Phil has sort of spoken. Why thats not a football, but my shadow i see. Its six more weeks of winter it must be thanks, phil, its already been a brutal winter. Now that groundhog giving us the news no one wachbts to hear today, sunday, february 2nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer, 7 20ish this morning, phil saw his shadow forecasting six more weeks of center. In the interest of fairness, dylan dreyer has demanded equal time on this matter. You say . Im calling bogus on phil. Its foggy in punxsutawney, pennsylvania. Did you see the lights bearing down on him. She just put the groundhog under the bus. Its an ongoing beef with phil. I think we should point out. Hes a groundhog. Dylan is a licensed meteorologist. The data center says, quote, the groundhog does no predictive skill. Dylan dreyer, youre at least like a 60 40. Thats true. We will get to more on the weather coming up. Lets begin with the countdown to kickoff super bowl xlviii. Fans starting to gather. Thousands of Law Enforcement officials are already out patrolling new york and new jersey, and the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos are saying their last hail marys. Ron mott is at Metlife Stadium in east rutherford, new jersey. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. A little morning fog has rolled in. Should burn off in no time. Suffice it to say, americas biggest sporting spectacle is finally here. Some 80,000 people will jam into Metlife Stadium to watch history in the making and a wee bit more watching on tv. With countdown to kickoff about ten hours away, the party is in full swing. While there were concerns about the weather for super bowl xlviii, the leagues first outdoor title game in a cold weather city, game time temps are expected to be comfortably in the 40s. The fans are ap plenty around time, so, too, are fans who came up short. Like shaggys new york giants. Who is going to win tonight . Come on. Seattle reporter who are you going for . Broncos. Reporter in times square even the nfl commissioner found super bowl boulevard too tempting to pass out. Now we can start focusing on the football game. We have classic game tomorrow. Reporter for those at homes, the game will be embraced with its flavful glory, paired with the 15,000 tons of chips are expected to down today on super sunday. A tv audience of more than 100 million. Security for the big game is tight and quite visible, just like those muchanticipated 4 million 30second commercials. For new york and new jersey businesses hoping to cash in, the super bowl may not be the touchdown many are hoping for. Interest in the game may be high, but ticket prices arent soaring as much as once predicted. Hotels are sleepier than expected and the bottom line will be thinner than dreamed. Well get what we get and embrace whats going on. Reporter now the only Unfinished Business left is to settle the score on the field. Now, the Denver Broncos are going for their third super bowl crown. Last night Peyton Manning won his fifth nfl mvp award, tonight he has his eyes on a bigger prize. For the Seattle Seahawks, this could be their first super bowl title. Ron mott, thanks. We know at this point it wont be freezing cold for all the fans. Dylan is out on the plaza with a broader look at the super bowl forecast. Hello on either side of the window. Good morning. Go figure. You plan a super bowl in new york. We were talking for so long about how the weather would be in the city itself and in new jersey, too. The weather looks fine. Weve got clear skies above us, clouds to our west. It is going to be fine by game time, a few more of the clouds will certainly start to work in. But any rain and snow should hold off until well after the game. You might see a couple of flakes later on on your way home, but winds look fairly calm as well. Looking at the northwest wind, calm, up to 10 miles per hour. 42 to 45 degrees. The clouds helping to keep up temperatures by game time. Its going to being awesome. Perfect football weather. Go figure, in new york city and new jersey for the super bowl. Well get your full forecast in a few minutes. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hoped today would be all about the super bowl being held in his home state. Instead hes goingson the offensive in the George Washington bridge scandal. In a letter to his supporters, christies administration orders the former aide who now claims the governor knew of the lane closures as they happened is only trying to save himself. David gregory is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good to see you. Good morning, lester. This letter was written by the attorney for David Wildstein who supervised the lane closures. Theres a suggestion of evidence, but no real evidence put forward here, only the line that it exists. So when you take that down, does the governor make that a good point, when the governor says it may be about this person trying to save himself . He does make a good point. Wildstein turned over a ton of documents to the legislature. Thats how we first found out about the email to him that said time for traffic problems in ft. Lee and he said got it. If he says evidence exists that the governor knew or was involved in the plotting of this, then where is it . What hes saying is the governor knew at the time. Where he contradicts him is governor christie said no, no, i didnt learn about this until after it was over and the lanes were reopened. Wildstein was saying he knew as the lanes were being closed down. That doesnt give any information about whether the governor was involved in planning or executing the closures. Christie didnt leave himself a lot of wiggle room. He had the twohour News Conference where he said he didnt know about it in advance. He is hitting back right now, a blistering memo attacking wildstein and the Media Coverage saying this is a bombshell thats not a bombshell. Is this really his best defense right now, a strong offense . Im not sure. Some of that defense is pretty harsh. Talking about David Wildstein as kind of a tumultuous figure, talking about actions he took as a 16yearold. They were both in high school together. Im not sure thats where the Christie Administration is going to be most effective. Here is the problem, lester. When you are sath governor let alone somebody who might want to run for president and you are facing a criminal probe by the u. S. Attorney and a legislature inquiry as well over a political scandal that reached your top advisers, its not pretty. Its not pretty because these teams will keep coming, there will be people who will keep turning on the governor because they want immune any. Wildstein wants his legal bills paid. David, thanks very much. Well check with you later to get a preview of meet the press. The olympic winter games in sochi, russia, are just four games away, and the billions of dollars have been spent for the country to host the world. Organizers are still scrambling to get everything ready in time. Keir simmons is live in sochi this morning with more for us. Keir, good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. From here we can hear the music as rehearsals get under way for the openings of the games. As you walk around in places, it looks as though construction work is under way. The Olympic Committee says up in the mountains only six of the nine media hotels up there are fully operational. Reporter prayers this morning for a safe and successful olympics. The organizers need all the help they can get. With just days to go and 50 billion spent, parts of sochi dont quite look prepared for prime time. Some hotels are just this weekend loading in furniture. But the mountains are ready, and members of the American Team cant wait to get going. Its awesome. Theres a lot of snow. We rode powder this morning and it was amazing. I would put the mountains here up against anywhere in the world. Reporter down off the Mountain Team usa short track speed skater j. R. Was testing the ice. Feeling good, really good about this, loving the atmosphere and the energy. Reporter the countdown is really under way now. Hundreds of volunteers arriving. But one fan has just left sochi, a football fan. Go seahawks reporter she was in sochi for a day because of her job as a Flight Attendant but was desperate to get back home. Should catch the Second Quarter might miss the first, but my husband is going to record it. Reporter still plenty of excitement here as well as the worries. The question, though, is, as thousands of more people arrive will they have somewhere to stay in the president of the ioc is reassuring people saying there are troubles as always before the olympics. A couple more days to get it worked out. Keir, thanks. Jenna has a look at the rest of the top stories. Hi everyone. Rescue efforts are underway in indonesia volg a deadly volcanic eruption. Officials fear the death toll are rise. The volcano on the island of sumatra was erupting for four months but not deadly until now. After weeks of mass demonstrations, voters in thailand finally got to cast their ballots in the general election. Voting in the north was peaceful, but in the south protests blocked millions from getting into polling stations. Demonstrators are calling for the Prime Minister to be stepped down and replaced by a council. We learned that a diver working to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise liner has died. He is said to be the first worker to die on the job since the ship capsized two years ago killing 32 people. The video were about to show you is stirring up a great deal of controversy on social media. It shows a Michigan Police officer chopping off the air weave of a young woman arrested back in november. You see the woman is tied down in a chair before her braids are cut. The officer said she did it because weaves pose a suicide risk. She has since been fired. Crews in West Virginia are working to get the water supply at six schools back to normal in time for class monday morning. Recent tests found elevated levels of the chemical mchm in the schools water system. That comes weeks after the water in charleston was declared safe to drink following a chemical spill. Nothing caps off morning newscast more than baby tigers and pandas during a lunar celebration. Thousands of visitors have come to the zoo to see these siberian cubs . What goes well with baby cubs . Puppies. Cross species cuteness is what i call that. And five panda cups are stars of the spring festival holiday. All i can say, i hope this doesnt go to their head. Just the beginning of our cuteness. We have puppies in the back next half hour. Dylan is back with a check of the rest of the countrys fast. There you are, dylan. Good morning everybody. We are looking at some pretty nasty weather right through the middle of the country. We have a lot of winter weather, watches, warnings, advisory, all because of the potential for a few inches of snow, but ice, especially in and around dallas, not just a little further to the north. We could end up were seeing changes in sunday morning with some rain moving into San Francisco down the peninsula towards palo alto. Redwood city, Half Moon Bay, heavier showers. Not quite into san jose. A lot of this moisture in the Santa Cruz Mountains but that will spill over towards the Santa Clara Valley toward the afternoon. You can see the heavy rain lining up on Half Moon Bay south to santa cruz. Well continue to see those showers spill in. Its a cool day today, highs in the low 50s. Rain at times tapering off towards the evening. Highs around oakland near 51 today. That is your latest forecast. Erica . Dylan, thanks. When you turn off your tv turn on your tv rather, a lot of times you see dads a little more like rodney danger field. They dont get any respect. Now theres a group of dads trying to change that story line. Here is kerry sanders. Reporter brad is the father of three. Making the kids lunch, just one of his lifes routines. Try something new and dont be afraid to fail. Reporter the sort of daily event that fathers say they usually see a mom doing when they turn on the tv. His half cant be bigger than mine. Tell you what, jake gets to cut. Were not all out there driving ford f150s, running around in the mud and only watching football all the time. Thats just not realistic. Reporter in new orleans this weekend at a conference of dad bloggers and media executives, selfexam nation of why, when it comes to television, dads usually look like this. Are you in the mafia . Am i in the what. Reporter or this. So anyway, im strangling him and i said to bart. Hold on a moment. You were strangling your son . Yes. Reporter rarely like this. Dad said i have to ask another feeling question. What is acceptable and what gets by ten years ago doesnt anymore. Reporter complaining that Early Television established stereotypes that have survived for decades is not new. But its only now in 2014 that the foolish bumbling dad is being targeted for retirement. Leading the change, madison avenue. Step three, dont be afraid it behooves us as advertis s advertisers, when 73 of men say they feel falsely or inaccurately depicted in advertising. Reporter the image of what is a dad changing slowly. For today, kerry sanders, nbc news, ft. Lauderdale. I see people like lester holt and my amazing husband who was a stay at home dad for ten years. But i watch a lot of football. As we say good buy to long time snl host seth meyers. I want to say being out here with my dear friends and my husband. [ female announcer ] right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1 2 days when used at the first sign. Without it, the virus spreads from cell to cell. Unlike other treatments, abreva penetrates deep to block the virus, to protect healthy cells so cold sores heal fast. As fast as 2 1 2 days when used at the first sign. Learn more at abreva. Com. Dont tough it out. Knock it out fast. [ female announcer ] only with abreva. But add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough and presto, tuesday night just became crescent pizza pockettastic pillsbury crescents. Make dinner pop. For centuries. This levian collection is amazing. Maybe its time to start your own. 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Reporter seth meyers is moving on, bidding farewell to his saturday night live family. Was that your last joke . Yeah, it was. Reporter myers joined snl in 2001 as a writer, departs as the second longest running cast member in the shows history. Before he was in the anchor chair he wasnt really somebody who stood ouchlt he never had any big memorable characters. In the anchor chair he was able to be himself, the seth that we know and love. Thank you for coming, big bird. Thanks for having me. Reporter he hopes to follow in the food steps of predecesso predecessors, tina fey, amy bowl bowler. Myers skit and news desk attracted guests from all walks of life. It was twinkie talk, i thought everybody forgot about me. Reporter producing some of late night televisions most unforgettable moments. As he prepares to take over the late night franchise later this month, expectations are high. I think it will be slightly different. I just want to thank the crew and the cast and especially the writers and loren. For weekend update good night. Meanwhile, late night with seth meyers premiers monday, february 24th. Collin jay yostanto who is taking over, right now its our last show with seth meyers. One of the best writers and one of my favorite people of all time. Lauren masterson, i have a seth meyers hole in my heart. This sleeve of oreos. On facebook, valerie says shell miss everything about seth. I look forward to seeing him every night instead of just saturdays, good luck seth. This is easy. He is such an incredible run. So fun to watch him. Now hes on to bigger, maybe not better, bigger more fun things well watch. February 24th, the debut of his new show. So much excitement with jimmys new show and seths new show. Maybe if we stand pa thet cli long enough theyll let us in. Tickets, really . You have a connection. I was hoping you did. Still to come on a sunday edition of today, behind the scenes of that other game on tv today. The puppy bowl as our studio if youre seeing spots before your eyes, its time for aveeno® positively radiant face moisturizer. [ female announcer ] aveeno® with soy helps reduce the look of brown spots in 4 weeks. For healthy radiant skin. Aveeno®. Naturally beautiful results. You ready for some bread . Yep. I want two. Okay, two for you. Ew ew [ female announcer ] come together this valentines day with a hallmark card. Still to come on today, up in smoke. A lot of fans in denver and addle set to get the super bowl munchies. We profile two Small Businesses on saturday in big trouble and brought in a brandy expert to save them. Did his pick do the trick . [announcer] welcome to the allnew intuit quickbooks. Run your entire business with it. Get paid however you want with it. Get real work done wherever with it. Make all your numbers play nicely with it. Say buhbye to the old way with it. Run payroll with your finger with it. Scan receipts with it. Sync this stuff with that stuff and that stuff, with it. Maintain your sanity with it. This is your business on the allnew quickbooks. Run with it. Right . is this the bacon and cheese diet . This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. This is so much more. Whats different . Oh, its my chicken and cheese enchilada diet. Well keep it up, honey. Its working. Oh, gracias did i tell you i am on the. [ both ] Chicken Pot Pie diet me too lisa, did i tell you im on the. [ male announcer ] soups so indulgent, youll never believe theyre light. 100calorie progresso light soups. Good morning. Looking live at the bay bridge bouncing around just a little bit this morning, breezy. Thanks for joining us. Im kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda who has a look at a forecast with some rain in it. Were seeing the rain right there around San Francisco over towards oakland. Well zoom you in a little closer right across the bay bridge and out towards Treasure Island and off to the north around alcatraz. We have showers moving on through. Moderate rain at times. The areas in yellow starting to spill across the bay area. San jose starting to see a few sprinkles. Look at that offshore, this is the area, the Santa Cruz Mountains, that will be the heaviest rain as it goes through the afternoon. The system winding up, moving down the coast later today. Widespread rain at times off and on, changing over to showers as it moves through the afternoon. Notice by 11 00 tonight and midnight showers shutting down and moving off into southern california. Todays highs will be quite cool. Were looking at numbers today that will be in the 50s for most of the bay area. Low 50s for highs today, including san jose 54 degrees. 53 around the peninsula and into the north bay, highs around 50 for your sunday with some rain at times. Chris. Thanks, rob. New this morning, two people are shot to death right outside a boys and girls club overnight in oakland. One of them, just a teenager. Police say the shooting happened just before 11 00 last night at 24th and market streets. There officers found two male victims suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Police who remained on scene this morning have no suspects at this point nor motive, but they have identified the teen age victim and will not release his name until his family is notified. Right now they are still trying to identify the adult victim. We are following a developing story out of napa this morning where police say they found a 4yearold girl dead in her bed in her house and now police are asking for the publics help in finding her mother and her mothers boyfriend. The childs mother, sara kruger, and her boyfriend, ryan scott warner, seen here were last seen leaving the area yesterday morning. Neither has a car. Napa police again are asking anyone who might know anything about the whereabouts of these two suspects to call them immediately. And we are learning more about the richmond Police Officer who helped save a woman from her life as a sex slave. The man accused of abusing the victim, raul ochoa is going to be sentenced february 11th. He started abusing her when she was 12 years old. She escaped in 2012 when she was 27. She went to the Richmond Police department. The officer says he knew something was wrong when she tried to report herself as a runaw runaway. Ochoa was arrested shortly after the victim told them her story. She is working with police advocates trying to move forward with her life. Coming up at 7 00, it is super bowl sunday. Marshawn lynch leads the seahawks against the Denver Broncos and hes not the only person from the bay area involved with super bowl xlviii. Well get you set with all you need to know about the locals to this years game. Thanks for joining us. Well have all the days news coming up for you at 7 00. Hey we came all the way from wilmington, north carolina, we just gott engaged. Now were on the today show. Go broncos go seahawks congratulations to the newly engaged couple. Were back on a sunday morning, february 2nd, 2014 with engagements and all that stuff. Plenty of football fans on the plaza showing us their super bowl spirit. Check out some of the pictures on our video wall. Inside studio 1a, im lester holt along with erica hill, jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We have a lot coming up. We want to get you caught up quickly on the mornings top headlines. Nearly 80,000 fans are expected at new jerseys Metlife Stadium for the super bowl tonight. Law enforcement will be on the ground, in the air and on the water to keep everyone safe. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is fighting back against new accusations that he did know about the bridge closure when it did happen. He wrote a letter on saturday to supporters say thaeg thats not true. If Punxsutawney Phil is right, theres six more weeks of winter. This morning he saw a shadow forecasting an even longer winner. Debby downer. Our own meteorologist disagrees. He saw his shadow because it was foggy. I cant say punxsutawney. He cant say dylan either. Still to come in this half hour, we are checking back with these two struggling Small Businesses we first introduced you to yesterday on today to see if our branding expert was able to help turn things around. Its a good thing were not competitive here. The four of us have come up with our own version of the perfect tray of nachos with layers of ingredients that we provided ourselves. Sunny anderson, famed chef, will decide whose is best. Let the games begin. Ive already paid her off. I dont know whose that was please tell me also ahead, you dont have to love football for this game. The puppy bowl. Well go behind the sooefrns and were creating our own version here, puppies and all. At times during the broadcast you may hear them barking in the background. Lets begin this half hour with one aspect of tonights game thats got a lot of people talking. The two teams are from the only two states that have realized recreational marijuana. Joe fryer has more on the jokes and some of the serious conversation this is stirring up. Reporter from the very moment seattle fans started cheering about their super bowl berth, fans across the country were making noise about something else. Dubbing the seahawks matchup with the Denver Broncos the stupor bowl, the stoner bowl, even the bud bowl. Even pot fathers cheech and chong weighed in. The two states that have legal weed, a stoner vortex. Reporter stores like medicine man in colorado sell the green stuff offer specials to broncos fans wearing orange stuff. In washington, stores are not licensed to sell marijuana yet, but private pot parties are in the works. Are you excited for this sunday . Yeah, me and a lot of people are. Reporter kevin oliver runs normal, a pro pot Group Gathering to watch the game at a sports bar after making a bet with their colorado chapter. If we lose, we have to sing Rocky Mountain high. Reporter travel guru rick steves plans to zephyr pot at his house alongside food and drinks. Its nice that people dont need to break the law if they want to enjoy a little marijuana as theyre rooting for their taif writ team. Reporter steves calls marijuana use a civil liberty but says it could be addictive. Ive made a point of not joking about it. Reporter Law Enforcement are out to spot stoned drivers. Concern is high. We can joke about denver and seattle going to the weed bowl or the pot bowl, its no laughing matter whatsoever when it comes to kids and smoking. Reporter for now the conversation and the jokes will continue as two history making states wait to see who wins when the smoke clears. For today, joe fryer, nbc news, seattle. Lets turn now to Punxsutawney Phils nemesis, dylan dreyer. What is it . Punxsutawney. Hello, dylan. Here is the problem. Staten island chuck has also agreed with Punxsutawney Phil. Everybody is saying six more weeks of winter. Theres nothing i can do about it. Youre going to the game tonight . Yes. Have you ever been to a super bowl before . No, my first time. Obviously a Seattle Seahawks fan here. We are looking at some nice weather here in the northeast. We finally have this ridge in the jet stream thats bringing nice weather. But out west and especially down through texas, thats where were going to see this train of low pressure systems that will produce a lot of storms. We have one moving in tonight thats going to produce perhaps an inch or more into new york city well after the game. D. C. , mostly rain but we could see a good accumulation of rain. The next storm moves in on tuesday. That will bring snow through omaha and kansas. We could end up with a few inches of some of that snow. In st. Louis, more of an ice breezy, 40s outside this morning, high temperatures this afternoon not much warmer, upper 40s to low 50s and we have a change in the weather and a change in some rain that has pushed into the north bay and San Francisco. Well take you around san mateo and hayward, youre seeing the rain too. Now into san jose were starting to see rain showers. Heavy rain on the coast. The system will spread rain across the bay area during the day. Rain changing over to showers later on and the skies clearing as we head after sundown tonight. That is your late of the forecast. Lester . Dylan, up next, well check back in with that toy shop and food truck we introduced you to yesterday to see if muchneeded help is enough to turn their lessthan [man]ask me. [announcer]. 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Reporter theres a new sense of purpose for the 18monthold liss kit love food truck in nashville. For the first time i feel like were pushing the cart instead of the cart pushing us. Reporter the husband and wife team are transforming the biscuit love experience, creating a brand that goes beyond the food. Their bigger boulder signage, a seating area and reasons to linger. Theyve added music, wifi, even a charging station. This is so good. Reporter and new menu items including the lindstrom salad, named after the man who helped them find their road. I think youre on your way to become a true premium brand. Reporter despite bone chilling temperatures, biscuit love business is heating up. Theyve already booked seven weddings and regularly sell out their weekend brunches. The last time we were here you said you were maybe three weeks away from closing. What about now . I dont think well have a problem keeping the doors open until were ready to shut them ourselves. Reporter in richmond, indiana, 75yearold veachs toy station is celebrating a new beginning. Amazing. Reporter branding expert Martin Lindstrom and his team of volunteers worked through the night. In just 24 hours, they transformed this familyowned landmark with bright colors, handson displays and a smarter layout. Its very humbling. It shows that people care about us, the small town values. Has it been stressful . Yes. Overwhelming. Reporter a busy six weeks since that initial transformation. How do you feel now when you walk into the store . Its very exciting. We have a vision. We have to stick to it. Reporter a plan that didnt include some of the coldest temperatures in decades which brought unexpected challenges for the stores new facade. As a storm came through, some of the final started falling off. Its been fixed now. It looks marvelous. Reporter sales for december were up 38,000 or about 5 over last year. I think we can, within a year, increase the revenue with around 40 . Reporter but for john and sherry, true success goes beyond the bottom line. Were carrying the torch for everybody thats worked here from my grandparents who started the store, we want to pass it on to the next generation. Martin lindstrom, the author of biology is back with us. A lindstrom salad. My dad would be so proud of me. Thats all they needed, was the lindstrom salad. Theres a great thing about these fixes. These fixes are pretty relatable for people and rather inexpensive. Its sweat equity and creativity. What are great tips people can take away from this to spruce up their small business. This turn around was 24 hours. We had to throw a lot of resources at this to make it happen. Here is the good news. If you have the time, you actually make this happen for just a couple hundred dollars. Here is a couple of tricks. One, a good paint job can really do wonders. But this is the most important thing. Erica, i know you think im crazy, but i always love to stand in the corner of a store and observe people for two or three hours and learn what are they doing . Why do they skip that toy . Why do they love that place . Then reorganize this, all the furniture to optimize every spot. I know theres a method to your madness. I saw it, i saw it work. Its interesting. Its another way of serving the consumer. You have to make sure that you stand apart from everyone else, and bricks and mortar retailer stands apart with only one thing. Its the senses, the sense of smell, the sound and all that stuff. We played sounds in the toy store and you saw the energy, put in energy, make it fun. The fun part is what differentiates you. Helps make the emotional connection with the customer that we talked about yesterday that is so important. This brings up a broader point. We had really nice responses to our first piece yesterday and the love people have for their Small Businesses. Why do you think its so important to support these businesses and shop local . I think its important that were not fooled that the amazons and walmarts of the world really dont love us. They love our money, but dont love you. Local retailers love you. The whole country was built on mom and pop stores. We should never forget our heritage. This is the point. We only have one chance. Right now theyre closing down in the thousands. We can only save them once. Joup port them. Guess what . Theyll support you forever. So much fun to work on this with you. Likewise. I know everyone in nashville and richmond, indiana appreciates your help. You can forget the game later tonight. We have a competition going on right now. Its all in the nachos. Chef sunny [ store ] jared, the galleria of jewelry here. See this largerthanlife diamond . Its there because im a largerthanlife Jewelry Store. Dan here needs a julie, please spend the rest of your life with me ring. Well, my selection is truly unique including up to ten thousand loose diamonds, the tolkowsky ideal cut and leo artisan. My expert staff guided dan to the perfect ring. Which he then delivered. With all of his heart. Yes. And thats why he went to jared. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] but finally, it happened. Perfection. At progresso, weve got a passion for quality, because youve got a passion for taste. Were back with a Super Bowl Party staple in todays kitchen. This morning were having a friendly competition to see why my nachos are the best. Thats exactly the note i got this morning. Just remind everyone why lesters in the best. I said how about if we have Sunny Anderson do that, cohost of the kitchen on food network. You get to decide if lesters in the best or if one of the ladies will win. We have avocado black beans, pickled onions and jalapenos and a little sour cream. Youre going to love them. Make sure to get some ter reese sew on there. Thats a good nacho. The blue chips, shredded chicken, black companies, i like to put a lot of vegetables. This theres pico de gallo, pickled jalapeno. You can dip it in guacamole, salsa i didnt know we could have dip. I used greek yogurt instead of sour cream. This is my uber healthy 15layer dip. I used barley for texture, ground turkey instead of beef, black beans and yogurt instead of sour cream. I season the yogurt a little bit. Right . Theres no more. What do you think . Uhhuh. I sauted mushrooms, garlic, spinach, topped it with skirt steak and theres shrimp in there as well. Shall lots and mozzarella cheese on top. Okay. The threesecond rule. Im going to hang out with you. Hes a ringer for lester. Dont listen to him. Very hard to answer when her mouth is full of four different chips. This is my queso blanco on the website. White cheddar. Be honest, okay . This is really difficult. These are so different. Be honest. Pick mine. Yours is more like a classic with a twist. Yours is very healthy, its tasty. This eightlayer thing is delicious. She knocked off five layers. Theres like 20 layers in here. Dylan, i know you paid me off. I got to tell you whoo can i just say ive never won anything cooking delicious. She put barley in there. Who puts barley in nachos . Who would think i would like barley . Seriously. Youre not just saying that. I have to try it. You have to get all the layers in. Its really good. Thanks for inviting me. Im always here if you want me to judge. We love having you come on. Thanks for being here. If you want the recipe for sunnys nachos, head to our website, today. Com. Just ahead, we have puppies playing their own version of the big game on the puppy bowl after these messages. 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Reporter super bowl sunday its the Seattle Seahawks versus the broncos, versus the puppies. Even if your team didnt make the big game, you can still root for these furry, fierce competitors. Touchdown reporter at this tiny sound stage on the west side of manhattan, puppies are primting for their closeups and getting pep talks before hitting the mini gridiron. Its really just a mental massage. Its puppy porn. Reporter and that sentiment translates into some very big numbers. A record 12. 4 Million Viewers watched the puppy bowl last year with more expected to tune in today. Weve had people tweeting puppies are cuter than football players. Reporter did i wake you up . These puppies are mvps, not only are they incredible eye candy but the fact theyre all from shelters is raising awareness from animals in need. Puppy bowl is all about adoption. They were left to die. This gives them the opportunity to be in front of millions. These two came all the way from new orleans to adopt their superstar. When you get a puppy, when you rescue a dog, it changes the whole environment of your home. She really kirked some butt in the field. Yes. Reporter after the accolades and the victories, these puppies all end up champions by scoring a permanent loving home. This is the moment weve been waiting for. Jill rappaport brought a bunch of friends along with ann schachter as a referee. Theyre using your script as a wee wee pad. Take it away. Everyone is a running back, drag a toy into the end zone, dont incur any penalties. By toy do you mean pink script . Are you ready. Lets do it. Play ball fumble and thats a red flag. Hi, im not the ref. Were going to keep playing for just a minute. But well take a short break to check in with David Gregory for a look at whats coming up on meet the press. What better segue can i get than that . Beyond the puppy bowl, new trouble for Chris Christie with the bridge scandal. Ill ask the man leading the investigation what damage could be done to his political career at this point. How much fight does the president have left . Well talk about what he can accomplish in his second term. Plus on super sunday, the future of the game. Its all coming up on meet the press. Talking about the future of the game, weve got it right here. Well see you in just a little bit. All of these adorable puppies are up for adoption. They need a loving home and well have information at today. Com. Connecticut humane society. Thanks for bringing them up. So much fun. This is great. Thats going to do it for us. Thanks for watching. If youre watching the game tonight, enjoy the game. Enjoy the beautiful puppies as well. Thanks for watching. Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing good for me around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of craving something that i cant have turn around, barbara forever ive been praying for a snack in my life and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife i finally found the right snack good morning and thanks for joining us. Coming up on today in the bay two people are gunned down outside an oakland boys and girls club overnight. One of them a teenager. Also the Police Officer who helped to save an east bay woman from more than a decade of sex slavery tells his story. How he says he knew something was terribly wrong. And we need the rain, we want the rain, but will it be enough . And what it means for the drought. Plus your super bowl sunday plans. This is today in the bay. And we are looking live at foster city and you can see that it is gloomy out there and that would be a bummer, except that we really need that rain. 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