texts or emails they talked about open source, which means looking at social media, using powerful algorithms to analyze that public data. That intelligence was served up to the president and he was pretty clear when he was on the ground, this is our conclusion because of the immediate outrage, the president was part of a visit that was supposed to be a summit with the arab world, the arab leaders in jordan, was canceled what was the consequence of that i think it was a huge missed opportunity for those arab leaders to influence the thinking of President Biden. And essentially, they jumped the gun. They canceled the summit even before the facts were in on this hospital bombing i think they were obviously reacting to the popular need t arab leaders theyre going to be responsible for sending aid into the people of gaza. Lets talk about that because there are aid trucks poised right now at the egyptian border with gaza. Theyre not being allowed in some of the president s work yesterday was to tell israel youve got to let humanitarian aid in so whats the hold up . Whos preventing that right now in. I talked to sources inside the administration they say clearly egypt is the hold up right now. Earl administration and they say, clearly it is egypt who is the holdup right now earlier in the week, it was really the israelis who were saying, look, if hamas is going to get a resupply of fuel, of food, maybe of weapons, we reserve the right to strike those convoys and prevent the terrorists from rearming i think the president did a great job of reassuring israel and saying, youve got to let that aid in. That was the main accomplishment of the president s visit the president was quite pointed. Einvoked 9 11 and the feelings of vengeance and rage we felt in this country and he said to the people of israel dont let your rage consume you. He also mentioned after 9 11 that america had made mistakes in his view in its response. How do you response that would be received, not only by the israeli street, but also by the war cabinet that met with and the leaders of israel . Yeah, i think it came in friendship i mean, it was a message delivered with a lot of emotion, a lot of grace, a lot of i got your back. So i think the president is putting a lot of deposits in the Goodwill Bank there with the israelis, because he knows there may be times during this war when the United States will have to say to israel, we disagree with your approach, we want you to change your course. Jeremy bash, thank you very much thanks. U. S. Homeland security is warning the unrest overseas has already led to a dramatic increase in online hate speech in this country. Law enforcement stepped up its readiness amid concern about potential violence nbcs tom costello joins us right now from Freedom Plaza in washington tom, good morning whats being done this morning . Reporter hoda, good morning. D. C. Police have already increased their presence around jewish synagogues in the area. We had a tense day on capitol hill yesterday roughly 300 people arrested inside the capitol after they came and protested, they called for a ceasefire in the middle east by the way, the new York Police Department has said its told all of its officers citywide to be in uniform, its canceling training, its increasing its Security Posture, as well. The nypd is looking for a suspect who allegedly punched a woman in the face and said that he did it because she is jewish. Still looking for that suspect Homeland Security say the prohamas extremists have flooded online social media accounts calling for attacks against jewish targets and communities. Homeland also says it is right now monitoring a heightened Security Posture across the United States with specific concerns that jewish communities, arab and muslim communities might be attacked. And that comes, of course, three days after we had that situation in brussels, belgium, in which police shot and killed a thoughttobe isis suspect who had killed two swedes. Sweden as you may have known, had a series of koran burnings that set off issues there. It has no credible information suggesting there is a threat against new york or the homeland but says new york continues to be a prime target, it believes, of course following 9 11, hoda. Yeah, tom Law Enforcement has a difficult job. Terror attacks over the last ten years have often been carried out by lone actors, rather than in groups, which are harder to track. How are officials addressing that reporter thats a very big concern. They dont know if there might be somebody sitting in their house, getting radicalized with online content and they dont know if that person might, in fact, act out. Now, hamas is not allowed. Its banned on what used to be known as twitter, on x. By one count, almost 16 million views of hamas violence on twitter have been viewed in just the last few days. So this is an ongoing problem that this radicalization, online content worldwide. All right tom costello for us there in d. C. Tom, thank you 14 minutes after the hour. Lets welcome craig. The turmoil continues on capitol hill yeah, it does savannah, hoda, good morning good morning to you as well. House republicans are expected to try for a third time today to elect a new speaker, after congressman jim jordan again failed to win the gavel yesterday. But there are growing questions this morning about whether he or anyone else for that matter can secure the 217 votes that are needed to become speaker nbcs senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett hake has been following us very closely garrett, good morning to you reporter hey, craig, good morning. The house is back at noon today, and Republican Leaders say they hope to have a third vote for speaker, where they can show progress for their nominee, jim jordan but two votes so far have only shown jordan losing, not gaining republican backing, with the biggest job in congress, now vacant for 16 days and counting. House republicans this morning hoping the third time is the charm for their embattled speaker nominee, jim jordan, after seeing the gavel slip further from his reach on wednesday. A second floor vote on jordans nomination showed support for the trumpendorsed republican slipping, with 22 of his gop colleagues now opposing him. Jordan vowing to fight on. Its important to keep talking to our colleagues. Reporter but those colleagues who oppose jordan like floridas carlos gimenez, say they will not be moved the jordan team thinks they can change the minds of people like you. To that, you say what . No. No, no way . If you buckle to pressure, youll get more pressure in the future reporter jordan supporters believe only he can now unite their fractured party. We need to get jim jordan elected. 199 republicans have voted for him. I expect him to stay in there and well keep voting for him as long as it takes reporter but his gop opponents say his hardball political tactics and past support for divisive strategies like Government Shutdown brinksmanship make him unelectable, with no clear alternative ready to step forward. One member who supported jordan in the first round said she received, quote, credible Death Threats and a barrage of threatening calls after shifting her vote to someone else marian millermeeks of iowa writing, one thing i cannot stomach or support is a bully. Is there anyone in america right now who can get 217 votes on the house floor so, evidently not, not right now. Given that dire sentiment, one idea gaining traction on the hill is empowering the temporary speaker, patrick mchenry, to continue to do the job on an acting basis for some kind of shortterm period. Democratic leaders say they respect mchenry and they may be willing to support such a plan, but that can likely only happen if jordan either withdraws or steps back from a race he still says he intends to win craig . All right Garrett Haake for us there on the hill garrett, thank you lets go to the baseball playoffs the Houston Astros bouncing back in a big way last night after dropping the first two games of the alcs it is a fastball that he hammers to Left Center Field it is gone jose altuve finds it astros take the early 40 lead they went on to bead the rangers 85. Texas does still lead the series, two games to one 17 minutes past the hour good time to say hello to this man. That guy over there. This guy al roker. Good morning, you guys. Good morning to you guys and lets see what weve got on this guy weve got basically some showers rotating around, big low pressure around the great lakes, stretching all the way down into tennessee. Parts of mississippi today, this storm system will be moving through the great lakes, bringing rain showers from wisconsin on down into tennessee. Tomorrow, it makes its way closer to the coast. Secondary low will develop along the coast, and thats going to contribute to some heavy rain from new england all the way down into the carolinas. And then saturday, it pushes across northern new england, bringing behind it breezy, Cool Conditions for the entire northeast and new england. Heavier rain up to the north, where some places could pick up to 3 inches of rain. Upstate new york, parts of new england, and also central new york, as well. Look for those showers and storms developing today, sunny and mild through the plains and were going to be taking a bigger look at those western record temperatures that are going to be happening later today. But well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Like doors opening wherever i go. [sound of airplane overhead] even the ground is moving for me yall seeing this . Wild and i dont even have to activate anything. Oooooohhh. Automatic sashimi earn cash back that automatically adjusts to how you spend with the citi custom cash® card. [mind blown explosion noise] good thursday morning. I am meteorologist, kari hall. Its going to be a hot day. Heat advisories up, and even after the cool start we are headed for 99 degrees in san martin today. 93 in oakland. 90 in San Francisco. Low to mid90s for much of the north bay. There will be a significant cooldown tomorrow with only mid70s and low 80s for much of the bay area reaching 85 in livermore. 71 in San Francisco, and and thats your latest weather. Guys al, thank you just ahead, joran van der sloots chilling confession in his own words in the Natalee Holloway case and our interview with her mother on what it means to finally have some answers nearly 20 years after her daughters disappearance plus, we are looking forward to chatting with simone biles. Shes going to join us for her first live interview since she became the most decorated gymnast, male or female, of all time but first, this is today on nbc. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . 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At the same time, we are hearing audio for the first time of joran van der sloot describing his actions. We have to warn you, it is graphic. A startling confession inside of an alabama courtroom, ending a nearly 20year mystery, surrounding Natalee Holloways disappearance. We wake up knowing that we have reached justice for natalee. Reporter for Beth Holloway, confronting her daughters killer, not nearly as daunting as living with unanswered questions. The reason why is because the not knowing is more torturous than the knowing and thats the boat that you are in yeah. For almost 20 years of your life yeah. Mmhmm reporter overnight, the court releasing gruesome audio of joran van der sloot explaining to investigators how he took Natalee Holloways life. Part of his plea deal for extortion and wire fraud she asked to go back to her hotel, but i was just trying to get dropped off a little bit further away from her hotel, so we could walk back to her hotel, and i might still get a chance to be with her reporter frustrated by his rejected sexual advances, van der sloot said natalee kneed him in the groin to get free and he responded by kicking her in the face she was laying down, unconscious, possibly even dead, but definitely unconscious reporter he then struck her with a nearby cinder block and disposed of her body in the ocean. I walk up to about my knees into the ocean and i push her off into the into the into the into the sea. Reporter on wednesday, Beth Holloway came facetoface with van der sloot in court, telling him, our killer and i want you to remember that every time that jail cell door slams van der sloot apologizing to both the Holloway Family and his own, saying, i am no longer that person back then that i am today. But Beth Holloway is not buying it he doesnt have that in his existence. And i think, just to say the words, its fine, it didnt mean anything reporter and while nothing can bring natalee back, beth says knowing how her daughter died brings her some measure of peace. I think now it becomes easier for me to appreciate her life through my sons life, and through his childrens life. And i hadnt really been a you know, ive been a little distracted so now i can kind of like, uh now i can focus on that. Reporter the judge described the crimes here heinous to the extreme and sentenced van der slot to 20 years behin bars to run concurrently with the sentence that he is already serving right now in peru, guys, for the murder of a college student. Sam, thank you. I want to turn to our senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett. Laura, good morning. Its just chilling to hear him confess, and realize the only reason we got here is because he tried to extort the victims family for money it boggles the mind. He has this sentence, theyll let him serve it concurrently, so hes not going to serve any time in an american jail hes going back to peru . Well, he might. For folks who might be confused about, why is he, and now going back to peru sam said, he actually was convicted of killing another young woman and because that conviction came first he still has to serve out that prison sentence in peru but if for whatever reason, say he got out of prison early in peru, he would be immediately transferred back to United States to serve out the rest of the 20year sentence that he has for killing natalee. I mean, the fact that he was extorting this family, and it happened, how many, 13 years ago . Yeah. Were now 13 years later, and finally, this moment came. Like, what took so long . Yeah, its clear, you know, with the mom, Beth Holloway says, i just want the answers. She knows that the body wont be recovered at this point, but all of that time, she just wanted to know what happened and sadly for her, i dont think theres a good answer, as to why it took so long. Its clear that the family was putting a lot of pressure on the feds to keep up this investigation and its clear also that peru didnt just hand him over the next day. And so there was obviously some negotiation going on there, but theres no good answers as to why it took 13 years to savannahs point, if he had not tried to extort Beth Holloway and her family, would this do we think this admission would have ever come up no. He had resisted. He was arrested a lot of times, he always denied it, he always maintained he had nothing to do with it, he blamed other people, but hes not been convicted for the murder hes only been convicted on the extortion and the wire fraud and remember, he cant even get convicted in aruba, where he actually committed the crime, because it was a 12year statute of limitations because he wasnt convicted in that time. This is really their last chance for justice. Hes outside the statute of limitations in aruba for the confession he just made . Exactly laura, thank you. Coming up, the parents of Matthew Shepard just shared their story to katie couric here on today 25 years ago. Now, they have reconnected they want to celebrate their sons tooshort life and his impact on the Gay Rights Movement and katie will be here to share their latest conversation plus, we are catching up with simone biles. Its her first live interview since her latest golden performance. At the world gymnastics championships. 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Tell your doctor if you have bleeding, heart rhythm, or liver problems; infection, or if you are or plan to be pregnant or breastfeeding. Calquence helps you do the fighting. And you can focus on the things youre loving. Ask your doctor if calquence is right for you. I mean, couldnt you just watch it over and over again why dont we . Is that the biles 1 or the biles 2 . Theres going to be a biles 3 one of these days. Biles 9 million shes making history again that was at the world gymnastics championships. She was the first woman to pull off one of the sports most challenging and dangerous vaults and she went on to win her sixth allaround title at the worlds, making simone the most decorated gymnast of all time, male or female, by the way the g. O. A. T. Herself joins us exclusively from texas well, hello there we were watching your chenko, now the biles 2. I mean, i cant help but think back, simone to the days when you were a little unsteady and now to watch you nail this thing in competition when you stuck the landing on that, how did it feel . It felt really good i was just excited that i finally got it named after me and that we would move on. But it is kind of crazy because ten years ago in antwerp i got my first skill named after me and this time ten years later i got my fifth skill named after me its definitely full circle ten years ago we were reading this and it was so cute. The announcer said your name wrong. He or she didnt know how to say simone thats how new you were. Now everyone knows your name and we dont really need the last name, unless were saying the biles to refer to the two skills named after you. Yes it is kind of crazy. Obviously, its a different announcer in all of that but it is pretty wild now you wrote on instagram, i doing it for the little girl who fell in love with this sport i think thats what its all about, isnt it, at the end of the day . Theres pressure, theres all the things, but you were just a little girl who fell in love with it. Who are you today . Yes, i think in gymnastics, i still have to dig deep down and remember why im doing it, and do it for the little girl, like i said, on the instagram post, but it is a little bit different. I feel like, now, its like, im a wife, im still a daughter, a sister, and all of the things and gymnastics is just something that i get to come in and have the privilege of doing i dont feel like its the endall, beall anymore. Before i kind of felt like that, and i get to go home to my husband, to my dogs, to my house, and all of the things it feels really good great relationship with gymnastics and your cute husband. I had to laugh, simone, because you got emotional on the podium. We saw you tearing up and everybody was like, is she okay . Oh, thats so sweet. And simone, you were like, i have something in my eye so were you emotional or was there like a speck in your eye no, i definitely was emotional, but not to the point of tearing up. But actually, after, that night, like, we had drug testing and all of these things, and i ended up with only one set of eyelashes left and i looked pretty crazy at the end of the night but the doctors looked in my eye, and somehow i had cut my eye. But i think since the bars are brand new, sometimes they flake off. And they had been falling in our eye so i had a cut on my eye, actually that, too, and she did it with that and you still won with all of that i dont know if you remember, last time we chatted, simone, i told you if i had five bucks and i was going to vegas and i was going to bet whether you were going to the olympics or not, you said you would put it in the category of probably going so im going to up it. Im going to bet 100 bucks now im going to vegas, its 100 bucks. You won the worlds how secure would my bet be if i were betting on you going to paris . Yeah, i think you would be pretty lucky, hoda oh i would be lucky. I like that. Lets take that bet we are going to take that bet. By the way, the other thing im noticing about you as youre beaming, theres something glistening on your neck that has a beautiful name on it what does it say owen it says owen. Thats my husbands last name. Look at that. So hows it been going at the games and supporting him i know thats part of the fun that you have, too yeah, its been really fun supporting what he loves to do obviously, hes in green bay right now, so my season just ended, so im super excited to get out there for green bay for the holidays to support him. What about when the packers play the chiefs. I would like to see you and taylor i think that would be really cute it would be a great photo op i actually will be going to that game. You are going yes yes shes there, her world tour, who can keep track of it all lets just try to have a moment if we can, simone yes thank you, simone, so happy for you. Of course thank you, guys. Have a good kwun. Bye sweet god, love her mr. Roker wow, when worlds collide. Simone, taylor, oh, look out weve got that would be hot well, this is hot, too weve got heat advisories out from San Francisco all the way down to temecula, 18 million people, burbank going to be looking at possibly some record highs today. Medford, 84 degrees, that could set a record bakersfield, 95. Yuma, arizona, 103 and then we make our way to the east tomorrow from missoula, montana, to baton rouge, to abilene. We could be looking at records, 104 in phoenix, could set a record as well but then later this week, we have Pumpkin Spice weather here in the northeast from minneapolis down to washington, d. C. Down to cincinnati. Good thursday morning. I am meteorologist, kari hall. Taking a look at our temperatures for today, we are headed for the upper 90s. A heat advisory will be in effect for much of the bay area and that starts at 11 00 a. M. Were going to see really hot temperatures today, then take a look at the weekend. Its going to be cooling off. 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Yeah, we will reach into the 90s for this afternoon, but the temperatures drop tomorrow and we will be in the 70s and mid80s. Out ahead of that, we take a look at the weekend forecast, and it turns cloudy. The big concern will not be only the high heat but the air quality. Its a spare the air alert day, and we will have high waves along the coast wave as Half Moon Bay heads for 90 degrees. We could be setting records for many spots around the bay area. Look at the cool tkaoupb we will see starting tomorrow. Another local news update coming up in half an hour, and coming up in half an hour, and hope to see you always in that state of mind living on a high vibration so hot gonna make it melt and im lovin what im tastin nos gusta mezclar como malteada aqui hay lugar yeah we livin in the golden state. Its 8 00 on today. More attacks. New air strikes in gaza after that deadly hospital bombing. President biden now back in the white house after his shoef support more israel. Details, straight ahead. Then, opening up. Matthew shepards parents speak out about his life and legacy, 25 years after the tragic death that forever changed the Gay Rights Movement. But so many acts of kindness followed this horrific thing. Yes, 10,000 cards and letters, a l yes, 10,000 cards and letters, a lot of parents swearing they would raise their children to be accepting katie couric is here live to share their story. Plus, remembering burt young. Reporter the top you dont even throw a punch. The tough guy actor passing away you do whatever youve got to do fans and costars pay tribute. You can keep me down down . You know youre like a crazy brother to me. You really are and ill be darned taylor swifts movie has fans dancing in the theaters. But for some, its causing bad blood. If you are singing so loudly that the people around you cant actually hear taylor singing, this is a problem. So does everyone just need to calm down . Today, thursday, october 19th, 2023 on a mother daughter trip. From arizona. Good morning to my mom love you celebrating our first wedding anniversary. In sioux city, iowa here for my 73rd birthday. From omaha, nebraska on my fall break from racine, minnesota. Hi to our girls watching in medinah, ohio girls trip from sioux falls, idaho. Been waiting my whole life to meet al roker i think we can arrange for that to happen dreams are going to come true for you. I see a lot of hello als als got a lot of people to say hello to we cant get out and visit were happy youre with us its a beautiful thursday morning here in new york city. Its going to be a beautiful friday morning, as well. Because tomorrow here on today, we are hosting a very special event that were looking forward to as parents, and one that all parents really need to see. We are so passionate about this were going to dedicate the entire hour to an issue that has really defined a generation. Kids and screentime. Guys, well take an in depth look at all of the many challenges that come along with those devices, including the impact on kids physical, mental, and social health. Were going to give you tools, too, to help your kids build a healthier relationship with technology, help you set boundaries, and if your kids already have that phone. We hope youll join us for a good conversation. Its a special event, kids in crisis this is important, tomorrow morning, just this time, only on today. A lot of people think they cant unring the bell, because they have been going down a certain path, but theres always a way out. Well talk about that. Lets get right to our news at 8 00. President biden has returned from israel and will address the nation tonight about the wars there and in ukraine now, meantime, despite an israeli denial, outrage over a hospital bombing in gaza continues to spread across the region nbcs tom llamas joins us from tel aviv with the very latest. Hey, tom, good morning reporter hey, hoda, good morning to you this is usually a bustling section of tel aviv, but as you can see, the shops are closed. Theres little to no people out here and its all because of this war it is a far cry from whats happening in gaza, but still more than 1,400 israelis have been killed, and today marks day 12 that men, women, children, including babies were taken hostage by hamas, believed to be held in gaza, where right now there is little food, little water and the bombings continue. Overnight, strikes blanketing gaza the campaign retaliation for the brutal attack from hamas inside israel tensions throughout the region still high, with mass protests yesterday, including at the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Happening while President Biden was in israel. The unrest sparked by that hospital blast in gaza, which israel denies responsibility for, biden backing them up our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis reporter heartbreaking stories from the explosion that palestinian Officials Say killed hundreds, still emerging this video posted beforehand by a palestinian artist, who went to the hospital to entertain children his family saying he was killed in the blast as civilians in gaza remain desperately in need its a very, very scary situation. And people are terrified reporter overnight, egypt announcing it will open up the rafah border crossing, allowing 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to enter for the First Time Since the war began. The development agreed to after President Biden spoke with egyptian president elsisi by phone. Israel has okayed the aid, as long as the supplies do not reach hamas. As this country still reels from hamas massacre, the Community Coming together as the region is still on edge. Now, we showed you those 20 aid trucks that are in egypt, hoping to go in at some point to gaza, but this morning the u. N. Says thats a good start. But what gaza needs right now is a hundred aid trucks every single day theres a new piece of video that shows you to describe and put the situation in gaza. In perspective i do want to warn our viewers, this video, its quite intense but it is very impactful this video shows a little boy that was rescued i want to make it clear, he was rescued, but he was buried in rubble from the chest down, this child it shows the realities of this very harsh war, as the bombings continue on both sides guys, back to you . All such heartbreaking images, tom. And of course, nbc will bring you live coverage of the president s address. It starts tonight at 8 00 eastern. A florida man who spent 16 years in prison for a robbery he did not commit now has been killed during a traffic stop in georgia. Officials just released video of the confrontation, and we should warn you, this is disturbing 53yearold leonard cure was exonerated and freed from prison three years ago. Well, on monday he was pulled over, allegedly for speeding, the deputy ordered him out of the car, and Officials Say he was tased when he refused to put his hands behind his back. That led to a violent struggle moments later, Officials Say the deputy shot him, and he later died the whole incident is now under investigation. This morning, we are remembering oscarnominated actor burt young, best known for his role as paulie in th rocky movie franchise. His family says young died earlier this month nbcs Anne Thompson joins us now with a look back at what was quite the impressive career. Hey, ann reporter good morning, craig. Burt young was a marvel to watch on the big screen, especially as the emotional sidekick pauley in the rocky movies perhaps youngs biggest talent was to always bring a sense of charm to some notsolovable characters burt young was known in hollywood as a scenestealing actor, catapulting to fame in rocky as the boxers wisecracking best friend, pauley its getting cold in here i think im going home cold in here reporter the role as the down on his luck brother of rockys love interest, adrien, earning young an oscar nomination in 1976 for best supporting actor you hungry, rock . Reporter young bringing Emotional Depth to typical rough around the edges tough guys. If i could just unzip myself and step out and be someone else, i want to be you reporter an exmarine, young telling today in 1986, he initially joined acting school to impress a girl. I got a little approval from an oldtimer named lee strasbourg, and that was enough. Reporter the economic acting coach strasbourg later describing young as a library of emotions, a talent that helped the actor establish himself well before his rocky popularity. Young appeared alongside hollywood heavyweights, like Jack Nicholson in chinatown. You sure this is okay curly, you know how long ive been in this business . Reporter Robert De Niro and joe pesci in once upon a time in america. His star power on the Silver Screen amplified on tv, a memorable appearance on the sopranos. You do whatever you got to do reporter but it will always be the role of pauley that will forever be in the hearts of fans i dont sweat, i dont sweat . Come on reporter overnight, youngs rocky costar, sylvester stallone, sharing a heartfelt tribute, writing, you were an incredible man and artist. I and the world will miss you very much. We have all of those great movies to watch. Youngs cause of death has not yet been disclosed he was 83 years old. Love pauley love pauley. 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And to mark the 25th anniversary of matthews death, they reached out once again to katie couric, who did that first interview katie, i know youve kept in touch over the years good morning hi, good morning. Nice to see you both i have one of the privileges, i think, of doing this show is you get to interview countless people who have a Lasting Impact on your life and an example of that, for me, is judy and Dennis Shepard, who i have stayed connected to, as savannah said, all of these years. We recently sat down to talk about their son, matthew, the journey theyve been on, and what might have been i interviewed you all less than six months after this happened, and i thought i would play it for you. You know, its one thing to lose a son, but the brutality of this crime and the viciousness, how do you deal with that . The anger really isnt there yet. Im sure it will come. But its not really there yet. I dont understand how anybody could do that. Do you remember that . Yeah, i remember thinking how odd it was that we were here doing this with you, that were just two people who lost a son i dont think we understand the scope of how big it really was in fact, by the spring of 1999, everyone knew the name Matthew Shepard. But to judy, dennis, and younger brother logan, matthew was just matt he loved the theater and watching him play Abraham Lincoln the homemade costume was the best, right . Reporter yeah. This sure, he would have turned 46 years old. Matt would be the age now that i was when we lost him. What do you think he might be doing . We often talk about how his dream was to be part of the state department he was so gifted in languages. And really cared about folks he thought had less than they should have had. Perhaps it was matthews trusting nature that made the 21yearold university of wyoming student fall prey to two men he had met at a bar in laramie. Sensing matthew was gay, they pretended to be gay, too, and invited him to a party on the way, said, were not going to a party youre being jacked. Give us your wallet. So they took his wallet, and then they proceeded to beat him. He had 18 blows to the skull and then they left him reporter it was 18 hours before a bicyclist, thinking at first matthew was a scarecrow, found him, barely alive. I know you have said before that you have never visited the spot where matt was found. I havent dennis has i have. Why did you want to go there, dennis thats where matt was and i keep thinking, what if he was what if he was yelling out while that was going on, asking for dad and i wasnt there i couldnt do anything it was just something important to me. Reporter during the four days matthew was in a coma, the story went from a small town tragedy to an international reckoning. People everywhere asking how could this happen. I didnt realize that elton john bought out all the flowers in all the flower shops. He kept calling we thought it was a crank call, so we wouldnt accept the call but so many acts of kindness followed this horrific thing yes 10,000 cards and letters a lot of parents swearing they would raise their children to be accepting. It was really moving reporter his attackers, Erin Mckinney and Russell Henderson, were convicted of firstdegree murder and sentenced to life in prison part of the sentencing agreement prevented them from speaking to the press. But an ap reporter got ahold of Russell Henderson five years ago. And he said, quote, i think about matthew every single day of my life i think about him in every single one of those days that ive had that he hasnt had. His family hasnt had. His friends havent had. Im so, so ashamed i was ever a part of this dont believe it for a second we differ there i think without the other guy, Erin Mckinney, russell wouldnt russell would have been fine. He was a follower, up until he became involved with mckinney and drugs, he was a good kid got lost bad family life. I think hes just as much a victim as matthew was. Reporter matthews legacy lives on judy and dennis started th Matthew Shepard foundation to advocate for lgbtq rights. Whenever i think about matthew, i think about his incredibly beaming smile reporter a play called the Laramie Project followed and later a choral work considering Matthew Shepard. In 2009, president obama, motivated by matthews senseless murder, signed the hate crimes prevention act but just as they believed Real Progress was being made, the shepards are now watching as scores of antilgbtq measures are being considered and enacted across the country what has your reaction been as youve seen this unfold . This battle just the last most vicious attack on the community. Theyre fighting a losing battle for so long, the shepards couldnt bury their son, for fear his grave would be desecrated in 2018, his remains were the finally interred at Washington National cathedral, the same place they recently dedicated a devotional portrait of matthew hes surrounded by some of the cards and letters that yall received its really quite moving. One hand on his heart saying, welcome, welcome, and the other is extended, like, im here for you. Judy and dennis stay busy with the foundation they started after matts death to teach parents of children who may be questioning their sexuality and their gender identity to love and accept them for who they are. They also lecture across the country and around the world to college students, businesses, and Law Enforcement groups and theyre really sad the fight isnt finished, but according to fbi statistics, hate crimes have increased against lgbtq people 11 . So clearly, a lot more work to be done. Theyre so courageous, because, you know, you could understand if they just wanted to go bury their heads and never speak about it again, but theyve become such activists. Thats a gift that they are continuing to give the world they are really lovely people and as i said, i went to the service at National Cathedral when matthews remains were interred it was absolutely beautiful. And i think so many people probably dont remember this story because it happened so long ago, 25 years ago and they want to make sure that people understand matthew, what happened to him, in an effort to keep it from happening again listening to his mother talk about the assailant in such a way, just showed just how her heart, how big her heart is. Youre coming back, by the way, to see us. Im going to be here in a couple of weeks, once again wearing purple for a very different reason, and thats for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month. We have a very special guest, who i know you love a lot, savannah, and we have a very exciting announcement. So you cant get rid of me oh, good we hope not we hope not. Thank you so much, katie. We want to head over to al to get a check of the weather. Thanks so much, guys. We are looking at a Beautiful Day along the Eastern School board. Maybe a few scattered showers along the carolina coast down through southern florida, showers and a few storms making their way through the upper midwest. Sunny and mild through the plains, all the way down into texas and really hot as you get into southern california, even into northern california, as well good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We are going to see temperatures heating up quickly for the afternoon for the inland areas, headed for the upper 90s. It drops down tonight to the upper 50s. Tomorrow well have a high of about 85 degrees. Mid 70s for saturday into sunday and even a chance of rain late sunday into monday morning. For San Francisco, we may set a new recor dont forget, if youre heading out, check us out. Right now, best part of the morning. Pop start as its happening, breaking news. Very exciting. Well start with something we teased earlier, chris rock and kevin hart two legends here last year the two comedy legends teams up for an epic week long series of shows called headliners only. And now a new documentary is going behind the scenes of those four sold out gigs filmed right here in new york city. Here is a peek of the trailer. This is a story about two separate journeys, but somehow aligned. And end up at the same intersection at the top. Said, why dont we do something together what do you think about doing new york im excited about this week, not just because of the arena factor im just excited to hang out with you thats it ill watch anything those two do absolutely. Thats just like Richard Pryor and eddie murphy doing something together it would be amazing. Kevin hart and chris rock on netflix on december 12th christmas comes early. Next up, will smith, the actor joined his wife, jada, on stage during his visit to maryland to a library promoting her new memoir, worthy. According to the baltimore banner, during their conversation, will referred to their marriage as i quote a sloppy public experiment in unconditional love the actor continuing, as i stand here before you, i am happier than i have ever been in my entire life. The couple truly redefining marriage in the modern age worthy is available now. Apparently he walked into the place and it exploded in applause and he spoke for like six minutes about their relationship did jada know he was coming jada had i had heard that he might join somewhere along the way. But when we last spoke to jada, wednesday, she had not spoken to him at all since all of this press had happened so somewhere between that and and he posted that thing, it looked like he was going off on a vacation he was like, im turning off my notifications. Will and jada, come on down wonder if all of this ends with them getting back together and living happily ever after. Thats what he said he says that theyre she told hoda, were going to move back maybe thats the sweet spot of marriage she told hoda, were going to move back in together. I sleep downstairs, i have never been happier different structure for different folks. Maybe we should have stopped this 30 seconds over it was really good. You guys, weve got cheesy good recipes to get uz ready for sunday nights big clash in the nfl eagles versus dolphins the cuisine will fight right after your local news. Good morning. It is 8 26. Im marcus washington. San Francisco Police are investigating a deadly overnight accident involving a muni bus on van ness and oh farrell. Video shows the damage to the bus windshield. Police say the bus struck a pedestrian. Its not clear if they were struck inside or outside of the crosswalk. All lanes are open. They reopened a little after 5 00 this morning. Time for a look at the forecast. Another hot one on tap for us. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking that. This will be the hottest day of the week. And we have a significant cooldown ahead. We just have to make it through this last day of this heat advisory that will be in effect until 11 00 p. M. Look how hot its going to be across the entire bay area with San Francisco reaching 90 degrees, 92 in Mountain View and 99 degrees in san martin. 70s and 80s across the bay area. Some of us will cool down about 15 to 20 degrees and we continue to cool off head into the weekend, only low 70s for saturday. Well have another local news update for you in 30 minutes. At cretors, we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. Good morning, everybody its 8 30. Its thursday morning, october 19th, thats what the script says and i will believe it guys, a beautiful morning out here on our plaza hello oh, my gosh happy faces and high fives hello yes, im always in the way, you know what a nice group. Nice fun group guys, weve got our pal, Maria Shriver inside she has an exclusive one on one with the host of one of the most popular podcasts on the planet this guy is groundbreaking yall might know him, but when you see this interview, its going to be really illuminating. He talks about living a more healthy and fulfilling life. People are following his morning routine and say its transforming their days and lives. Maria is always ahead of the curve. She brings us interesting things, and then the world catches up youre right. You guys, emilie ikeda has something new to talk about when it comes to taylor swift how about this the debate over movie etiquette. Taylor has a film, should you sit and watch, is it rude when people get up and dance and watch the view emilies all over it and were not shying away from cheese and today food loves football were leaning into cheese, whipping up some sensational quesadillas. Well get you ready for sunday night. And coming up in just a few minutes, on the third hour of today, weve got your fall refresh covered. Refresh for your beauty routine. Some new techniques to try, including a different way to exfoliate. Isnt that fascinating . Ive been wondering about that mr. Roker, how about a check of the weather. I guess i was at the Minnesota State fair when was this . 2018. Last weekend. And al, this young lady said she was waiting her whole life to see you well, hello whats your name rose. Nice to see you youve got to get in there. Rose says shes waited her whole life to meet you, al there you go all right let me show you what weve got going on i like saying llama we have rain moving into the east coast, warm and sunny from the plains down to texas, plenty of sunshine out west on saturday, rain and windy in northern new england, summerlike as you get down through the gulf gorgeous day out west. And sunday, sunday, windy and wet, northern new england, a nice day from the plains down to the gulf coast rain arriving into Central California into the pacific northwest. Good morning. Today, a heat advisory will be in effect as we reach the peak of the hot temperatures for the bay areas. We have a nice cooldown on the way. 75 on saturday. By sunday, we will see more clouds and a chance of scattered showers. For the beginning of i like a shirt that tells you exactly whats going to happen apparently were in trouble when we get together. Girls trip where yall from thats trouble, right there, with a capital t. Okay are you face timing someone . Come here, come here. So this woman kept trying to take a picture and her phone kept clicking to her kids face timing there they are there they are youre on tv, guys youre driving, put the phone away coming up next, Maria Shrivers one on one with the man behind the wildly popular huberman laugh podcast and the six things he says if you do it everyday will improve your mental and physical health first this is today on nbc we are back with the today exclusive. The First Network tv interview with dr. Andrew huberman hes the man behind the wildly popular podcast, the huberman lab. He sat down with our Maria Shriver to discuss the up likely unlikely chord he has struck with millionings of listeners. Maria, good morning. All of us in purple, look at that well, Andrew Huberman launched his pod cast in 2021, and he has been dominating the charts around the globe ever since. He dives deeps into dense scientific research, bringing cutting edge information about health, Mental Health to the masses hes hoping to change the way people live, and hoping to arm them with information, one very long podcast at a time welcome to the huberman lab podcast, where we discuss science and sciencebased tools for everyday life. If you dont know who Andrew Huberman is, that wont be the case for long. The 47yearold Stanford University neuroscientist has gained a huge following nearly overnight, after launching his now charttopping podcast amid the covid19 pandemic in 2021. Are you surprised at its success . I am surprised how popular the podcast has become what alcohol does to your brain and body reporter his podcasts can run as long as three or four hours, tackling what some might consider wonky topics like dopamine and neuro plasticity huberman cites dense scientific research, but makes it digestible for his millions of devoted listeners. Its about gaining knowledge of how ones body and brain work and then tapping into our components of our brain that are there from birth and if we tap into, can afford us better well being. Reporter at the core of his philosophy are what he calls protocols. Ways to improve mental and physical health through sunlight exposure, nutrition, exercise, stress control, relationships, and sleep. I think if people paid attention to these five things, plus sleep, gosh, im certain that everyone would feel so much better our Mental Health and physical health exist on a background of all of these fundamental things, and we have gotten very far away from paying attention to these fundamental things its really alerted me to the fact that people have a deep interest in feeling better and doing better they seem to stick around for the science, and they end up learning tools that can help their Mental Health and physical health do you think its that they want to understand themselves, that they want to understand their brain . They want to understand this entire machine i think people want to understand how they work i think they start to feel a sense of agency, and once they feel a sense of agency and control, then all of the other stuff seems less scary some are critical of his mixing of business and science, his podcasts are supported by ads for supplements and products he endorses, but huberman says his goal is to give the masses access to zero or lowcost tools to improve their mental and physical health. What does the Research Really say . What works the first time and every time its not about purchasing anything reporter while huberman says his audience is divided evenly between men and women, some are crediting him with men increasingly prioritizing their mental and physical health with men, sometimes, the lure has to be a little different you have to say, hey, this is going to make you a better negotiator this is going to make you more effective in finding and building a great relationship. Its going to make you more vigorous if guys are paying better attention to what they eat, how they exercise, their Mental Health, certainly, i feel like they and society are just going to benefit so you think youre changing that for men that all of a sudden, men, perhaps your age, and or younger, that its permissible to talk about their Emotional Health or their Mental Health in a way that five years ago, it wasnt i like to think that we are its not about becoming more emotional, its about becoming more functional. One should be able to feel their feelings without their feelings hijacking their behavior or feeling as if youre falling into a pit of despair. They can make choices. And choices are really central to his philosophy. He wants people to know that they have agency over their lives and their health and he says giving tools to people helps them optimize their lives. But ultimately, he says, its up to all of us to take responsibility hes also bringing the conversation about brain health to younger people, something that im really incredibly passionate about, and im really glad that hes doing it. I have two sons they are obsessed hes become like this goto guy that you would but i like that he has bite size things you can do. In the morning, he says put lemon salt and cayenne pepper in a drink and get sunlight, take a cold shower. He gives you five things that are doable to do in the morning. Whats incredible, though, you tell this to your sons, they dont listen to you at all, he tells them and theyre like im out here because he says i should do it be a better negotiator marie is talking about Mental Health, physical health. Marias going to come back i the fourth hour. We have a whole hour dedicated to your mental and physical health come join us there you can go to our website at today. Com. Up next, the debate sparked by taylor swifts movie. Is it okay to sing and dance, or should you just sit down and enjoy the thing . And if were talking taylor, welcome back were just rocking out. Welcome back were just rocking out we have told you about taylor swifts blockbuster concert weve mentioned it its dominating the box office this morning, theres a debate growing over the right way and the wrong way to enjoy it. Im out of the way our chief swifty emilie ikeda is here with a closer look sit down or stand up and dance its rare that swifties actually disagree. This is an unusual occasion. Good morning to those of you at home for the most of us, going to the movies is a quiet experience you cant take out your cell phone and theres definitely no talking in theaters, but for many, the eras tour concert film has been the exact opposite. As many swifties are hailing the buzz as part of the unique experience, the movie mayhem stirring up some bad blood among others waving phone lights, dancing in aisles, even belting out lyrics at the top of your lungs swaths of swifties cant control their excitement but this morning, the movie mayhem has some saying you need to calm down youre being too loud reporter amid a growing debate over Movie Theater etiquette, some fans airing their frustrations on social media, calling scenes like this disrespectful. I want to hear taylor sing, not yall, one person wrote. Another person saying, suddenly i dont want to go the music so loud, it spilled into theater hallways. Some moviegoers bracing for potential interruptions during this weekends highly anticipated release of killers of the flower moon, the Martin Scorsese movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert De Niro. Turn it down a notch, there are a few of us next door trying to watch killers of the flower moon. Reporter but those swept up in swiftmania describe the experience as the most iconic thing, and point to taylor swifts own words in defense eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged, she wrote on instagram when announcing the movies release. And theaters around the world listened, dropping longheld decorum for the twohour and 45minute film thats already shattered Domestic Box Office records for the genera, raking nearly 93 million in its opening weekend. Im going to go to this movie at least 13 times. And Movie Theaters are going with the flow. Amc encourages dancing and singing throughout the concert film and in kentucky, the drivein is letting in fewer vehicles to make more room for dancing. Even dinein theater alamo draft house welcomed fans getting a little rowdy within reason singing and dancing has been encouraged, but what would you caution people against doing if you are singing so loudly that the people around you cant actually hear taylor singing, this is a problem. This is an experience that were having communally, but that doesnt give you the permission to destroy someone elses viewing experience, simply for your own enjoyment reporter etiquette experts say its okay to take selfies, trade friendship bracelets, and respectfully sing and dance at the concert film, but they say, avoid stealing the show. Dont stand on seats, block other guests from viewing or exiting, talk between your favorite songs, or record the concert film and if you have a concern, raise the issue with a theater employee so finding that middle ground where everyone can truly enjoy and revel in being swifties in the theater together, i think what a wonderful thing and what a great reason to bring us back to the movie listen, im going this weekend, again, of course. You will find me singing and dancing. I dont think ill be laying on the floor, but singing and dancing around my seat area. I brought a 4 and 6yearold. Without the singing and dancing, i dont think they would have lasted two hours and 45 minutes. Its 2 hours and 45 minutes it keeps everyone going its a concert. Its not a movie, start a dialogue its just a concert. But you may start a new trend for musical movies, is it okay if youre watching west side story or the elvis movie, to stand up and dance during a certain scene . No. No. But if you go all the way back to the rocky horror picture show, people got up and sang and came in costume everything old is new again. And the question shows the majority of people think that singing and dancing within reason does enhance the experience and in celebration of the movies success, swift overnight released the live version of cruel summer, the second song in the show, and for many fans, myself included, a favorite. Coming up next, get ready for sunday night football with spicy quesadillas in honor of the Miami Dolphins, we have a tasty twist on the philly cheesesteak for your eagles fans but first, this is today on nbc. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo we are back with today loves football getting ready for sunday nights matchup between the Miami Dolphins and the Philadelphia Eagles thats a good game two 51 teams right there. Andrew known as a successful youtube channel, hes got two recipes that are perfect for game day gathering, from the new cookbook, basics with babish andrew, this cook book is incredible, man. Weve got a lot of cookbooks, but this is the new musthave cookbook, because of two reasons. First of all, its not just recipes, youre learning techniques second of all, in the culinary world, it seems like everybody on social media is quick to put out what looks perfect no one ever screws up. And this books leans into the idea of screwing up. Exactly everything i know about cooking i learned from making mistakes i wanted to make the readers comfortable with making mistakes and see them as learning opportunities rather than failures i love that congrats on the book thank you very much. Lets start with miami. Where are we going with quesadillas. Yeah, so i picked a couple of recipes i thought would be great for game day were starting with some really easy chicken quesadillas perfect poolside food. If youre ordering food poolside, i love a quesadilla. Yes, me, too. Well start there a chicken breast thats been butterflied, cutting it down the center, opening it up like a book, pounding it out a bit. Just enough to demonstrate for tv then were making a quick and easy marinade. Here we go wheres my beer . I got you there we go cheers you guys think of everything. Cheers so ive got equal parts Vegetable Oil and lime juice ive got paprika, ive got cumin ive got cayenne pepper and oregano. Putting that in there. And ive got some garlic, which ive just crushed, because if you mince it too finely or pass it through a garlic crusher, youll have little bits that are burn when you get them in the pan. I like keeping them whole so you get the flavor without burning them too much. Good. All right. So how long are you going to marinade the pounded, butterflied chicken breast matter of hours, or overnight. 30 minutes up to four hours dont go too much longer than that, or you could end up with not very a little overtender chicken. How is the chicken quesadilla you could just buy a rotisserie chicken and do that, and thats fine but this is the extra love you need that works really great, because once youve got the leftover chicken, you want to let this cool completely, because if the chicken is too hot, youre going to have a drippy quesadilla. Nobody wants that. So leftover rotisserie, perfect. So not very poolside this is going in the skillet, right in al, you butterfly your chicken breast i never use youre always thigh but i butterfly a thigh you want it thin and fast and hot. The more surface area that way it doesnt dry out keep an eye on that for me and once its done, you shred it lets build one. Youre letting the breast cool completely, so its not too drippy, lay out some chicken, slice it nice and thin, cheese, of course. Two kinds of cheese, of course two kinds of cheese, of course extra cheese, keep it going. And then weve got peppers and onions very simple. These have been sauteed with some simple oil and spices press it down, right in the pan. I like using a lot of oil in my pan, so its almost like eating a tortilla chip quesadilla so you can throw down some oil or spray it with some nonstick spray. Works great either way throw it down, maybe in a slightly bigger pan than this. This will get crispy. You dont need to cover it and serve it up with your favorite toppings. We have about a minute and a half, for philadelphia, here we go for mike feldmans eagles, savannah, big game really important game. What are we doing here philly cheesesteak so were sauteing peppers and onions in this pan over here, just get that going, thank you very much. And once those are sauteed and cooled, well lay them out on a piece of flank steak. This flank steak has been butterflied as well. That means were cutting it right through the center, opening it up like a book, pounding it out slightly and lining it with all of our beautiful toppings and of course, lots and lots of cheese are you a provolone or whiz or american i dont have a preference i dont know youre supposed to have wit or witout. Wit of course thats what they say i like wit well throw some whiz right on at the end. Inside, were going butterflied the flank never heard of that. Now youre going to roll it up were rolling it so the grain is going this way. Because ultimately youll slice against that grain so once its like this, well slice it this way. You tied it off like a pinwheel nice and tender how is this yummy delicious throw it down, grill it when do you the whiz . Thank you to andrew guys, today. Com, you can get up a all the cis er good morning. It is 8 56. If you received an Early Morning quake alert on your phone, that was a mistake. It went out at 3 19 although it was supposed to go out that 10 19 our time. The alert was mistakenly tagged to universal time which is seven hours ahead of us. The shake alert also sent out an apology for the overnight alert saying it is working with Technology Partners to figure out how this mistake happened. It is all part of todays International Shakeout day. At 10 19 our time, people will receive a quake alert and b. A. R. T. Trains will come to a brief stop. 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