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Williams just weeks ago as more disturbing statements come in about his death. And tributes pour in. Oh, captain, my captain you will be missed. And Kerry Sanders is getting set to jump out of a plane this morning. Wednesday, august 13th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a on rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. The things we put Kerry Sanders through. Well explain what hes going to be doing and why in a couple minutes. Its for a great cause. Thanks to kerry. Also coming up, sadly another death in hollywood. Legendary icon Lauren Bacall is now gone, as youve heard. Were going to be speaking to tom brokaw who was good friends with her. Share some of the stories of her over the years. Lets start with the top story. That is the dangerous flooding from some very potent storms that have dumped more than a foot of rain in some parts of the east coast. Take a look at this. Thats the Southern State parkway in Nassau County in long island. Probably less than an hours drive from where were sitting. Cars stranded there as you can see. Dylan has the latest on this storm. Thats not driving into flood waters. Thats driving and downpours coming at such a rate theres nowhere to go. The water came down. 5 inches in islip, new york. That came down in one hour. Thats the scene weve seen up and down the east coast. Yesterday in maryland, we ended up with about 10. 5 inches of rain in a 24hour period. Thats enough rain for two months worth. We are seeing a deluge of rain coming down. The atmosphere is holding about as much water as it can. Because of that we are seeing flooding like this. This stretches all the way down to North Carolina out ahead of a cold front. You have these valleys and dips in the roadways where we end up with extreme flooding. We were seeing it all over as people were being rescued. Its not just the east coast, its the west coast too. Out near phoenix, arizona, we ended up with 2 inches of rain falling in just about an hour. Thats monsoonal moisture. Its a little bit different in nature, but its still torrential downpours that come down too fast in a very short period of time. Over the weekend in nebraska, take a look. In carney, nebraska. This is Good Samaritan hospital. The cafeteria here just to show you the sheer force of these flooding waters race through when the doors couldnt handle it anymore. All of that flooding rain kept pouring in. It is very hard to drive out of. Once you get stuck in it, theres really nothing you can do. It is so unbelievably powerful. And these are just insane amounts of rainfall totals we have seen. Take a look. In greenhaven, maryland, 10. 5 nearly inches of rain in that area. You can watch as it stretches into southern new jersey, millville, new jersey ended up with nearly 9 inches of rain. Again, these are more like the amounts you would see over a onetotwo month period. In brick, new jersey, 5. 5 inches of rain. And in islip, 7. 23 inches with 5 of those inches falling in just a one hour. So cars on the road. They get stuck in the rain and really have no where to go. New york city itself picked up just a half inch of rain. It was this band that moved in overnight. It is going to continue to make its way into new england for today. Parts of boston could end up with as much as 5 inches of rain. Now flooding concerns will continue to make their way into new england. That will be the next issue and something well follow through the day today. Well get your local forecast in a little while. Dylan, thank you. Meanwhile, hollywood is mourning the loss of yet another icon this morning. Lauren bacall died at her new york home at the age of 89. One of the last stars from the golden age of movies. Many tributes on twitter this morning. Seth mcfarlane saying thank you, lauren, for teaching us all how to whistle. Youll be missed, but more than that you will be celebrated. And mia farrow tweeting now we have lost the great Lauren Bacall. Rest in peace, dear betty. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more on bacalls remarkable life. You know how to whistle, dont you, steve . You just put your lips together and blow. Reporter with that legendary line, Lauren Bacall burst onto the Silver Screen at the age of 19. Launching a career that spanned eight decades. Born betty persky in 1924, her father left home when she was five, prompting betty to take her mothers last name bacall. Her big break came when film director howard hawks wife spotted 18yearold bacall on the cover of Harpers Bazaar. Hawks mentored bacall, changing her first name to lauren and casting her opposite the biggest movie star in the world. Humphrey bogart. Who wouldnt fall madly in love with him at the age of 19 . Youd have to be crazy. I was just knocked out by him. They married in 1945 and became hollywoods hottest couple. On screen they costarred in three more movies together. Off screen they started a family with son steven and daughter leslie. Bogart succumbed to esophogeal cancer in 1957. Four years later, bacall started a new chapter. She moved to new york, married actor jason robards, gave birth to a third child sam, and returned to the stage. Conquering broadway the way she had dazzled hollywood. Winning two tony awards. Bacall continued taking roles including a cameo on the sopranos. Still love it as much when youre in front of the camera . I do. I tell you, i like it better in a way because im more relaxed than i used to be. I used to be so tense and so nervous all the time that i just was thrilled to get through it. Reporter in 2009 the Motion Picture academy awarded bacall an honorary oscar. Her grandson jamie bogart telling nbc news last night something those who worked with the legend were well aware of. She could be challenging at times and catch her on a bad day, shed let you know about it but behind that she was a great person. Reporter Lauren Bacall, an unforgettable actress who never met a role she couldnt master and make her own. For today, Kristen Dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. And tom brokaw was a longtime friend of Lauren Bacall. Hes with us now by phone. Tom, good morning to you. Good morning. I know of course she had an extraordinary life. You two were good friends. What was she like and what stands out to you about had her . Well, what stands out about her to me was she was never not a star. From the time she was 19 years old until we lost her yesterday, she was always a woman who could fill the room when she walked in. And i saw a couple of years ago when she was confined to a wheelchair in new york and she caused a buzz when she was wheeled in. I know she wasnt happy to be confined to the wheelchair, but people would say my god thats Lauren Bacall. At that point she was already in her 80s. I first met her four years ago at a party in california and i was covering california politics at the time and she came over to me and i said my god its Lauren Bacall. And she ratatattat hello and she had all these Smart Questions about what was going on in politics. No entourage of any kind at all and very strong opinions about almost everything. Often they were completely expressed and in fact if you were even her friend, she would confront you if you said something she disagreed with. So she was never not interesting, never ever someone who had a big entourage of some kind. Always knew that she was a star. She could be tough on her fans. There was no question about that, but she was always betty bacall. Of course a lot of people think of her along with Humphrey Bogart. That 12year marriage seemed to define her in some ways and yet she said as happy as she was during that time, she didnt want it to be the two of them always associated together. She wanted to define her own life after he passed away. Right, tom . She did. And although he was the love of her life, it also complicated her life in some ways. She confided to me more than once that as she after bogart died and she was beginning to see other men, they were almost all intimidated by his presence even though he was gone for several years at that point. I think it was kind of a mixed blessing for her. She loved him dearly. They were the great, great couple for their time, but from then on bogart was a part of her life. If i can, ill just tell you one quick story ive always cherished. I once said to her what was the magic moment for you with bogart . She said i was 20 years old, we were making to have and have not, he called me from Newport Beach and said come get me. She got in her car and she drove down the Pacific Coast highway and saw Humphrey Bogart walking up the highway in a blazer and espadrilles and a boutonniere in his blazer, got in the car and the rest is now legend. Legend and history. Doesnt happen anymore. There you go. Tom brokaw, thanks so much for sharing your stories with us. Appreciate it. My pleasure. She was a great lady. She was definitely. Were also learning more this morning about the tragic death of another hollywood icon, Robin Williams. As his family and fans struggle to come to grips with his death. Nbcs joe fryer is outside williams home in tiburon, california. Hi, joe, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Many are still trying to figure out whether money problems played any role in what happened. Last year williams told parade magazine he was downsizing his life in a good way and trying to sell his ranch because he could no longer afford it. But some friends say money problems simply werent that big of an issue. Also this morning were getting a look at one of the last photos of Robin Williams. It was taken in late june at a dairy queen in minnesota near his rehab center. The last time Robin Williams was seen alive was sunday night by his wife inside their home. Monday morning Authorities Say williams personal assistant found him in a bedroom with a belt around his neck. The preliminary and i say preliminary results of the forensic examination revealed supporting physical signs that mr. Williams life ended from asphyxia due to hanging. Reporter even those in the comedy world who knew Williams Well didnt know he was depressed. He never wanted people to feel sad for him. He always want to see people happy. Reporter in the wake of his death, this iconic scene from dead Poets Society has sparked a social media trend with many showing respect for williams by standing on their desks. It was another dramatic movie, good will hunting that not only earned williams an oscar but launched the careers of ben affleck and matt damon. He made matt and my dreams come true, affleck says, what do you owe a guy who does that . Everything. Williams was close with the late christopher reeve. They were classmates at julliard. After reeve was paralyzed, williams was the first to make him laugh. He was the first one to show up in virginia when i was really in trouble. He came here one afternoon and just thank god i wear a seat belt in this chair because i would have fallen out laughing. Reporter he had the same impact on Cameron Stanley who was battling cancer in real life when she shared the screen with williams in patch adams. Even being sick with cancer, during the film, he almost made us forget. Myself and all the kids that we were sick. Reporter years ago, williams even competed in triathlons with a young double amputee named rudy garcia tollison. Today rudy is a twotime paralympic gold medalist. I dont think he ever looked at me as a little boy with no legs. I think he always saw past it. Reporter williams three kids have released statements. His daughter zelda says while ill never ever understand how he could be loved so deeply and not find it in his heart to stay, theres minor comfort knowing our grief and loss in some small way is shared with millions. The investigation into williams death continues. Toxicology results could still take a few weeks. Matt . All right, joe fryer. Joe, thank you very much. Coming up well talk to Henry Winkler who helped give him his big break on happy days years ago. Craig, you have more on the violence overnight in st. Louis . Third straight night of violence near st. Louis after the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. And theres news this morning of another police shooting. Nbcs john yang is in ferguson, missouri, with the latest developments. John, good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. Thats right. That shooting happened about 1 00 this morning about a mile from here. This is the ground zero for these protests. Police responded to reports of a man or several men with guns. They found one man who turned with a revolver toward an officer. The officer fired. The man is in critical condition. Police did recover a gun at the scene. An hour before that a woman was shot. Theres some questions about that. All this after a night of constant confrontations between police and protestors. Police using tear gas to disperse crowds. Then crowds would regather elsewhere and confront police again. One spark or a couple of sparks for this anger, the Police Decision not to release the name of the officer involved in the shooting of michael brown. And also the naacp Officials Saying they have witnesses who challenge the official version of events. The investigators version of events that brown assaulted a Police Officer inside his car before he was shot. The Officials Say they have witnesses who say there was no confrontation. John yang for us this morning. Thank you. This morning 130 additional u. S. Troops are in iraq as advisers. They are there to help minorities being threatened by islamic militants. Nbcs keir simmons is in northern iraq. Keir, good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. The families you can see camped behind me have walked across a mountain to be here. Tens of thousands of them are running from isis in exodus biblical scenes in the 21st century. Fear has turned to fury here. An entire people facing persecution. Today they set fires and protests crowding around to tell us of isis blood thirsty reign. And how jihadists kill. They shot them and then cut their heads off. Isis is well armed but sheer terror may be their highest power. Crucifixions shared on social media. Men marched to their deaths. Its a medieval mindset with modern weapons to kill anyone who disagrees with them. Its a dangerous combination. Reporter divisions that threaten to tear iraq apart. These people are an ancient religious minority. No arabs, no islam, they shout. Every time a vehicle tries to come down this road, theyre attacking it throwing stones. They are angry and desperate. We need obama help us. Reporter why . What do you need him to do . We need food, everything. Reporter and the men confronting isis . These are kurdish troops. The kurds share the space with the iraqi army, but they are waiting for american weapons. The world is just waking up to who isis are, but they will not negotiate. The world has rarely seen ruthlessness like this. Keir, thank you. The World Health Organization has declared it is ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola Outbreak in west africa, but the small supply of one experimental treatment has been depleted and it could be many months until its available again. Depleted and it could be many months until its available again. The u. S. Company that makes zmapp says that the supply is now exhausted. Meanwhile canada said it would provide some of its experimental vaccine for use in west africa. And the u. S. Coast guard came to the rescue this weekend not for stranded boaters, but for an 800 pound leather back turtle entangled in fishing gear. A Good Samaritan spotted the struggling turtle 30 miles off the coast of new jersey and alerted the coast guard. One of the officers said it was one of his best experiences ever. Thats one of the largest reptiles in the world there. And unharmed. It swam away. Thats great. Thats cool. Good job to the coast guard. Like in nemo. Dude. What else do you have, miss dryer . Just more rain. Its moving up into new england today and it has a history of producing flash floods. Watch out for flash floods in areas like boston, new hampshire, maine. Down in florida well see rain and possible in the southwest. Your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds. Low clouds around the south bay and San Francisco. Mid to upper 60s later this afternoon. 80 san jose. Temperatures trend warmer for san jose towards friday and kick off the start of the weekend. For parts of the north bay, highs in the mid 70s. 80s pleasanton and livermore. Warming trend, inland temperatures closer to 90 by friday and saturday. Turning cooler as we wrap up the one sunday. And thats your latest forecast. All right. Thank you very much. Willies here filling in for carson. Online reaction continues to pour in over the death of Robin Williams. Yeah. This is a special one. I have an incredible photograph to share with everybody. Little bit of the back story. Theres a gorilla named koko in northern california. 2001 sad about the death of another gorilla, Robin Williams comes in, tickles koko, hugs koko. Williams said we shared laughter and love together. They formed this friendship. Well, now go ahead to yesterday. Koko overhears the staff at the Gorilla Foundation talking about the death of Robin Williams. And heres the news about his friend Robin Williams, her friend Robin Williams. Look at this remarkable photograph. You can see the sadness on her face, hunched over. Staff said her lip was quivering when she heard about Robin Williams. You can see the sadness on her face right there, guys. Its incredible. We talked about the connection Robin Williams has had with people. This was a gorilla Robin Williams met a couple of times causing that reaction to the news of his death. Wow. That is powerful. Willie, thank you very much. Coming up, the small part that launched Robin Williams legendary career. Happy days costar Henry Winkler will join us. Plus Kerry Sanders suited up. Well tell you about it but firs coming up, one divers Close Encounter with a coming up, one divers close where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the freedom of the open road . 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And this is my favorite its the kickstand. So youre saying it does more than my mac . Well technically, you said it. Good morning to you. 7 26. Im laura garciacannon. Hundreds of children who fled violence in Central America will start school in the bay area. Oaklands board of education will have to decide if it wants to hire a specialist to help them adjust to their new school. Hundreds of children from guatemala, honduras, enrolled in schools across the area since last summer. The unaccompanied mean nor specialist would help students, most whom dont speak english or have parents in the country, adjust to school and california. The San Francisco Unified School District plans to hire another two or three teachers this fall. Today getting a job in San Francisco may get easier for excons. The citys latest ban the box measure will stop most private employers from asking about a persons criminal history on a job application. But employers will be allowed to do background checks after an interview. The law applies to businesses with more than 20 employees. This year, california adopted a similar policy for state employees. Time to check the forecast with rob mayeda. Good morning. Clearing around san jose, low clouds and drizzle closer to San Francisco. By will. Time clearing skies inland. Mild and breezy. Thursday and friday begin to see temperatures climb. Today 80s san jose. North bay, highs in the mid70 and low to mid 80s towards the trivalley. Speaking of which, the commutes getting just better, but it is still rough around livermore, seeing travel times still from grant line road to 680, 24 mile per hour speeds on the road. You see, highway 84, livermore down to 680, 31 Miles Per Hour. You can see on the 580 commute westbound through dublin, haze. From the san mateo bridge westbound, we had an accident at the toll plaza. So thats slowed things up, as folks try to head westbound across the san mateo bridge. Traffic volumes heavier than normal to start off the morning. The metering lights on at bay bridge toll plaza. And mass transit running on time and on schedule. Thanks so much. Thank you for joining us as well. Well be back with another local news update in a half hour. Play it safe. Kids heading back to school. 7 30 now on a wednesday morning. Its the 13th day of august 2014. That is the scene on long island just about an hour from here in new york city. Heavy flooding leaving a lot of cars stranded on the Southern State parkway. That is topping our headlines this morning. Also, a number of drivers stranded in raleigh, North Carolina, as well as two motels there having to be evacuated because of the flooding. Dylan will have more in her forecast. Also legendary actress Lauren Bacall has died. She starred alongside her husband Humphrey Bogart in several movies. She won two tonys and an honorary oscar during her incredible career. 130 additional u. S. Troops are now on the ground in iraq. The pentagon describes their mission as temporary to assess the scope of a humanitarian crisis there in the wake of militant attacks. And this may be going too far. We have already subjected him to things like swimming with sharks. Weve also had him put his hand in a cage of mosquitoes. This morning Kerry Sanders is at it again from ft. Bragg getting ready to jump out of a plane. As my dear friend and predecessor Bryant Gumbel would say, why . Reporter because im with the Golden Knights and were drawing attention to the hiring our heroes. The sergeant here is going to get me into the strap. Now, noah, im going to be jumping with you. And were doing a tandem jump. We are. Reporter youve done this before . Should i have done it already today . Well be in good shape, right . Tens of times. Reporter and were going up 13,000plus feet . Anywhere between 11,000, to 13,500. Yes. Reporter well strap in, get ready and join you from up there in just a little bit. Quickly, the reason for this jump again . Reporter were doing it all for hiring our heroes. Were drawing attention to. There are so many people in fact its the largest draw down of the military. 1. 5 Million People in uniform transitions to the civilian world. And hiring our heroes is an attempt to bring potential employees those that are leaving the military with employers and hooking them up to get jobs. Great, great cause. We appreciate your efforts, kerry. Thank you very much. Good luck, noah, as well. Were going to see the big jump in our next half hour. Meantime, more tributes are pouring in for Robin Williams. His big break came on happy days when he was an alien named mork for just one episode. Strange custom. Doesnt give me pleasure. Henry winkler who starred as the fonz on that show is here with us. Good morning to indianapolis where i think the weather is mourning robin too. Its now 50 here. And the rain is falling here as well, henry. You know, weve watched so many clips of Robin Williams over the past day, we almost became used to his brilliance. For all of us there was a day we saw him for the very first time. What was yours . Wednesday afternoon we were rehearsing an episode. Gary marshall had created a show call eed the mork. So mork was coming to visit the fonz. We couldnt find an actor to play mork. We finish on friday and all of a sudden its wednesday. We have very little time. A young, very quiet, very delicate man comes with the casting director. He picks up the script to start rehearsing, and all of a sudden all you see are sparks. The fonz said, hey, you want to rumble, and he said rumble. And he was in the middle of west side story. And im telling you, that i could not look him directly in the face for the next two and a half days. Did you know he was going to be a star immediately . Unless you were in the ground, you knew that you were in the presence of greatness. And that is not thats not talking because now were making a tribute. That is the honest truth. This man was from another plane. You know, his imagination flew out of him out of every pore like a torrent. He suffered for years from addiction and depression. The most unimaginable thing about depression to me is he could have had so many fans and admirers and friends and still died alone in a room. Absolutely. Im very lucky i dont have depression, but i imagine that when you are depressed, you dont see what is just beyond the inside of your own brain. And it is so tragic. Because he was so loved. By koko, he made a connection with the gorilla. Its just amazing how he touched the world. We hope hes hearing the applause and the outpouring of love this morning. Henry winkler, its always nice to see you. Wish it were under better circumstances. Next time. You got it. Lets get a check of the weather now once again from dylan. Were talking about rain on the east coast and also on the west coast. We have some heavy rain thats going the move into the phoenix area again today where yesterday we saw flash flooding. Also near seattle. But a closer look in seattle you can see its actually moving from east to west. Theres this area of low pressure and this counterclock wise rotation producing heavy rainfall in seattle. To the east of that, though, we have very dry conditions. We could see thunderstorms that produce the lightning without the rain. That could lead to an issue as far as fires developing. We have the possibility in red here from southeast of washington into oregon and idaho. We could see damaging winds, lightning, and hail is possible and even isolated tornado not out of the question. Well focus on that area, around the bay area, areas of low clouds with drizzle in a few spots near the coast. Clearing skies inland and patchy coastal clouds later today. Sbhild breezy. Onshore winds 15 Miles Per Hour, keeping inland temperatures down into the 70s and 80s. San jose, numbers near 80s. Low 70s around oakland. Livermore, temperatures climb up with pressure strengthing. 90 by friday. And that is your latest forecast. Thank you. Coming up on trending, mystery solved . The two men now taking credit for that dangerous flag stunt on the brooklyn bridge. And up next, did Edward Snowden leave behind secrets of what he stole. And the photo that will raise eyebrows. Right after this. Ok. Well start looking for an suv. Fire by firenze sir . Start your Search Online with over 35,000 carmax quality certified used cars. Carmax. Start here. [ male announcer ] stock up and save. Buy a years supply of air filters for only 16. 97 at lowes. If it doesnt work fast. Youre on to the next thing. Clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. 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Out from the shadows. My name is ed snowden. I used to work for the government. And now i work for the public. Reporter in front of the flashbulbs. Appearing at times exhausted, at times defiant. Wearing a bouncers tshirt. Did you feel like he took a different tact in making this a little bit more about himself in your piece than he has previously . He came in quite nervous to the shoot. He said i love my country, i feel like a patriot. It was at that moment we knew we had the cover. Reporter wired writer jim banford, who says he blew the whistle on the nsa years ago himself, had unprecedented access, spending three days with snowden in moscow. There was a bit of intrigue there because i didnt know when, where, or how i was going to meet with him. I received a phone call at my hotel room and it was ed. He knocked about 15 minutes later. Reporter whats it like to open your door and see who you call the man who knows too much . Its a remarkable moment. Reporter snowden told wired of a top secret program called monstermind, first revealed here, which automatically retaliates to Cyber Attacks from foreign countries. If you turn around and automatically fire back, you may be starting an accidental war. Reporter they released audio recordings of their time with snowden. Our generation is facing a time where governments around the world are questioning whether or not individuals can be trusted with the power of technology. And while i dont know the answer to that question, what i do know is that governments shouldnt be the ones to decide. We should. Reporter snowden disputes he took 1. 7 million documents as the government alleges. Saying the number is much smaller. And he wouldnt comment on recent reports that he has inspired other leakers. There is another snowden out there some place. The question is whether hes still in there, whether hes out, whether nsa is looking for him. Reporter snowden said he left a trail of digital bread crumbs to show the nsa exactly what he took from an internal server, but the nsa missed the clues. I figured they would have a hard time, snowden told wired. I didnt figure they would be completely incapable. He had access to material well beyond top secret. Way over most anybodys head at nsa. I gave this information back to public hands to give you back a choice about the country you want to live in. Snowden told wired he wants to come home to the United States and would volunteer to prison as long as it serves the right purpose. The nsa said if mr. Snowden wants to discuss his activities, that conversation should be held with the u. S. Department of justice. He needs to return to the United States to face the charges against him. After that cover photograph, a lot of people are going to be talking about it today. The same photographer took these photographs youll see inside wired magazine. 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I like seeing blake shelton. I know you do. We should remind people its for a really good cause, the Als Association. Theyre fundraising this month because of the ice bucket dumping is through the roof. Up 3 million from where it was this time last year. Keep it going, guys. Most people donating along with the challenge. Thats the way to do it. Has nobody challenged the president , whos on vacation on Marthas Vineyard . Ethel kennedy did. Ethel kennedy did. He wrote a check instead. Good to know. Willie, thank you very much. Hoda, thank you very much as well. Hes on his way up. Kerry sanders gets ready for a bold skydive for a great cause. And carson with one direction after your local news. With one small catch. En use dove bar for 7 days . No mirrors. Everyday they wash with dove beauty bar but can only feel whats happening. On the seventh day Beautiful Skin is revealed. Dove is different. With one quarter moisturizing cream it helps skin feel more firm and elastic. 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Com for savings. Good morning, earn. 56. Scott mcgrew. Survivors of the 2010 gas pipeline explosion are not ready for new homes to be built in the neighborhood. Neighbors unhappy about a proposal that would add 30 homes to the area, since the blast the neighborhood has seen continuous construction. People who live there are worried the proposed Housing Project will make the area even more chaotic. One neighbor said loud booms and construction noises can trigger some peoples posttraumatic stress disorder. Rob, good morning. Seeing temperatures getting close to 80 around san jose with partly cloudy skies. San francisco, upper 60s with low clouds turning to partly cloudy skies later on. North bay highs mid to upper 70s. Breezy conditions at times to the east bay, towards delta, winds 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Strong sea breeze tips inland temperatures like pleasanton and livermore down into the low to mid80s for of the afternoon. South bay commute having issues here. 85 northbound past fremont, seeing slowing there. Approaching el camino and another stop, 237 westbound accident slowing things to a stop before traffic can get around that incident. 580 just a slow crawl from the Altamont Pass throughout the morning. Those travel times restricted, down to about 26 28 Miles Per Hour from grant line road to 680. 26 mile per hour speeds from livermore as you take highway 84 down to 680. View of the san mateo bridge westbound, volume there picking up but no incidents reported there. Some slow traffic there, leaving the east bay heading westbound across the san mateo bridge. Mass transit, all systems running on schedule. All right. Reminder, first day of school for lots of places. Be careful out there. Another local news update coming up in a half hour. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, taking the plunge. Our own Kerry Sanders gets set to jump out of a plane live on our air, all for a very good cause. Plus, remember Robin Williams. How the actors struggles are helping to shine a light on addiction and depression. And from the screens of the stage, mad men jam hamm on his latest roll. Carson sits down with the hottest band in the world, one direction. This is a Great Success story. Impossible, isnt it . Edded the, wednesday, august 13th, 2014. Celebrating my High School Graduation were from south carolina. Good morning. Were today show junkies from madison, wisconsin. Im on the today show. This is my dream today is my 50th birthday and this is where i wanted to be, on the today show to celebrate. Were back at 8 00 on a wednesday morning. It is the 13th day of august, 2014. Not such a nice day weatherwise here in the new york area. Lots of people gathered under umbrellas. As dylan told us, we have had just nasty rain storms move through the area. Hopefully they will get out soon. It will. But the flooding the linger. When you have a foot of rainfall on long island, it will take a while. We are waiting for Kerry Sanders down flying over North Carolina, fort bragg with the Golden Eagles im sorry, Golden Knights. He will be jumping out of a plane for a great cause coming up in just a little while. Lets head inside and get the top stories from craig. Dangerous flash flooding overnight left streets and cars under water. Scenes like this one in long island, new york, where the scenes were repeated all along the east coast as drivers tried to get them. It led to the dramatic rescue of a woman stranded in her car. Rushing floodwaters in raleigh, North Carolina forced the evacuation of two hotels. And floods in drought thestricken tucson, arizona officials revealed that williams had a belt around his neck when he was found by a personal assistant in his home in an apparent suicide. Investigators are still waiting toxicology results. Meanwhi meanwhile, a new tribute is taking off on social media. Fans are standing on desks to recreate the oh, captain, my captain scene from his performance in dead Poets Society. Hillary clinton is vow to go hug it out today with her old boss, president obama. Chris jansing is on Marthas Vineyard. Chris, good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. This beautiful quiet island of Marthas Vineyard will be the epicenter of Political Drama when two old arrivals come face to face at a birthday party. Everything seemed to be just fine until a series of sharp exchanges exploded to the point where late yesterday both sides were doing damage control. It had seemed so friendly. But suddenly this week the Obama Clinton relationship had all the tension of 2008. It all started with a magazine interview where clinton took a shot at the way the president has reportedly described his foreign policy. Great nations need organizing principals, she had. Dont do stupid stuff is not an organizing principal. Her team looks at the president and his Approval Ratings are falling. If she is going to run for president she will have to find some way to have some separation with his foreign policy. The intensity escalating until late tuesday, clinton picked up the phone, then put out a statement. The secretary called president obama to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership. And the white house called on its Deputy National security adviser, a polled guide to calm rocky political waters. She reached out to the president because they have this relationship. They can talk it out. Reporter later today clinton will sign her book. Then they head to the same party, where clintons statement suggests, like any two friends who have to deal with with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it out when they see each other. Are they going to hug it out . That was the indication. So, well have to wait and see. Caller whether theres a hug, a handshake, whatever happens, we probably wont see it. The party is private and closed to the press. But fireworks are highly unlikely. This brewh this. Heres a baseball player who is not afraid to get close with his fans. Check out this. Padres hosting the rockies last night. San diegos chris nelson chases that one down in foul territory, makes the catch, hits the wall, flips into the stands, hangs around for a while but hes okay. Perhaps just getting a little rest there. Padres went on to win that game, 41. 8 05 right now. Lets get another check of your weather. Hey, craig, good morning. I love this. Your wedding anniversary. Whose idea was to pack the rain bag . You married a smart man. You live in washington, you get used to packing rain bags all over. Heavy rain possible in the northeast and even into orlando, floridament our pick city of the day. Scattered showers and storms. 94. We will stay in the 80s throughout the week. Nothing all that warm except for montana, southern texas. But everyone is below average. Western new york and western pennsylvania, highs in the mid to upper 60s. We could see flooding rain into new england. Especially near boston. Keep that in mind. You could see flash f and around san jose president san jose Unified School District, willow glen weather for your first day of classes looks pretty good. Should see temperatures close to 80, and leland will see temperatures near the mid80s by 3 00 this afternoon, with our temperatures staying pretty mild with breezy conditions as we head through the afternoon today, near 80 in downtown san jose. Upper 60s, closer to San Francisco. Mid70s around santa rosa, and for now, 80s around pleasanton and livermore. But starting tomorrow, and as we head towards the weekend, were going to see those temperatures begin to climb, close to 90 by friday and saturday. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Coming up only a couple minutes away, Kerry Sanders and the Golden Knights taking a leap for a good cause. And carson catches up with one direction. And don draper himself is here. Jon hamm on his latest project. And an interesting encounter, im told, on a plane with mr. Lauer. But first these messages. Thats why theres a listerine® product for every mouth. One to clean your whole mouth. One for those hard to reach places. One to protect kids mouths from cavities. Even one to freshen breath onthego. With over 100 years of innovation in oral care. Theres a listerine® product for every mouth in your house. For cleaner, healthier mouths go beyond brushing alone. Listerine®. Power to your mouth ™. Sure. Throw them in. E . Can we . Mom, can we get these . Pleeeeaaaase. Why not. Well, arent you being generous . Yeah, well its five or eight box tops, so their school earns even more money. Wow. Throw it in. I dont think you got enough. Ill go get some more. 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Remember a few weeks ago we told you about the bleached white flags that appeared atop new Yorks Brooklyn bridge . Some thought it was a snub at america. Others asked if someone can do that to a famous new york landmark what could terrorists do . Well, now two men are coming forward and saying they were responsible. Yeah. They are the daredevil artists from germany. And they tell the New York Times they didnt intend for the stunt to be seen as antiamerican, but they wanted to celebrate the german born engineer. The nypd is still investigating the incident, but at least they did it that day, that was the engineers birthday. But you got to think there are other ways to pay tribute. I would think so. Less dangerous and also, i think it really highlighted the risk that were all still under. And theyre trespassing. So, you know, im sure the police would like to talk to those guys. Yes. Now to a pair of divers. These guys got quite the scare while enjoying the delights of the atlantic ocean. Thats not the whale screaming, by the way. Thats a massive whale shark, joining the party, coming right at some divers with his jaws wide open. Good thing he doesnt like divers though, right . Clearly the divers are startled, but there is really nothing to fear, really, swear. Whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet, but they only eat plankton and various small fish. I dont know if youre fine, no big deal. Silly little divers. Were talking about again this morning, no bigger trending topic than Robin Williams. Last night on the tonight show, jimmy fallon took a moment to honor the man he calmed the muhammad ali of comedy. Before we get into the show, we like all of you were shaken up a bit last night when we learned that genius comedian and actor Robin Williams passed away. He was one of a kind. Hes one in a million like unbelievable. He would just get into it, oh, yes, thank you, yes, guys sitting at home, what is going on there. A kid going, get out of the way. Ball and chain, and thank you. O captain, my captain, you will be missed. Fitting tribute and you just hear the emotion in his voice, you know, again, cant say enough about the impact he had. Meanwhile, williams death highlights a significant problem that all too often remains behind closed doors. Were talking about depression. And nbcs National Correspondent kate snow has more. Kate, good morning. Good morning, natalie. Robin williams death sparked such an outportion uring of grim everyone who knew him and from anyone who has suffered depression or watched family members go through it, the loss has triggered a lot of emotion. Thank you. Reporter on stage, Robin Williams always went for the laugh. Im melting help me. Reporter but now were beginning to understand the man behind the curtain. Williams was seeking treatment for severe depression. Ive talked to many comedians now on the heels of Robin Williams death and they say the same thing, we need the love, the interaction, the relationship, we get high, like a drug when were out there on the stage, but it does nothing to fix the underlying disturbance. Reporter back in 2006, williams spoke with matt about being in and out of rehab. Not first time youve done it. This time it was good to know there is others out there, you know who you are, we wont talk about the names specifically, but, you know, once you go through it, it is like it is good to be back. Reporter that same year, he told nprs fresh air he was not clinically diagnosed as manic depressive. Do i perform sometimes in a manic style . Yes. Am i manic all the time . No. Do i get sad . Oh, yeah. Does it hit me hard . Oh, yeah. Reporter about 25 million americans experienced major depression in 2013 and only half of them got treatment. Nearly 40,000 americans commit suicide every year. Thats one every 13 minutes. I hear somebody has committed suicide, it just hits me like a punch in the gut. Reporter rachel la brock called her post why Robin Williams death shook me to my core. She knew what it felt like to contemplate suicide. Just feeling absolutely consumed by darkness, and feeling absolutely alone and, like, if i committed suicide it would take care of that problem, not just for myself, but for the people around me. Reporter so painful, you could understand the urge to push them away, use humor as a defense. Comedy is so much cheaper than therapy. It is so much better to go, ill be laughing now. Reporter now hes gone, and other celebrities are speaking up, chevy chase acknowledged they were great friends suffering from the same little known disease, depression. And while its too late for williams, his final act could be a wakeup for others. If somebody brings us such joy can have this condition, maybe it gives other people permission to talk about their psychiatric conditions and symptoms and hopefully get help. Sometimes even a simple hello from a stranger can make all the difference. And this is really personal to my family, we lost someone very special to us in the same way. And so we have been talking as a family about how maybe this allows some other people who are suffering from depression to get help and there is more information on our website, guys, about where you can go, even a hot line number, if youre in that boat. Spotting the signs of depression, so important. Thank you so much, kate, for sharing. Now, if you are having, by the way, thoughts of suicide or you know someone who may be thinking about suicide, please call 1800273talk. Thats 8255. Well have resources on the website as kate mentioned, today. Com. Were back in 30 seconds. Websit. Were back in 30 seconds. 1800. Thats 8255. Well also have resources n the website w were back at 8 18. The big moment arrived for Kerry Sanders, hes flying high above ft. Bragg with the Golden Knights. Kerry in a warm embrace. Guys, take it away. Were two miles up, were all doing this to draw attention to our heroes. Should we make our way over . About 30 seconds, were going to be heading right through the door, army strong. Hes got my back. This is Sergeant First Class noah watts who ive got my life in your hands in the tandem jump. Here we go. I cant believe im doing this. I guess i should say first this is today on nbc. Go for it disappears so fast. You do. That plane gets very tiny in a hurry. We understand that technically were going to lose him for a while here while theyre free falling. Once they get under canopy, the chances are that well actually be able to communicate with kerry and talk to him about what hes experiencing as he floats back down to earth. Under canopy, yes. Under canopy. It is a Great Initiative for hiring our heroes. So important to highlight all the veterans who come home, whether serving abroad or those here at home who need good jobs. You think about it, these people have served their country, put in their time, they get out of the service and then they struggle to find fulfilling jobs which just should not be the case. And so if Something Like this draws attention, theyre moving. Look at that. If Something Like this draws attention to that are you supposed to be smoking . Kerr ary has done this before. Chutes up so thats a good sign. Thats a good sign. Hopefully kerry will just Start Talking when its possible. What is that smoke . Thats a flare. A flare on them, so you can spot them. Makes it easier. I was genuinely concerned. Dont worry. Kerry, any chance you can hear us . We can hear him a little bit there. Matt, youve done this too, havent you . Ive done it twice, but in college, back in the old days. I did static lines where they just hook you on to the plane and falling from the plane is what pulls your rip cord. I dont think i would like that one. Better to have someone on your back. We have some people waiting for kerry to land on the ground. We have captain patricia smith, mast eer Sergeant Anthony gilbe and robert marsh, people who served their country and are going to be in the position of looking for great jobs. Captain smith, let me start with you. You served in afghanistan just last year, training female afghan officers. What kind of work are you hoping to find from todays job fair down there at ft. Bragg . Well, matt, to be honest, im ready to utilize the skills i learned in the military. So im open to really anything that helps me transfer that easily and this is a great opportunity to kind of see what fits, you know, see what sticks. We have master Sergeant Anthony gilbert as well. Sergeant gilbert, you served almost 20 years, going to be retiring about three months as we watch kerry there about ready to land. I know youre looking for a job. What do you hope to find . Right now currently looking for some type of manager position or some type of Human Resource position within the local fayetteville area, looking to transition. Ive actually started networking yesterday, talking to some Key Companies here within the fayetteville area and the underlying areas to try to find a job. Specialist marsh, we have you there on the ground as well. I hear youre almost done, that youre planning to retire soon, but want to go to school before looking for a job. What do you plan to study . What do you want to study . I want to be studying criminal justice. And then after that, what is the plan . After that, planning on applying to some Law Enforcement departments in the d. C. Area back home. I think kerry is getting close to the ground now, making the final turns before he lands with Sergeant First Class noah watts. Can you hear us, kerry . Legs up, legs up, legs up. Looking like a good landing here. Smooth, soft landing. Great job. That was wonderful. What a thrill. Safe landing, amazing ride. Noah, thank you so much. Most certainly, sir. Most certainly. Wonderful. Lets come on over here. Kerry, talk about the experience. It was insane, i got to say, the drop felt about five seconds, but i know lasted about a minute that drop, right . That one is probably about 34 seconds. 34 seconds, there we go. But it was intense. I guess the hardest part is to look out the door, and actually say im doing this. But we did. And were doing this for a good cause. We spoke to those folks on the ground there about what theyre hoping to get out of this job fair. My favorite part of the jump, kerry, was when diylan thought the smoke coming out of you was a problem. I was very concerned for you. Well special effects. I may be expelling something later but it was a great jump. It really was. It was fabulous. Tell me more about the job fair down there today. Well, you know, were lucky, the weather turned out great. Theyre timing all of this. It is really quite intricate. Youre down to the second on when you do this with the plane up there, right . We try to be. As we said, we have spoken to these folks here, were here because of the hiring our heroes. I was just sort of curious, you have been to afghanistan. Youve been to iraq. Youve been deployed in war zones. Youve given 18 years of your life in service. Youll eventually be leaving the service yourself. Do you feel that civilian world that businesses owe you a job . I dont believe they owe me. I almost think that i would speak for all soldiers because it goes with our values, if anything, we would like a chance, but we dont need anyone to owe us anything. Well earn that. Okay, well, youve earned my respect today. And youve earned the nations respect, all of you all, for what you do and how youve done it, representing our country. Back to you all. And well done to you, kerry, as well, and sergeant watts, appreciate you bringing him down safely to the ground for us. By the way, our Company Comcast as well has been a big supporter of this initiative, just hired the 3,000 veteran as well on our staff. A initiative that all Companies Need to adopt. To find out more about the job fair, go to our website, today. Com. Were back with jon hamm live in our studio after your local news. A very good morning to you. Its 8 26. Im laura garciacannon. New lanes on highway 101 in Santa Clara County are open following more than two years of construction. Crews have put auxiliary lanes on each side of the freeway. The purpose is to help ease traffic and improve safety along the freeway. Heres the area im talking about. Threemile part of highway 101 between highway 85 in Mountain View and embarcadero road in palo alto. The northbound auxiliary lanes opened a few weeks ago. This morning, the southbound lanes are open. Time now to check that morning commute. See how things are slowing out there. Auxiliary lane or not. We could probably use a few more around northbound 87, but we dont have that this morning. Your typical slowdowns heading into downtown san jose. 237, though, extra slowing due to this accident, westbound at zhanger. You can see the traffic stacking up before 880, moving westbound this morning, and the real trouble spot throughout the morning that be that 580 Altamont Pass commute, dropping into livermore. Speeds from ground line road over to 680, still 31mileperhour drive times there. Very slow and still slow from livermore, heading down to 680. And right now 880 in fremont, moving pretty well at speed. Laura, back to you. And lots of kids heading back to school this week and the coming week, so play it safe. Another update in half an hour. See you then. The premiere of house of cards. Andrew reynolds and ryan adams. And then mickey rourke. New tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Nbc tonight. On a wednesday morning its the 13th day of august, 2014. A rainy day in new york city. Thanks to them for sticking it out. If they hang out another couple of days on friday morning theyll catch neon trees live in concert. On our summer concert stage. Theyve been here before. They put on a great show. Come on down. Meanwhile, coming 0 up another wildly popular group, carson goes oneonone with one direction. And were going to talk about what they make of their success, why they put down a little bit different on their next album. An edgier sound. Also ahead in a few minutes mad men star jon hamm is here. His next pro jess costarring Daniel Radcliffe as jons younger steph. And from the living room to the bedroom, steals and deals to make your home a cozy home including bargains on some new sheets. All right. A lot coming up. Dylan, you have a check of the weather . Slight rain across the northeast, moves into new england today. Keep that in mind. We could see flash flooding with the same sl that produced about five to up to a foot of rain. Five inches up to a foot of rain in parts of the midatlantic yesterday. We are looking at pretty nice weather through the middle of the country. Flooding rain again possible in the southwest. We can see strong storms today in the pacific is northwest. The same goes for tomorrow, too, with a chance of some of those thunderstorms producing the lightning, the heavier downpours, the hail, gusty winds. And then the east coast finally clears out tomorrow. Were looking at temperatures to cool down, too. A very strong cold front moving through the area. We should be in the upper 70s and lower 80s. I wanted to point out when you cant be here, get your face print ed on a sign here. Who is this . Collin, my brother. And where is your brother right now . West point. And going through boot camp at west point, right . Thank you for bringingank you fh well, good morning. Were seeing some hears of low clouds, some drizzle possible around San Francisco and the coast for the morning. Upper 60s around San Francisco today. Closer to 80 in san jose. Mid80s south of downtown. And for the north bay, well see highs the in the mid70s around santa rosa. 77 in san rafael. Mid80s inland for livermore, sunol, and pleasanton today. But the forecast ahead will bring those temperatures up, as you approach the weekend, as highs approach 90 in livermore for friday and saturday. And thats your latest forecast. Natalie . Dylan, thank you. Four years ago one direction was just beginning to make their mark on the music world. Fast forward to this month and liam, nile, harry, louis, and zane are now the bestselling artists in the world. And carson caught up with one d while they were on a break from their stadium tour. Reporter 45 million records sold. 91 number one hits around the world. But one direction started here on the today show. Now theyre going to continue their climb in the only direction they know. Up. This is a Great Success story, the five of you. Its turned into something historic. When you guys are together, what do you say to one another about this. Its impossible, really, isnt it . We had a moment like on this tour when you step out to these stadiums and stuff. We end up kind of spending the first 20 minutes standing and looking at each other like look where we are. Its just unbelievable. Baby you light up my world like nobody else hows the stritransition bee . I remember i was watching the super bowls and were thinking how are we going to play for that many people . Its amazing. Ours fans are so amazing. Reporter how about writing for a new record . You working on that . I believe its going to be more edgy. But we feel weve got good songs and were happy. Weve all taken hand in the writing this time. The story of my Life Reporter you have your third fragrance now called you and i. Tell me about this. Were happy with this one. Looks good. It does look good. Have you smelled it . Reporter i havent, actually. Are they real . Reporter yes. Grab one of those. We wanted it to smell fruity. We had the coffee beans out. Shes beautiful on the inside and the outside. Had you smelling fresh there, carson. Coming up, were making your home a little bit cozier on a special steals and deals considering designer pillows. Like those. Up next, jon hamm on his dark comedy series. A big honor he has coming up and why he was invading my privacy on a flight. But first this is today on nbc. No rush, andy. Come on. With the chase mobile app you can get a lot done in a little amount of time from transferring funds wait a minute. Youve got to be kidding. Did you guys see that . That ball was out. To paying your coach for adding five Miles Per Hour to your serve. That ball wasnt in. Get your eyes checked. Help me out here. Download the best mobile app today. So you can always have the advantage. Chase. So you can were back now at 8 37 with jon hamm. His character watches over and tries to advise his younger self played by Daniel Radcliffe as he faces challenges including a n constant struggle with addiction. It wasnt all bad. Wasnt all bad. I am proud of you. Come here. And look at this. Ive been here two minutes and you havent asked me for morphine once. I was right. Theres more to us than morphine. Good morning. Welcome back. How are you . Im good. Dark comedy, is that right . I would say so. Its a very particular little piece. Its based on the writings of a russian author most famously known for a novel called the master margarita. And when did you read these . Back in, you know, college. I was an english major. So i was exposed to a lot of this. And it was presented to me as an opportunity to do it as a miniseries on uk television. I jumped. It was interesting. So the older you advises an counsels the younger you played by Daniel Radcliffe. That was the first thing you notice. First of all, i notice the beard. Awesome. This is all fake. S did it is . No. Secondly the british accent. You hadnt done that before. Not in public. You did bad monty python . All the time. Thats how i learned it. You know, its it was fun. Its really fun. You know, im staring over your shoulder, theres a picture of Daniel Radcliffe at harry potter as a 16yearold. So it was fun to be able to work with dan whos an incredibly talented young man. And, you know, i was in safe hands. But the way it was explained to me was he actually helped you with the accent. Yeah. He and alex who directed the first season of the show read every one of my lines into a recorder so i was able to at least hear how its supposed to sound. And then sort of sound like that. I ended up sounding like a sick james mason. I think you pulled it off great. Mad men, final half season of the series. You told me exactly how it ends. I know. Im sorry. I felt bad. And its shocking. Just tell everybody. You shared it with me. It ends in space. See. I didnt see that coming. No one did. And now everyone does. So sorry. Are you the kind of guy that plotted out the next year and a half after mad men or do you want no plans on the horizon. Ive been off the show for about a month and this is what i ended up looking like. So i dont have a lot of plans. But i do realize and understand that obviously its over. And we were finished shooting the show and it was very emotional to finish it up. But again, the show was ended but we still go on and our friendships and the folks on the show are still all really good friends. So well still have those relationships. Lets catch up with what else is going on in your life. Are you still violating peoples lives on airplanes . Listen. That was a mutual decision that i feel like we both had. Can i tell the story quickly . We flew coast to coast together. We got on the flight and then sat across the aisle from each other. Halfway through the flight, like two and a half hours into the plane, im listening to my music minding my own business and for some reason i look over and youre smiling, this is no longer mutual. I found you were secretly videotaping me. Not videotaping. Taking stills . Yes. Who does that . I believe i explained this to you. I was above board in all of this. They may have shown these photos. But i dont know. I was in a discussion with everyone else there you go. But i hadnt agreed to that. Youre laughing. Look at that. Because i caught you red handed. Hilarious reaction there. I had told everyone on the set of mad men who were all still working that day that matt lauer wanted to say hi. Its not true. That was later. That was mutual. That is true enjoyment. They should have a warning poster of your face up on planes before people get on it. You probably know this when its not just me. But ive been the victim of that as well. You always know when someone is taking your photo because theyre weirdly checking their email like this and then looking around. So i apologize and thank you. Youre an odd man. Youre going to throw out the first pitch at a st. Louis cardinals game. Is it next week . Monday. Nerveracking. Is it . Ive never done it. Have you seen 50 cent . Well roll that video. This could be you. Look at that. First of all, hes lefthanded, so it definitely wont be me. But second of all, no. I will get it way closer. Will you get it as close as Dirk Nowitzki got it . Im not trying to jinx you. That could be you. No, no, no. Hes too tall to throw a baseball. The big night in st. Louis, they have created the jon hamm bobble head doll. Thats what ill look like on the mound. Terrified and now i look like a fire hydrant. You do look a little like im sorry. Talk about ambushing someone. Thats what that looks like. That is horrifying. Just know that Tuesday Morning on the show we will run the video. Dont bounce it, buddy. I will airmail it. Jon hamm. You can catch the season premiere of a young doctors notebook and other stories next tuesday on ovation. Nice to see you. Likewise. Up next, steals and deals. But first this is today on nbc. Up next. St test. Test. Test. Test. Test test test test test test. Test. Test. Test test test test test test. Test. We are. We are back. Joan martin is our today contributor. Good morning. Lets get to it first, gorgeous sheets, these are great transitional summer sheerkts summer to fall. I want to say amazing shopping here. Can you not shop. 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Good old francis newton, bless your heart, zain st. Charles, missouri, 100yearsold today. Now back to new york where theyre alls happy. We are. Yes, we are there. Thank you very much. We have been sharing memories of Robin Williams. He was friends with christopher reeves. He opened up in a candid conversation with katie. Its unlikely wed be friends, right . The funniest guy in the worked. I think the reason we were friends is im a very big fan. I never did a schtick to get him to be my friend. A lot of people imitated him. I waspy boring old self. Every now and then he needed to unwind and talk to somebody and i guess i was there for him. And he certainly has been there for us. His generosity has been stunning. He was the first one to show up down in virginia when i was really in trouble and he came in as this crazy russian doctor as you probably know and i laughed for the first time after the accident. He said, youll be okay. And he came here one afternoon and just, thank god i wore a seatbelt in the chair because i would have fallen out laughing. In the middle of a tragedy like this, you can still experience jen when joy and laughter and love and anybody in life knows slifg worth totally wrong. Its totally wrong. There are people much worse off than i am. But you go forward with what you got and ive got a lot. A lot. Oh. Beautiful interview. They were buddies, struggling artists here in new york at juliard, they said whoever makes it first take care of the other one. One became superman, the other was pop eye, they were off to the races, they said, were going to be okay. An amazing thing they maintain their friendship during that time. We will reflect some more on Robin Williams. And lauren bacaul as well. We have actors, rob wringle in the movie lets be cops. More on cocoa the gorilla. Oh, matt. Oh, my. Good morning, everyone. 8 56. Im scott mcgrew. The San Francisco giants and their fans stood together in silence before last nights games to honor Robin Williams. Williams was a giants fan for decades and cheered the team on at at t park and at candlestick. In addition to a moment of silence, the giants also played a Video Tribute for williams and displayed messages from the fans. At the park, williams is famous for bringing the crowd to its feet before game one of the 2010 playoffs. He turned out to be a good luck charm as the giants, of course, ended up winning the world series. Well, well have another local news update for you coming up in half an hour. Hey there fellow californians. I know youre staying golden by managing your energy use. Which means managing water too, roar especially during a drought. Learn to save water and money at energyupgradeca. Org announcer from nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a drizzly wednesday morning, august 13th, 2014. Were grateful to the people on the plaza. Al and tamron are off all week. Were talking again this morning about mr. Robin williams. Were getting more details as the tributes continue to pour in about the way he died. A lot of people wondering if the Sheriffs Office could have spared the details. Too much detail. They gave details in the press conference to how he was found. Were not going to get into it for you. Because the family asked for privacy and to respect and mourn him. Its understandable. I mean, they raised the questions were brought up by the media, obviously. It raises a lot of questions about how much you need to tell and how much you need to know in this day and age. And the press and public can access this information, usually the media sifts through it and decides what is important for the public to hear. And this came out really in graphic detail. Im not sure they needed to do that. Toxicology results could take a few weeks still before we know exactly whats going on. But it has shined a bit of a light on depression. The World Health Organization says it affects about 350 Million People globally. Think about that. 350 Million People. Its incredible. We did get a chance to speak to Henry Winkler who worked with williams on happy days. He talked to matt about his friend earlier on today. Unless you were in the ground, you knew that you were in the presence of greatness. And that is not thats not talking because now were making a tribute. That is the honest truth. This man was from another plane. His imagination flew out of him out of every pore like a torrent. Interesting because it was on happy days, that they debuted the character mork. That is where, of course, Robin Williams got his huge break in the acting world. As you heard henry say, you know, you saw genius right there. You couldnt not see it. What about the passion you hear all these people talk of. These are not token condolences. The way this man affected people, the performances he gave, he was one of a kind. We use that term often but Robin Williams was really one of a kind. Not just on screen but off screen as well. We heard from so many about the charitable acts he did. The uso tours over the years supporting the troops. One of the most poignant tributes, jimmy fallon had great words to say about Robin Williams. Take a look. Before we get into the show, we like all of you were shaken up a bit last night when we learned that genius comedian and actor Robin Williams passed away. He was one of a kind, he was one in the million. He was unbelievable. He would just get into it. Oh, yes, thank you. Going what going on there yes. And a kid going yes. And martha graham, gal and kick and chain. Yes, thank you. Oh, captain, my captain, you will be missed. To see some of that comedic energy from Robin Williams in jimmy fallon. He inspired so many comedians. So many emulated him. The voice of olaf in frozen talked about what impact he had on him. He said he wanted to be like the genie from aladdin. We saw dead Poets Society from jimmy fallon. A lot of people were doing that yesterday a tribute to that scene, that great scene in the movie. When he walks in and all the students are standing on the desks. Now people on twitter and facebook are doing it at home, in their place of business. I love that. Well done. Another sad passing out of the hollywood world as well. Another legend, Lauren Bacall, she died of a stroke yesterday at the age of 89. And i love her back story. You go back to early on in her career. 19 years old, she was a model on the cover of Harpers Bazaar when she was discovered. Then she was cast opposite Humphrey Bogart. This is the line, though, that made her a star. You know you dont have to say anything. You dont have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle dont you, steve . You just put your lips together and blow. [ whistles ] well, thats how she captured him as well. They ended up, of course, the legendary couple. Humphrey bogart and bacall. They were married for 12 years. They starred in other classic films together. And they remained married until his death in 1957. They had two children together. Thats a 19yearold putting the biggest movie star in the world at the time back. She stole that scene. She later married jason robarts. They had a son before divorcing. She had a long and wonderful career. And again as is the case with Robin Williams, you see the outpouring of support for her. She was a wonderful star. And broadway star as well. In fact won two tony awards. So incredible. Tough week in hollywood. Yeah. Lets move on to other stories. Lighter news. Completely different note, want to tell you about this survey. From frisky. Com what are we talking about . Food. I was like, whoa, again . What your first date food says about you. If you go on a first date and order burgers and fries, youre saying i dont care what you think. I want something delicious because im hungry. You may judge me for it so go ahead. I like that. Im a burger and fries kind of girl. But im more of a pizza girl. This means im down to earth. Im not too uppity but i might not be very adventurous. Thats not true of you. I can be adventurous. Chicken fingers. Im a child trapped in an adult body and im unaware youre judging me. Youre a steak kind of guy . I like a steak or chicken. Hes dominant or powerful or so he would like you to think. Its a power steak, we call it. How about this one . According to frisky. Com, if you order anything with garlic on a first date youre telling your date i have no selfawareness or foresight. I dont like you. Dont bring those lips near me. Coming right out with it. Exactly. Well, it seemed to live up to the challenge. The ice bucket challenge to support als an Als Association. I did it two days ago, right . Yep. Then i issued my challenge to you. That was my challenge. You called out me, carson, and dylan. There was ice in there. Some people in twitter said you were supposed to put ice in it. I had the same problem. It started to melt but it was freezing cold. Here i am answering the bell from my friend natalie. Okay, natalie morales, i accept your ice bucket challenge on behalf of the Als Association and i do so in pouring rain. Here goes. Thats cold. Thats real cold. Okay. Now i pass it onto my friend andy cohen, brooke shields, and county music superstar Dierks Bentley. Good luck, guys. Look, my kids are here. You have to tall for me . Nice count on your kids to kick you when youre down. Good job lucy and george. I paid them extra for that. I dont have anything to report yet, but no word from brooke . I understand andy may do this in spectacular fashion. Brooke shields is in. Shes going to do it also in spectacular fashion. And Dierks Bentley who i challenged turned out hes already done it. But dylan had already done it and dylan did it again. Right . I couldnt turn you down. I was debating all day. It took me until the end of the day before i got the courage to do it. You did it . I did it. Its on facebook, yeah. I did it in the shower i had clothes on. I didnt have anybody to shoot it for me. I had balanced it. It was a selfie ice bucket challenge. Thats even better. Props to you. So then dierks has to do it again apparently. I think so. So what about the weather . A lot going on there. Yeah. Willie you did it in the pouring rain, right . Yeah. Downpouring in parts of the northeast yesterday. And we saw torrential downpours in maryland. Baltimore ended up with 6. 3 inches of rain. Other areas ended up with two months worth of rain in hours. Point pleasant, new jersey, 5. 5. And in islip, 13 inches of rain with 5. 5 of those falling in just one hour. So we saw a lot of cars just being stuck on the roads. All of a sudden start floating because the rain was coming down so intense. We are looking at this rain now to move into eastern connecticut. Its moving up into parts of rhode island and boston too. Because of the track record of some of these downpours, we could end up with another 4 to 5 inches in these downpours. You can see the rain is coming down in boston. It is going to rain throughout the day. We can see isolated areas with as much as 3 to 5 inches of rain because of theof the track reco weve thats a look at the weather across t well, we are seeing some areas of low clouds across the bay, with some drizzle at times for the morning, and then those low clouds will break up inland as we approach right around lunchtime today, and mild and breezy conditions around the bay area. Those winds will be up to 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour, coming in off the ocean, keeping things mild for now, but the temperatures ahead thursday and friday will show a bit of a warming trend. Today, near 80 in san jose. Closer to 60 in San Francisco. 79 in napa, 77 around fremont. And out towards the trivalley with breezy conditions, highs today in the mid80s. Thats your latest forecast. And thats your latest forecast. Im told were going to see that video later in the show. Your second ice bucket challenge. We must. Up next, very excited ab this. He was one of the biggest scene stealers in his role as a cop in the hangover among others. Now rob riggle back on the beat again. And hes funny in his new movie. I saw it the other day. Thats you, rob. Well talk to him after this. Yeah, girl you know, ive been thinking about us and, uh, i just cant fight it anymore its bundle time bundle mm, feel those savings, baby and thats how a home and auto bundle is made. 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Now hes in lets be cops playing a real officer while the others are just pretending. Im sorry, sergeant. I didnt see the stripes. Weve been getting a lot of calls about stolen cop cars. Im officer siever. This is officer jackson. Sorry. Dont let it happen again. Yes, sir. I dont mean to scold you. I was young and hungry once too. I get it. This is officer omalley. This is my best friend and partner. Wish i could say the same. Rob riggle, good morning. This movie is funny. Its going to be great. Want to turn back to Robin Williams. You were able to perform with him. We did an improv show together. That was one of the great thrills in my life. I remember we were at the uso gala together. When you do shows for them they have a gala at the end of the year in washington, d. C. We were there. I had gone to iraq and done a tour. He had done the same so he was there. The entertainment that night was supposed to be Brian Mcknight but his flight was canceled. So they didnt have any entertainment for the whole night. And this is a black tie event. The president is speaking at this thing. Its a big deal. They came over to the table, we were eating dinner. I was sitting with robin. They said you can say no but we are in a jam here. Any way you could do just ten minutes on stage tops of some comedy . And he finished his salad and said lets go. And he got up on stage and did about 25 minutes of killer material. Just destroyed the room. And it was so much fun. And i remember just sitting there watching him thinking thats why hes one of the best there is. Because he can just do that with no preparation, no thought. And it wasnt like he went to the well and grabbed some old material. He was doing very topical stuff. Stuff that was going on the headlines of the day. So hes very special and im sad like everybody else. Thanks for sharing that story. I hadnt heard that before. Thats really cool. You mentioned the uso. Youre a marine. 23 years, right . Yeah. Im always fascinated by your story. How do you get from marine to snl and daily show. I was a theater and film major in college. I was a fan of comedy my whole life. But when youre a theater or film major, it doesnt matter where you go, youre going to be a waiter for a long time. But i also had had my pilots license when i was an undergrad and got a guaranteed flight contract with the marine corps. So top gun, waiter. I wanted to serve my country. That was important. So i did it. Good for you. But then i also i wanted to pursue my dream of acting and comedy. I stopped flying. I became a ground officer. I actually came to new york city, worked in the Public Affairs office here in new york city. Did the marines from 7 00 to 5 00 every day and then do improv every night. Lets talk about this movie. Im sure having been a man in uniform, you dont endorse letting people just try on the uniform unless they really earn their stripes. And these guys are fake cops. Thats right. Youre the real one. Jake and damon, theyre real friends off camera. Theyre good friends. And so it just carries onto the screen. And the story, you know, theyre going through hard times. Theyre both struggling with their lives. They cant get on track. They end up going to a party dressed as cops. And all of a sudden they get respect from people and attention from the ladies. This is a pretty good thing. They keep playing it out. As they do, they get themselves into more and more trouble. Im one of the real cops they dupe. I end up getting in trouble a bit. We were watching this in a screening room. Its the two of us and we were laughing out loud. Theres one scene we cant show here inside a Hardware Store. People talk about the Hardware Store scene. For that alone, see the movie. I think damon wanted that scene more than anybody. He may have regretted it afterwards. Its good stuff though. Lets be cops, thank you so much. 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According to the San Francisco examine examiner, neighbors are unhappy about a proposal that would add 30 homes to the area. Since the blast, the neighborhood has seen continuous construction and people who still live there are worried the proposed Housing Project will make the area even more chaotic. One neighbor says loud booms and construction noises trigger some peoples post traumatic distress disorder. A quickthinking 13yearold was able to call for help while her home was being broken into. She hid in the bathroom and called her dad. The girl tease father called 911 and she waited in the bathroom until they arrived. Police dispatched ten cars and they caught all three suspects. This happened in the blossom hill neighborhood of san jose, an area that is typically thought to be pretty safe. A brave young lady. And were seeing mostly sunny skies right now in san jose. Temperatures near 80 later on. San francisco, breezy with low clouds, climbing to the upper 60s as we head throughout afternoon. And for the north bay, highs in the mid to upper 70s. And for the trivalley, highs today at least in the low to mid80s. But as we head towards thursday and friday, youll notice a warming trend, where livermore will get those temperatures closer to 90 as we quick off the weekend, with slight cooling approaching sunday. Some trouble for your morning commutes along 101 northbound as you approach burlingame. You can see the accident causing slowing crossing 92. 280 may be your better alternate coming up out of the south bay. And westbound across the dumbarton bridge, we have an accident here, and thats really slowed things down, almost all the way across on your westbound approach on the dumbarton bridge. And one more stop, 880 in fremont, youre looking at the slowing there, as you head south and away from the dumbarton bridge, heading into the south bay this morning, were seeing some slowing. And across the san mateo bridge right now, volumes picking up, but traffic moving nicely. Golden gate bridge commute right now in the clear, with the colloids above and the fog off the bridge deck. Trivalley travel times starting to improve. 45 minutes from grant line road to 680 and mass transit running on schedule this morning. Laura . Well, thats good news for you. Thanks so much. Thank you for joining us as well. Another local news update is coming up in about half an hour. Until then, back to the today show. Have a great morning. Welcome to today. Its wednesday morning, august 13th, 2014. The rain is holding off a little bit so the people can get outside here in new york city. Im willie along with natalie. Al and tamron have the week off. This is a hot topic for sure. One mother claims she was kicked out of a pizzeria for changing her daughters diaper in the dining area. She has filed a complaint saying she took her three daughters to brothers Pizza Express in spring, texas. Said there was no changing table in the bathroom. She was alone with the kids. She didnt want to take them all back out to the car. So she changed her 4montholds diaper on a chair that she said she covered with a changing pad. She put the pad on the chair, changed the diaper. Not on the table. She was adamant it was the chair. The manager told us she was changing the diaper in the middle of the lunch rush. The smell was not so good. Customers were staring, but too afraid to say anything. So he asked first that she not do it. And then when she continued to do it, asked her to leave. They did pack up her food and say you can take your food to go. Time to leave. You say . So is it okay to change a dirty diaper in a restaurant . I think all of us would say no, not a great thing to do. Especially people are eating around you. However, when i do take issue when there is not a changing table in a restaurant. Or in a bathroom. Ive done it on flights sometimes with my own children when they were babies if we were flying short distance and there was no changing table. You have to take care of the child. Look, i feel for her. Its a hard position to be in. Yeah. Im always on the moms side as a father of two younger children, no diapers anymore thank goodness. But you got to figure Something Else out. Its a dining room. Theres people eating. I know. Youve got two other kids. You drag everybody to the car, i guess. I guess you have to. All right. By the way, before we get this check of weather with dylan, she was discussing about 30 minutes ago the second now ice bucket challenge she took. The one from natalie about the Als Association. Video proof. I saw the rules about doing this more than once. But i am not going to turn her down. So i will once again donate to als research and for some reason i will also once again pour ice water over my head. It is just as cold as it was the first time. Wow. But i am going to use this opportunity to send this ice bucket challenge out west to my brothers and an old friend matt. You have 24 hours. You are a good sport. And the fact you did that on top of toilet paper rolls. I set up a toilet paper tripod kind of thing. My dog was staring at me. Well done. Im trying to spread it out west. Speaking of west, weve got rain moving here. In boise well also see a couple of scattered showers and storms. Its very dry out there. A lot of times these develop with the lightning but not the rain. That can trigger forest fires. Something we have to keep an eye out on. Thats why we have that area on in the pacific northwest. Also rain in the northeast. That is going to make its way up into new england. Watch out for fl and were seeing some clouds still out the window there in San Francisco right now, but sunshine around the san jose. Where our temperatures are starting to climb in the south bay into the mid60s currently. We should be on our way to temperatures closer to 80 as we head through the afternoon. Mid80s around saratoga and morgan hill. San francisco in the upper 60s today. And for the north bay, highs in the 70s. Low to mid80s around the trivalley for now, but as we finish the week and head towards the weekend, we will see those temperatures begin to climb on up, near 90 degrees for temperatures for saturday, a bit cooler some sunday. And thats your latest forecast. Odeya rush stars in one of the most anticipated films of the summer, the giver based on the 1993 bestselling novel. She plays fiona where she lives where everyone must take daily injections to suppress emotions but she realizes theres more to life than shes been led to believe. I can tell why youve been acting this way. Your injection levels are extremely low. I can correct this. And then we will address whats happened. I know that theres something more. Fiona. Something missing from our lives. Not missing. Something that has been stolen from me and from you. I dont know what it is exactly, but jonas does. Odeya, good morning. Hi. How are you . Im great. Youre only 17 years old and youre already working alongside of some of the biggest names in hollywood. Its amazing. Thank you. How has it been for you . Its been amazing. Its been really fun. And this whole press tour has been fun. Its good to see everybody again. And do these things together. This is a big project. A lot of people are anticipating it. You had to audition six times for this role. Is that rt . Yeah. Whats that like . Theyre a different type of director. This one was an hour. And i think at the end he kind of just threw me one word. Hes like, okay, good. Ooh. Like good good . I dont know. So i walked out and i thought im never coming back. This is never going to happen for me. Then they called you back. Five more times. And then thing is, i wore the same shirt because my manager my first manager told me always write down what you wear to auditions in case you get a call back because thats the way they like you. I said this is how they know me. But six times they probably thought it was my only shirt. You wore that same shirt all six times . Yes. You should frame it. By the way, i have more clothes. Its not my only shirt. Thats your lucky shirt. I understand theres a scene where youre opposite meryl streep and you its a crying scene, its an emotional scene. Yeah. How is meryls reaction to your acting . Well, i think when you look when meryl is in her character, you dont see meryl. She just completely she loses any drop of meryl in her. Shes just completely the chief elder. And so it is real fear. It is real tears. Thats why i think actors are so good around her. I dont know if were trying harder, but you feel like youre really talking to the person. Is there any intimidation . I played basketball. Its like being a 17yearold you go after your big first game and you go against michael jordan. I mean, its meryl streep. Didnt you say my gosh thats her across from me. I got to meet her before. Shes really sweet. Her and jeff put people as ease. I dont know if they know how any actor would feel prior to meeting them. But theyre very easy going. People are starting to know who you are. And meanwhile your six brothers are poking fun at you as well. When are they not . What have they been saying about your new fame . I dont know. I dont know if they care. They just like making fun of me. Theres a bunch of people outside of the premier saying can i get a picture, can i get a picture. One of them was chasing me. Saying odeya rush, can i get a picture . Classic little brother move. Meryl streeps nothing when you have six brothers. Youre fine. Im ready. 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And that could be a really big deal to a small store. For the same reason when youre tipping at a hair salon or even at a restaurant, try to tip cash because sometimes they take that 3 out. All right. Learned something. Number two. You are a frequent online shopper. Groceries, clothing, doesnt matter what it is. Youd rather shop online. So should you use credit or debit . Cash not an option here. Im using credit. Debit. Natalie wins on this one. And here is the reason that credit rules online. We are in this era of frequent data breaches. You want to protect yourself. Credit cards have better protection. If somebody gets ahold of your debit card number, they can swipe money out of your account. But it could take a couple weeks to get it back and that can be a hassle. All right. I gave you that one. Were tied at one a piece. Were keeping score. Number three. Youre not the best when it comes to paying your bills on time. Your Credit History has taken a couple of hits, but lately its on the mend. Youre getting better. Okay. Should your primary form of payment be credit or debit or cash . To pay the bills . Im going cash. If you can which is not easy. And debit is the other good choice here. Im not going to say that youre wrong with cash. Because cash is a good way to pay if you cant handle credit. But you do need to use credit in order to build credit. So put on automatic payment like your gym on your credit card and then set it up to pay that bill automatically. You dont have to do anything. All right. Okay. This ones tricky. Youre in your favorite store and at the Cash Register they can sk do you want to use your saks card or other store card . Should you use your store card, regular credit card, debit, or cash . Im going store card. For loyalty points sometimes. And youre both wrong. You got to give it over. Give me that card. Okay. All right. Heres why. 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No more meltdowns about what your kid is going to wear to school. We allow kids to choose their favorite looks from some of the biggest trends. They got a little help. These are kid approved. Right. Each kid got their own rack of a specific trend. They picked the begins of their outfit. Lets show what they picked. This is the sporty trend. Every kid i know would go to school in their baseball or soccer uniform if they could. We got tips on how to take it from the gym to the classroom. So jonah picked a great soccer jersey. And the new sweat pant thats kind of like a pant. Okay. Cool. And some great high tops. And then here comes mom. Heres a great trick. You add a button down shirt which he actually picked out as well. Which suddenly wow. I love the wristbands. Then we added one of our favorite transitional pieces. This is from carters. A little puffer vest. Just 20. A fun soccer backpack to go with the theme. Give a little pound. Do you like the look . I think he liked it when it was just the way it was. Lets go visit our friend lucy. Youre looking good. She has some great trends with lots of patterns. I love it. Its all about patterns. No one can mix and match like a little one. I like to step back and let the magic happen. She picked a bold printed dress from hannah anderson. Equally bold tights. And then threw in a great glitter stripe ballet flat. So what we did were running out of time. We give it a quick jean jacket. Goes with everything in her closet. Sort of tones it down a little bit. Lucy, like the jean jacket . Yeah. Cool. And a little backpack. Looking good. All right. Lets visit hennessey. You had great floral prints and animal prints. We love it for the animal print for the adults. But its all about animals on the outfit for the little ones. So she picked a great deer applique and bird applique. So cute. A faux fur vest. Do you like it . Yeah. You look great. You look beautiful. Really quickly get to caleb. Caleb and his dad over here, by the way. This is the mini me trend. And a little Bomber Jacket to go with it. The idea is anything you see for a big guy, a little guy can wear too. Thank you. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Hello, everyone. Hello, ladies. Hey. What do you have coming up . The ice bucket challenge . I might. Cold. And jon h well, good morning, everyone. 9 56. Im scott mcgrew. Hundreds of children who fled violence in Central America will soon start school in the bay area. And oaklands board of education will have to decide if they want to hire a specialist to help them adjust to the new schools. Hundreds of children from guatemala, el salvador, honduras have been enrolled in schools around the bay area, including oakland, since last summer. The unaccompanied minor specialist would help students, most of whom dont speak english, or even have parents in the country, adjust to school and to california. The San Francisco Unified School District already plans to hire another two or three teachers this fall. Well, lets check your weather with rob. Good morning. Good morning, scott. Right now, sunshine, san jose should be close to 80 later on today, upper 60s near San Francisco, and the temperature trend around the south bay will warm up slightly approaching friday into the start of the weekend, those highs approaching the mid80s, and for today, around parts of the north bay, well see temperatures mainly in the 70s, 80s around the trivalley, and these locations will see a bigger warmup for those inland locations near 90 in livermore for friday, and as we move into the start of the weekend. Now, your morning commute across the dumbarton bridge westbound, we had an accident that is causing bigtime slowing across the dumbarton bridge this morning. You might want to use an alternate there. We did have an accident also on 880. This is 880 southbound at 29th avenue, at the offramp there. Look at the backup there along 880, as a big rig and trailer blocking the number four lane. So were seeing large delays there along 880 this morning. Heres a view of 880 southbound as you head through fremont. The delays will follow you as you approach the south bay this morning, and another check of our travel times around the bay area shows that if youre going to head out from the airport from the toll plaza to sfo, running about 24 minutes, and from octavia market down to sfo, about 18 minutes. Another local news update coming up in half an hour. Its the yoplait greek tasteoff and we are asking the music city which 100calorie strawberry greek yogurt is the next big thing. Im a random lady with a table full of yogurt. Want some greek yogurt . Can i ask you a question . Tell us what tastes best. This one is definitely the winner. That one is good. A is great. Yoplait greek 100 thats the stuff right there. You want to see which one yoplait greek beat . Chobani yes yoplait greek wins again. Take the tasteoff for yourself it is a Beautiful Day for yogurt. From nbc news, this is today, with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. So glad youre with us tod for wines day wednesday. Its august 13th. Were very excited because we do have golden globe winner jon hamm with us. He is such a sweet guy. Doll. Do you know there are 20 fridays up till christmas . What . Bearer of terrible news. That was so jarring when i saw it. 20 fridays. People are getting out a calendar. Maybe im wrong. But thats what ive read. Oh. I just want that its halfway through august already. We need words of wisdom from you. From the great maya angelo. If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Dont be surly at home and go out in the street and start grinning good morning at total strangers . Shes right. Yeah. Okay. Who you are at home is who you really are. And only those people know. Yeah. Be the person that you want to be with. Sorry. Little inside shes repeating that. I know. Im sorry. One quick i get a kick out of it. One photo if i can. I went yesterday to chop. These kids, you guys, were going to show you right now, are terrific kids. Going to star in this music video were working on. I want to show you their faces. Went to chop in philly. Childrens hospital of philadelphia. World renowned. Great kids. I wanted to show them and let you know were they excited . They are going to be in a music video and were going to show it now september. These kids are the stars of it and should be. God love them. And their families are there with them. Its special. Beautiful. The ice bucket challenge continues. Yes, it does. You guys remember your loving devoted son. Cody. Took the ice bucket challenge and then called out someone, all to benefit als. He. He challenged me. And greg gutfeld. I did it. He made me. Yep. Two, one. Challenged three people. I challenged drew brees. Right. Blake shelton and you. Me. First of all, drew brees accepted my challenge along with two other saints coaches. What power you have. Joe and rob. Take a look. This is drew brees, quarterback for the new Orleans Saints ive been challenged by hoda kotb for the ice bucket challenge. Here we go. Oh. Cool. That was classy. Awesome. The guy is injured. Hes at camp and injured and did that dive. Drew is injured . Yes. Hes injured. Thats a man. Hes a real man. They did it in honor of Steve Gleason a former new Orleans Saints player who does suffer als. Drew challenged governor bobby jindal, bubba watson and ellen degeneres. Ellen had been challenged. When drew says get wet, you know what you do, get wet. Get wet. Blake shelton then blake also took the challenge. Lets see what went down there. Hey, everybody. Im blake shelton. Hey, guys, carson daly here. Weve both been challenged the ice bucket challenge for great cause for als. Who were you challenged by . Freakin hoda. Hoda. Never hated two people more in my whole life. This ones for you. Oh that was great. All right. I thought we had a deal. Had a deal. Do it quick. Who will you calling out . Okay. Cold, right . I hate you. I still love you, hoda. Still love you, hoda, still love you hoda, still love you hoda, still love you hoda. All day long. Who did he challenge. Pharrell. Oh. Gwen stefani and adam levine who happened to walk over at the time and adam got dumped on. Watch what he did. Oh, lord. Please. Are you ready for this . Wa wa. Great cause. One, two, three. Wow. Freezing. Way to go, buddy. Thank you. Should have gotten his hair wet. The rule should be get your hair wet. Dont you think . I love those two guys. One person who i love more than both of them combined. Shes sitting next to me and i didnt know if you were really going to do it. Why not . Because you said, maybe you would write the check. Im doing that toop. Of course you do. You do it all. Ive been waiting for this. Do it. Cody challenged hoda to the als ice bucket challenge. She did it. God bless her. I have not have accepted had her challenge, but i challenge kenny loggins, and billy bush. Okay. Frank. Are you naked . Oh. Oh yes. Only you were naked in the tub doing it. I had a bathing suit on. Franks never seen me naked. Are you crazy . Was that cas laughing. Cas was shooting it. Making a lot of money by the way. Oh, my gosh. This is working for als. Up to 3 million and its going to be growing. I think we all have someone in our lives who has suffered from that or continuing to suffer from it. Its a horrid, horrid disease. Millions raised now in a very and its become a fun thing. It has. It really has. So as often happens after a great tragedy like losing our Robin Williams, then yesterday we hear that Lauren Bacall had passed away, died in her home of suspected massive stroke, 89 years old. Yeah. I mean she made her movie debut when only 19 years old to have and have not opposite 44yearold Humphrey Bogart. I didnt realize there was that much of an age gap. Oh, yes yes. They had quite the love affair and she that movie had that famous line. You know how to whistle, dont you steve. You put your lips together and blow. You dont have to say anything and you dont have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know hows to whistle, dont you, steve . You just put your lips together and blow. Wow. Great iconic moment. She won two tony awards and oscar nominated in the mirror has two faces and the American Film Institute named her one of the most 25 significant movie stars in history. This song is such a great song. Even if you didnt grow up with them. When you heard this song its like having a love affair. Such great lines. Yeah. We wish her family all the best. Yes. We certainly do. What else . Americas got talent. Yeah. Everybody is talking about this acrobat, right, whos just crazy. The hit of the evening. Christian stunif. God bless you. Incorporating his dog scoobby into his balancing act. This what is he did last night. Oh, my gosh. Oh. Oh. [ applause ] we have a winner. Give them the prize. Its over. Thats adorable. He had that little dog since he was a baby. Scoobby is 11 years old. Oh. All right. This is interesting. Have you heard about the unplugged wedding . How do you feel about wedding guests taking photos during a wedding . Its gotten to the point where everybody has a camera up instead of watching the wedding. You watch a bride walk down the aisle, everyone was looking and beaming and now everyone has an iphone up trying to capture a moment. This wedding photographer got upset named cory ann and took to her blog and talked about how guests are always ruining all of the great shots. Shes a professional. The people want. So heres one. This guy stepped out into the aisle way and took one. Some of the guests block the view, others throw up camera flashes and blast out whats going on. Like these are i guess photos that the couple wanted. They hired the photographer and instead getting the backs of people. Thats heres the flash. You know what, but i also have i can see the other side of things as well. Now sometimes the videographer and the photographers are so in the way that those of us who are friends and family who have come to the wedding cant see. Trying to look around. So theyre in front of you taking the i dont know. I just missed the good old days when people went to a wedding, took out the kleenex and just went and danced and had a wonderful time and kept the memories. On my phone i have videos of many peoples weddings. You never watch again. I never watch. At that moment you kept thinking oh, my god, i have to catch this, its so beautiful and now you find yourself looking at an iconic movement through a little screen that big instead of its live in front of you. Were missing it. I agree. What do you think . Go to our facebook page. Jessica simpson is getting a lot of push back i guess. All right. She looks so phenomenal. I think id walk around in a bathing suit all the time. Her sisters bridal shower. Everyone is dressing up in regular bridal shower attire. Except jessica. She wore a bathing suit. So did the other girl. Who is the other girl . I dont know. A friend. A friend. Anyway, so they did this what is picture she posted. She does look great. She looks amazing. Then there was a group shot that got tweeted out later that showed everybody else. Everyone looks like a pool party. Oh. Maybe everybody else had bathing suits on underneath. Coverup. Yeah. Some do. But i say give her slack. She took so much flack for her weight during the times when she you know, after daisy duke. What do you think of this . Jennifer aniston is doing something a lot of women dont like to do. She revealed her weight. Her weight, she likes to be between 110 and 113. Who doesnt . Look, if i weighed between 110 and 113, promise you, everybody would know it, okay. I would be telling anybody who asked me. Whats your name . Im 113. It would be so fun. Youre tall. Youre 59. Shes 53 she says or 55. Theres been a anyway. Anyway. She says shes over her goal. No one likes to hear skinny people talk to about her weight. She said its harder at her age. What is she 42. It gets harder. I guess whenever a small person talks about weight, i want to drop two or three pounds, its just it just doesnt feel right. Hoda goes postal, is that okay to say. Yeah. Starring in a new movie, probably see this weekend, aussie hottie Brenton Thwaites from the giver is here. 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Hello, jon. Hi. You furry faced guy. I know. Whats going on . Taking a break . Yeah. I wrapped mad men about a month ago. Really wrapped it. This is what happens. Wow. It turns into this. Ive been on vacation essentially. Good for you. This show was so interesting. Youre the one that handpicked Daniel Radcliffe, right . He was your first choice . We got really lucky. It was this curious little show that a friend of mine over in england decided to put together and sky atlantic sky arts decided to pay for and we hired some writers and made this thing and all of a sudden were like why dont we try to get Daniel Radcliffe. After everyone stopped laughing because no way would he ever do it, shouldnt we just ask. The guy never sleeps. Hes here every month with a new movie and now hes got this. He is. Hardest working guy. When we shot the second series the sweetest. He was, in fact, doing a play on the west end every night. He would shoot the show in the morning and do a play every night. When i was 25 i barely made it off the couch. But you had a different career path by far, didnt you . You did. I was reading with interest how you were just not right for almost anything for the longest time. How did you hang in there . What was your odd job while you were not actually working as an actor . I had a lot. I was a day care teacher when i was in college. I was a bartender and a waiter after college. I taught high school after college as well. I had tons of like jobs that, you know, catering, the classic sort of situation and it was, you know, it is what it is. You work until you get Something Else. Or else you give up along the way. Or else you give up. I was very practical about it. I said when i came out to l. A. At 25 from st. Louis, missouri, i was like im going to give myself five years. By the time i turn 30 im not actually doing this, then maybe the market has spoken. What was the first gig you got . The very first job. Paying gig. I think was weirdly, was a commercial for the very first espys hosted by samuel jackson. Yeah, sure. I did a commercial for it and 20 years later i hosted the show. Youre kidding. You have to hang in there. Its a tough business. Youve become so well known as don draper and then you have to do what daniel is doing, get people to forget youre don draper, forget that you are harry potter, and do weird period things like dr. Zhivago have we spent so much time in russia. Its interesting. I mean thats all i can say about the show, is that its different and the sort of landscape out there, theres so many Different Things out there. This is another funny, fun, weird, dark. Dark. Lot of surgery with buzzsaws. Theres a lot of that. I just watched an episode of the nick and thats theres a lot pretty dark as well. Where can people see this . Its on ovation, which is one of those channels that you need to like dig deep into your got to want to go there. You got to want it. Its also its also online and on demand. All that other great stuff. Which is where everyone is watching tv now. Thats how you do it. Great to see you. Enjoy your vacation. Say hello to is jen. I saw. The Second Season of a young doctors notebook premiers tuesday on ovation. Get ready for another thrilling game of who knew. I cant wait. And if youre thinking about replacing your gutter before fall can we talk about gutters . You know whos going to be here. Who . Lou manfredini hes got a name that rhymes with san fredini. Well be back after this. [ male announcer ] fresh, local milk, real cream, and no preservatives. From the farm to our fridge in just six days. Philadelphia® cream cheese. So rich, creamy, and delicious. Only philadelphia®. Now, so rich, creamy, and delicious. Drench lips with glossy wet color. New revlon colorstay moisture stain™ weightless, creamy lipstain saturates lips. With brilliant shine and vivid color hydrates lips with vitamin e aloe. 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For more information including savings options, download the xarelto® Patient Center app, call 1888xarelto, or visit teamxarelto. Com. Its time to give you a taste of todays game who knew in which we in honor of what would have been Alfred Hitchc k hitchcocks 115th birthday. Heres a question to get you started. How long was Alfred Hitchcocks acceptance speech when he was awarded an honorary oscar in 1968 . Two words, five words, 10 words or 26,000. Sure you dont want to go out in the rain with me . Also actor Brenton Thwaites from the giver is with sfus never slip on your area rug again. Lou manfredini is here [ female announcer ] how do you eat your eggo . You can start with the syrup, pour it on top, maybe not apple chunks and cinnamon and honey if you got bring on the chocolate spread somethin green, somethin blue, somethin orange, somethin red ham and egg, tomato sandwich cut it nice and do some damage cream cheese, pomegranate make it look like jack or janet xs and os and a tic tac toe you can fill in the holes, let the syrup flow, yeah stack it, snack it, maybe you can bend it you can slice it up and dice it up and big it up and friend it [ female announcer ] there are millions of ways to eggo try one of our fun recipes on facebook. And eggo your way just leggo my eggo with new jolly rancher filled gummy bites . Not today. Bites. Little greatness. The kids went to take zznanas house. Like. For the whole weekend zzzquil, the nonhabit forming sleep aid, that helps you sleep easily, and wake refreshed. Because sleep is a beautiful thing. Even when we needed stuff for the home. I was a negative nancy. But, thanks to fingerhut. 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And were expecting a breezy and mild day around most of the bay area, with sunshine in san jose at 80 degrees. Upper 60s, closer to San Francisco, and into the north bay, mid70s around santa rosa, walnut creek, 82, low to mid80s out towards the trivalley. And over the next couple of days, well see these mild temperatures, but things starting to warm up as we approach the weekend. Friday and saturday, livermores highs the getting close to 90. Your morning commute, tough on 880, this is at 29th avenue at the southbound stretch. Big rig and trailer still blocking the number four lane. You can see the backup from there. 101 and 92, linking up to the southbound 101. An accident there that is slowing things down. Also northbound 101 at anza. You can see the accident there that is also slowing traffic just there north of 92. One more stop for you as we show you here, 880 northbound at b basc bascom. The trivalley commute still slow heading out of pleasanton down towards fremont this morning. Scott . Well, a beauty queen behind bars. Well tell you why she traded her tiara for a pair of cuffs. That story and a lot more local news coming up in a half hour at 11 00. See you then. Were back with more of today on this wines day wednesday. Trivia game called who knew. Today would have been famed director Alfred Hitchcocks 115th birthday were celebrating all that suspenseful in pop culture. Kathie lee is at the nbc experience store ready to hand out 100 to anybody who gets the questions right. Those who dont get one of her fabulous cds. Here to help me out in studio is our good friend, Entertainment Weekly Senior Writer tim stack. Hi. We asked this question, how long was Alfred Hitchcocks acceptance when he was awarded an honorary oscar in 1968 . Two words, five words, ten words, or 26,000 words . What was the answer, tim. The answer was b, five words. Not the shortest in history. He walked up to the mike and just said, thank you, and then pause and said very much indeed and then just walked away. That was it . Yep. Hes a baller, dropped the mike, bye. Hitchcock. Across to kathie lee. Hi stackable. All right. This lovely lady is a graduate of Temple University film school. You better get this right. All right. What was the name of the hotel in hitchcocks 1960 film i could psyco . Midnight inn, normans bed and breakfast, no tell motel or the baits motel. That would be the bates motel. That education is paying off. She went to college. The bates motel where norman and his mom run the hotel where janet leigh was famously killed in the show. You can visit it at Universal Studios they have a replica on the back lot. Over to kathie lee. Talking to these lovely folks from baltimore. All righty. What is the highest grossing suspension horror film of all time . The exorcist, the blair witch project, the sixth sense or the conjerry. No cheating. Doesnt mean hes right. The exorcist. He was right. Its the sixth sense. Sold more than the exorcist. Made 293 million domestically and over 670 million worldwide. Its huge. But yeah, the movie came out in august of 1999, very famous twist ending. A huge movie and only cost like 40 million. A huge return investment. Back over to kathie lee. A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and have wonderful, wonderful tastes because he said he would much rather win my cd. Okay. What was the working title for Michael Jacksons thriller, halloween, starlight, midnight or zombies. Zombies. You got your wish, buddy, happy anniversary. I would have guessed that too. The correct answer seems odd, starlight. The songwriter Rod Temperton was going to call it starlight, thought about midnight man and woke up and thought it should be called thriller. Imagine dancing to starlight. No. Back to kathie lee. Which film actor wore pounds of prosthetics to portray Alfred Hitchcock in the 2012 film hitchcock . Malcolm mcdowell, nicolas cage, Anthony Hopkins or robert den near ro . Anthony hop kins. Yes, indeed. Anthony hopkins played hitchcock in a 2012 movie. It only took pounds of makeup but only took an hour and a half to do it because they were so the makeup team was so great and got nominated for an oscar. Look at him. Like jowls, he has blue eyes, brown contacts, different hair, intense. Amazing. Kathie lee, over to you. From Saratoga Springs which of the following is a real place, Bloody Springs, mississip mississippi, screamtown, california, witchs brew kentucky, or goblintown, massachusetts . Bloody springs, mississippi. What a darn good guess that was. That was a great guess. Yeah. Really a place . There is a Bloody Springs. Its very small in mississippi on the boarder between mississippi and close to alabama . You dont even know. I dont know. You dont know where it is. Its real, though. Im sure people are watching from Bloody Springs and lovely. It was named Bloody Springs the rumor has it because of the civil war. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Fun. Back across to kathie lee. Good morning. Lovely lady came the farthest from manhattan. Author and poet Edgar Alan Poe is said to haunt multiple locales of what city . Newark, new jersey, charleston, south carolina, washington, d. C. , or baltimore, maryland . Im going to guess baltimore, maryland. Yeah. You almost didnt. That was an excellent quick change. Baltimore . Yes. His family is from baltimore. He lived there a period of time and this bar, the last place he was seen drinking at called the horse you came in on supposedly is haunted by him. Live show from there. Kathie lee, by the way, tim says hes kathie lee, can you hear me . Yeah. Is obsessed with your bathtub. I am. Who isnt . All right. 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Just like her hair. Yes. Red, green, blue. Many different colors. With our people, they chose to do away with all of them. They created samists. If we were different we could be envious, angry, consumed with hatred. We need sameness. Dont you think . I completely agree. But still, its all so beautiful. Yeah. Hey. So nice to meet you. How are you, brenton . Im well, thank you. What i just realized i should have said, thats red, just like her hair, and the telephone. Bright red toll phone. A greatlooking phone. Its a little late now. Cant pick that. What a delight. Youre not a newcomer to the industry but had to be unbelievable to be on the same movie set as meryl streep and jeff bridges . Q. Come on . A dream come true. Yeah. To be honest it was great. Did they give you pointers or one of those things each of you did your own thing . I mean my pointers came from watching them work, watching them prepare. I worked with jeff a lot in the scenes you saw and he was very open to ideas and very encouraging. What did you learn from watching him . What was it that he does right . Hes very impulsive and very in the moment. Thats one of the things we try to do, the hardest thing is to kind of if you have an idea dont be afraid to express it and do it. Had you read the book . I loved this book. It came out many years ago but its brilliant, new berry award winner, had you studied it in school . I hadnt. I didnt study that much in school. You were that guy. You were a surfer. You cant tell, right . Did you get bitten by the acting bug early in life . I did. When i was about 16 i did play called romeo and juliet. No, i wanted to. I played romeo. Yeah. But the monologue, got me into drama school. Yeah. So that was my moment. Im sorry, go ahead. Your family encourage it. Often thats the last thing that parents want to hear, i want to be an actor. True. They encouraged it. My mother was very supportive. My sister also. And my fathers i was lucky. Did the parts come easily for you or did you have to work to gets cast in some of these movies and things . Some were very easy. Some i didnt have to audition for. The signal, will said lets work together. I was shocked. Youre kidding. What do i have to do . Whats this about . This film i had to audition for 11 times. Yeah. 10, 11 times. What was the vibe on the set given shot in south africa. What did it feel with merle and jeff bridges and everybody . It felt like we were telling a story that had a message, very powerful message, and with that comes, you know, a lot of pressure and responsibility. The support of the crew and philip and jeff. Director. Philip north is the director. It was okay. I cant wait to see this. We were supposed to give him words to memorize. Oh, shoot. Here they are. Tickets, book, bridges, baby, kiss. What did we say . Tickets, book, baby, something kiss. Good enough. You win the prize. Anything you say is good enough. Makes it all okay. Great to meet you. You are such a sweetheart. The giver is in theaters this friday. Kiss. Kiss. Were about to give you a little help around the house. Yeah. From our favorite handy man with a plan. Lou higher. Were using up all of our songs. Were using up all of our songs. After this. Thats why theres a listerine® product for every mouth. One to clean your whole mouth. One for those hard to reach places. One to protect kids mouths from cavities. Even one to freshen breath onthego. With over 100 years of innovation in oral care. Theres a listerine® product for every mouth in your house. For cleaner, healthier mouths go beyond brushing alone. Listerine®. Power to your mouth ™. Revlon colorburst™ matte and lacquer balms two moisture rich finishes velvety matte and high shine lacquer each infused with moisturizing shea, coconut and mango butters. Find your finish. Revlon that new guy is like yeah but youll regret it. What about him . Healthy like this super smoothie. Yeeeeuk the perfect man and the perfect snack, dont exist. You sure . Try dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. Perfect cause its healthy with 0 fat and 12 gr. Of protein and so creamy. Mmm. Could be the perfect. Oh ladies. Snack, john the perfect snack dannon oikos. Possibly the perfect snack. Dannon me . Ive got a few. Thats why i use excellence hair color by loreal. The exclusive nondrip creme gives me triple protection for color perfection. Rich, gorgeous color. And those grays . Theyll be our little secret. Excellence creme by loreal. All right. Time now to help you fix all those pesky problems around the house when we ask lou, is this where we do it . No, we keep reading. You do it. From painting over wall paper to preventing your rugs from slipping ul all you need are a few smart tips from today contributor and house smarts, now hoda. Lou manfredini hes got a name that rhymes with tortellini thats very good. Thank you. I love tortellini by the way. People are flooding us with questions, we picked just a few. The first is aaron bowman from swan see ya, illinois. This is her question. What kind of caulk can you put on the bottom of rugs to prevent them from slipping . None. Wow. Little harsh. The reason i dont want you to use kcaulking it will stick o the floor and when you want to move the rug you cant. Use a double sided car pet tape like this. Tape the back of the area rug such as this. Corners. Peel away the sticky part here and then place the rug where you want and stick it down. This is a very durable tape that goes on. It grabs my fingers but will remove from the flooring. If its hardwood floor. Wont damage the floor. People use that stuff but you say dont do it. You can use this. These are car pet mats you can cut to shape. What you typically want to do is cut this about two inches narrower than the rug so the rug lies flat and gives you a curvature so it doesnt cause a trip hazard. If theres a residue on the floor, take nail polish remover, cotton swab, and take it off. Doesnt harm the floors . With floor finish, dont rub like, like crazy. Theres acetone. Like shes going to rub anything. Please. Thats funny. Im the one with the question. Okay. Not over here. Come with us. Next question. Julie wrote in, replacing my you just read it. Replacing my gutters and down spouts what can i use to avoid having the black coils throughout my landscapes to move the water away from the house . She says thank you in advance. A lot of people what they do is run these big long pieces of plastic on the yard. It looks really terrible. So attractive. This is your down spout coming down. Retractable sleeve when the water comes down, connected properly, rolls out and the water goes and then retracts bad. Not bad. This is a buried line. This is the bubbler pot. You will have a Landscape Contractor come and install this. These fitters are different. Down spout into this. If it were to clog the water would come over the top here. But under normal circumstances this is all under the ground at the end this little pot when the water comes goes up like this, cascades on to the lawn, and then when the water stops goes back down. Run the lawn mower over the top of it. Isnt that cute some. Yeah. Cute for me. Adorable. Laurie davies wants to know painting over wall paper versus removing . Oh, yeah. Painting. Im not a huge fan of painting over wall paper the reason the wall paper will lift. Remember that the glue thats on here is water based. When you introduce paint on the top, you can do it, you need to wash the walls and you can paint, but dont think that its going to last because its not. You want to strip this wall paper. This is a terrific cleaner called chomp which is a wall paper removal. This is a tool called a paper tiger. On the wall paper, you make these holes in the wall paper. Okay. Im stopping. I did that there. Once you make the holes, you spray the stripper on top of this. The idea i want that to soak in. Then with a scraper like this, you start ive pretreated a little. It comes off. Comes off that easily . It does. I sprayed this about 20 minutes ago. Thats about how long it takes. Thats good. When i peel all this away, i wash the walls, i paint it. You can use some of the paint and primers in one. Love to do that. You like i love stuff like that. So this comes off and you clean that off and it works great. One of the cleaners like this, chomp product will do a terrific job. Then you can paint and then it will last. That was perfect. That was excellent, lou. Were glad youre lou. Me too. Were going to be back with more. First this is today on nbc. Natalie what are you doing . Willie protecting my password. Natalie thats good. Can i see . Willie no, its a secret. Natalie i was just testing you. Keep your password to yourself, and protect your online information. Both the more you know. So dont forget who i called out for the ice bucket challenge. Kenny loggins billy bush and meredith vieira. Get ready to get wet. Billy has been challenged. Well find out what everybody did tomorrow. Also tomorrow mira sit downs with us. And before your kids head back to school adorable and easy fall hair styles. Ambush makeovers. Have an awesome wines day wednesday. Guess what tomorrow is . Thirsty thursday. Youre right. Bye, everybody. Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im scott mcgrew. Kris sanchez has the day off. Its the first day of school for hundreds of students across the bay area, including san jose unified, antioch unified, and south San Francisco unified. And while most are going back to familiar surroundings, others are entering a brandnew environment. It includes hundreds of refugee children who escaped violence. Nannette miranda is live with how School Districts plan to help ease these kids into class. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, scott. The plan is to hire whats called an unaccompanied minor specialist. And the oakland bard of