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Plans to try to rebuild it. And hats on. One of the biggest superstars in Country Music, Kenny Chesney, celebrates his new album with a live concert. Were making room for the no shoes nation today, tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, who is here while savannah is on maternity leave. We have al roker and Natalie Morales as well. Raise your hand if youre happy Kenny Chesney is here. Me that is a great crowd. Nothing to put you in a better mood than seeing this. We have a concert in our second half hour. Paul l paula deen will talk about where she is headed. Our top story, the first wave of u. S. Air and missile strikes on isis strongholds inside syria. Were waiting for the president to speak. First to nbcs Jim Miklaszewski live at the pentagon. Reporter the first wave is exactly right. Those were the opening is a voe in what could be a longrunning war against isis inside syria. U. S. Air strikes led up the night skies over raqqa. The isis capital city inside syria as seen in this video not verified by nbc news. 47 tomahawk cruise missiles including these launched off the u. S. Destroyer and wave after wave of american fighter bombers unleashed precision guided bombs, all aimed at more than 20 isis targets including command and control headquarters, weapons depots and encampments for isis fighters inside syria. For the first time arab allies in the region, saudi arabia, jurordan, qatar, uae, and bahra played a role in the latest attacks on isis. President obama First Authorized the air strikes nearly two weeks ago. Our objective is clear, we will degrade and ultimately destroy isis. Reporter but until now u. S. Air strikes have been aimed only at isis targets inside iraq while twothirds of the 30,000 isis fighters remain inside syria. The joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey, it was a losing strategy. Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in syria . The answer is no. Reporter the overnight bombings inside syria now mark a m major escalation in the u. S. Air war against isis. Were told that isis leadership targets were not on last nights hit list primarily because the intelligence is just not good enough to pinpoint their location at any given time. Officials here say that would require boots on the ground, an option that president obama has taken off the table, matt. Jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. As always, thanks very much. Again, the president is about to speak from the white house. Before he heads here to new york and the United Nations meeting, chris jansing, is already at the u. N. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. I think youre going to hear the president not just thanking the men and women involved in the air strikes who put their lives on the line but also the five countries, the Unprecedented Coalition of five nations i think youll hear him call partner nations. It was very important to him and it was signaled over the weekend they did not want to go into syria and do air strikes alone. They wanted to send the message this is not the United States going it alone against isis but this is the world that is threatened by isis and the world coming together. Hell have more opportunities over the next three days to work on this coalition but the president is going to emphasize the fact the world is united and hell talk a little bit about the threat you heard him talk about two weeks ago when he addressed the country in prime time and just about how dangerous this organization is, matt. And, chris, i dont think its an accident the timing. These air strikes occurred the night before the president comes to meet members of the general assembly. Reporter it was one of the things that absolutely this administration wanted to do. They wanted to be able to send this message and, look, it was a different, complicated kind of choreography, these negotiation s involve obviously not just what each countrys capability is but their own individual political situation. So you can see where they would go to one country, get one kind of commitment. It would be a back and forth that the timing came together is something that they consider to be an achievement. It is, indeed, unprecedented and something that they think will allow them over the next three days to get some further commitment from other countries, matt. Chris, thank you. Chris at the white house i mean, at the u. N. , excuse me. Lets bring in our Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell here with me in new york. Lets look at this coalition. Bahrain, qatar, the united arab emirates. The message is pretty clear. The message is sunni arab countries are going against a sunni extremist group. That said, we dont know yet the extent of these individual countries. We dont know whether qatar just let them fly from their bases, whether bahrain just let ships work out of their ports. So they werent deliberately involved in air strikes, per se, in many of these cases. But the real precipitous for this, im told, is the khorasan, an adjunct of al qaeda, was planning an imminent attack against u. S. And western interests and thats why they struck as well as trying to coordinate with the u. N. It was a twopronged attack. We dont yet know the effectiveness of the strikes. However, lets talk about the risks of getting involved in a military fashion in syria and the volatile situation. The risks are that we dont have boots Operation Enduring freedom the ground and boots on the ground would be risky in one way because our troops would be vulnerable. We dont have any way, as mik was saying, finding any intelligence. Thats why we couldnt go after isil, right, leadership. We would not know whether we were were going after civil kwan targets. The other risks the troubles in the region. I just came from a meeting with the president of iran and he said an illegal attack because syria did not invite us in. We did notify syria we were going in. We didnt coordinate with them but their air defenses did not go up against our planes. Andrea, as always, thank you very much. Again, well bring you the president s remarks live from the white house in just a couple of minutes. Meantime, newly objetained video of eric frein, accused of ambushing and killing a Pennsylvania State trooper. This as the manhunt for that man enters its tenth day now. Ron allen has the latest. Ron allen has the latest on that now. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The video shows frein taking part in a vietnam war era reenactment, part of a documentary shot four years ago. The director says he didnt mix well with the others in the group because he thought he had superior knowledge of history and how to be a soldier, glimpse of the mind of a now trying to outsmart a massive man Police Operation trying to catch him. This video obtained overnight by nbc news shows suspected cop killer eric frein appearing in a documentary about a vietnam war reenactment. Its about teaching the public, showing the equipment that was used and the history of it all. Reporter he describes how difficult it is to find people in the dense forests of northeastern pennsylvania. We had to find them. We walked around for two days straight. Reporter the same area where police have searched for ten days, looking for frein, accused of ambushing two state troopers outside their barracks, killing one of them. Residents wondering when this will end. If they dont catch him, when will you know its safe . We will not. We simply wont know until hes in jail or dead. It is our conclusion he is aimed totally at Police Officers. There were unarmed civilians right in the exact, same location. Reporter monday pennsylvania governor tom corbett urged calm while authorities stressed theyre closing in on frein. And have you been close to catching him . I do believe we are close to him at this point. Reporter another Big Development here today, schools very close to the search area are reopening for the first time in days. Some 10,000 students and staff back in class. With additional security precautions. Police continue to emphasize that the search area for frein is getting smaller and smaller and they believe his anger is directed at police, not the public. Ron allen, thank you very much. The president is now about to speak. Lets allow a moment for more t. Lets allow a moment for more stations to join us. This is an nbc news special report. Here is matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. The president is about to speak at the white house before he heads to new york to address the u. N. General assembly. Of course hell be speaking about this first wave of air strikes inside syria targeting isis strongholds in that country. Im joined by Andrea Mitchell here in new york. And i think the message were going to be hearing from the president when he takes to that podium, andrea, we didnt do this alone. Importantly, there were fave sunni arab countries along with them. I think this is not the coalition that jim baker and george bub 41 put together but this is significant. It was negotiated by john kerry over the course of many weeks. And you talked about the fact we dont know the direct involvement each of these countries had. Some may just have allowed use of their airspace. But we will maybe learn more about that. The president , as you can see, is approaching the podium. Lets hear what he has to say and hes going to jump on a helicopter and will make his way up here to new york for the u. N. I didnt realize it was quite such a walk to the podium. I thought he was a lot closer. But here is the president now. Good morning, everybody. Last night on my orders, Americas Armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria. Today the American People give thanks for the Extraordinary Service of our men and women in uniform including the pilots who flew these missions with the courage and professionalism that weve come to expect from the finest military that the world has ever known. Earlier i outlined our strategy to confront the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isil. I made clear as part of this campaign the United States would take action against targets in both iraq and syria so that thats terrorists cant find safe haven any are wher america would act as part after Broad Coalition. Thats what weve done. We were joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar. Americas proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on behalf of our common security. The strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not americas fight alone. Above all the people and governments of the middle east are rejecting isil and standing up for the peace and security that the people of the region and the world deserve. Meanwhile, we will move forward with our plans supported by bipartisan ma jrjorities in congress to train and equip the seyrian opposition for the best counterweight to isil and the outside regime and more broadly over 40 nations offered to help in this comprehensive effort to confront the terrorist threat, to take out terrorist targets, to train and equip iraqi and Syrian Opposition fighters who are going up against isil on the ground, to cut off isils financing, to counter its hateful ideology, and to stop the flow of fighters into and out of the region. Last night we also took strikes to disrupt plotting against the United States and our allies by seasoned al qaeda operatives in syria who are known as the Khorasan Group. Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and tray to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. Ive spoken to leaders in congress, and im pleased there is bipartisan support for the actions were taking. America is always stronger when we stand united. And that unity sends a powerful message to the world, we will do whats necessary to defend our country. Over the next several days i will have the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister of iraq and with with friends and allies at the United Nations to continue to build support for the coalition that is confronting this serious threat to our peace and security. The overall effort will take time. There will be challenges ahead. But were going to do whats necessary to take the fate to this terrorist group for the security of the country and the region and for the entire world. Thanks. God bless our troops. God bless america. Mr. President , are americans in president on the lawn of the white house addressing the American People before he heads to new york and the United Nations talking about going back to the strategy he laid out just a couple of weeks ago for isis to degrade and then destroy that terror group. Said hes now put together a Broad Coalition with five arab partners who stand shoulder to shoulder in this common strategy. And he talked about the Khorasan Group that you mentioned earlier, andrea, that is an al qaeda affiliate targeted last night. This was not just against isis. This was against the Khorasan Group and he said there was an imminent threat against the United States, against western interests and thats why they took action but also, of course, setting up the dialogue that will take place at the u. N. And reminding people the air strikes are just part of the strategy but to train the Syrian Opposition is another important aspect. Which is going to take, we are told by martin dempsey, at least a year. Obviously there are a lot of other people, a lot of other countries supporting that effort as well. Five arab partners in these air strikes that took place overnight and, again, we are yet to find out how effective they have been in disrupting isis. Were going to have much more on nbcnews. Com plus a full wrap on nbc nightly news with br you, natalie. Baltimore ravens owner steve pisciotti said he had to come forward because of the espn report that questioned not only his competence but his integrity. The Womens Association call it is another attempt at damage control that will not work. Bisciotti disputed the report calling it manufactured suggesting Team Officials were made aware of the details of that ray rice video thats had been taken when he punched his then fiancee valentines day weekend in atlanta city. According to him the source of the article were those close to ray rice himself. Rices camp had no comment and in addition to that were hearing from Union Officials they have asked for a broad investigation to exactly who is telling the truth. The Israeli Military said it has shot down a serial aircraft that infiltrated its airspace. It intercepted the aircraft in mid flight using the Patriot Air Defense system. They said the circumstances are still unclear. On a lighter known it was not a banner day for a Youth Football Team here in new york state. Check out what happened to the mighty mites during their home own opener. The traditional run through the banner as you see there didnt go as planned leaving most of the players in a big pile right there on the ground. I think they won 230. Al . And thats that. That sayst look, i better get you some flowers or something. Kara well, at least youre learning. Paul finally, i am finally learning, yes. Kara yeah. Good morning to you. Im meteorologist christina loren. You can see we have plenty of low cloud cover over the santa clara valley. Meanwhile Crystal Clear over San Francisco. Today is the first day of fall and temperatures will be warmer than average as we get into this afternoon. 78 on the peninsula, 74 on the east short. On the trivalley, a warm day coming your way. And thats your latest weather. Carson has reaction on social media to the overnight air strikes in syria. Good morning to you. Some learned of the developments on twitter. Lets walk through the time line. 9 03 eastern time, abdulkader writes in, huge explosions shook the city in what might be the beginning of u. S. Air strikes on isis headquarters in raqqa. Meanwhile sounds of warplanes can be heard clearly. We get the First Official word 30 minutes later u. S. Military and partner nation forces have begun striking isil targets in syria using mix of fighters and tomahawk missiles. The conversation continues. Abdul writes in, the sky is full of drones over raqqa. Interesting that the details came in via social media before we got the concrete evidence of all the developments overseas. Carson, thank you very much. The search intensifies for missing university of virginia student and the man she was last seen with. Did police find clues during a new search of his apartment . Plus, paula deens first Live Television interview in more than a year. Well talk about the fallout from that scandal and the big gamble shes making on a brand new business. But first, this is today on nbc. Cant hold my breath boom, boom, shake the room the unstoppable offender boom, boom, shake the room the unstoppable [ male announcer ] an Electric City car here. Makes about as much sense as a gas guzzling suv here. The quick charging, zero emission, allelectric smart electric drive. Just 139 a month. Coming up, a new miss america scandal. Was the newly crowned winner kicked out of her College Sorority for hazing . Plus, a live concert from country star Kenny Chesney. 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All the shower activity moving into the Sonoma County region. Thursday morning widespread rainfall looking good. Well keep tabs on this for you. Well keep watching that for your morning commute as well. Look at your maps all over the south bay a slower build creeping up. A crash involving a motorcycle which moved to the shoulder, north 85 just has a slower drive but things calmed down for north 87. The rest of your routes looking pretty standard. And folsom street offramp will be closed for six months. Pretty bright out there as well. Well be back with another local news update for you in about half an hour. We see you then. At the place where you always get more than you pay for. T. J. Maxx. Brands you love, prices that work for you. You deserve it. Maxx life at t. J. Maxx. Ive got to tell you, it feels so good. The first wave of air strikes in syria. More than 20 targets were hit by manned aircraft and missiles launched in the region. Security has been increased at the white house in the wake of the security breach. An iraq war veteran climbed the fence, made it inside the white house with a knife. In court monday prosecutors revealed 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets were found inside that suspects car. Fear that warmer weather and strong winds could spread a Massive Wildfire burning east of sacramento. It has already destroyed 30 buildings and is threatening thousands of homes. Paula dean and her sons, jamie and bobby, are here and will speak out on the scandal a year later that rocked her world and empire. We brought you several births live on the air. This morning, most of those babies are back to celebrate their first birthday. Happy birthday to them. It will be interesting. Very quiet green room there. Nobodys crying. Theyre so sweet. Wait till they get out here with me. Lets begin this half hour with a new Police Search tied to the disappearance of missing university of virginia student hannah graham. Police are now looking for her and the last person she has seen with. Nbcs craig melvin is in charlottesville. Craig, good morning to you. Hoda, good morning to you. Hannah graham has been missing for 11 days now. Again, this is the restaurant where Police Believe she was last seen. This morning, police are still looking for jesse graham, the man with whom they believe graham was last seen for the second time since friday, police have searched his apartment. Police have still not found jesse matthew, but they did haul three bags of potential evidence from his apartment. Late monday a Police Spokesman told nbc news officers found what they were looking for and the contents had been sent to the state crime lab. Matthews landlady watched as officers scoured the apartment for the second time, looking for clues into the disappearance of uva student hannah graham. I dont know where the girl is or what happened. Im just as shocked as everybody else. Reporter monday, police circulated this new wanted poster for matthew. Two arrest warrants were issued for reckless driving shortly after he visited the Police Station saturday, asked for a lawyer, left before answering any questions, eventually speeding off. Police say matthew was seen with graham in Surveillance Video the night she disappeared but Police Maintain the Uva Medical Center remains a person of interest. As far as we can find right now, he is the last person that was with hannah. Certainly he is the focus of our investigation. Reporter meanwhile the search for graham intensified with park rangers and rescue workers searching through thick brush. Its going to be long, tedious, mon ought news at times but it is worth every miserable minute. Reporter at the request for the National Center of missing and exploited children, 12 billboards are up statewide to help to answer a fathers heartfelt plea. All we want to do now is bring hannah home safely. Reporter test results on matthews car could come back today. A spokesman told me they believe there is still Surveillance Video out there, guys, that might help in their investigation as well. Thats the very latest from here in charlottesville. Back to you. Craig melvin, thank you so much. Lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. All right. Weve got rain moving into the pacific northwest, bringing showers and thunderstorms. Some of it will be fairly predi predigious. An inch, generally, along the coast. Inland, slightly larger areas. Topeka, wichita, kansas, half an inch. Dusty winds, small hail. Beautiful day 7 35, good Tuesday Morning to you. Im meteorologist christina loren. This is a live picture of San Francisco. What a beautiful clear shot. You can see our camera shaking a little bit. That clear sky is a product of wind out there. Its going to intensify throughout the day today. Your temperature, really comfortable. 81 in the north bay. Right around 74 degrees on the east short. Well hit 80 during the south bay. Big changes as of tomorrow. Showers on the way by tomorrow. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you so much. Whats her side of the story . The new miss america address a report that she was kicked out of her College Sorority over a hazing incident. And paula dean on the scandal and making a come back. Well talk to her and her sons after this. We are a collection of smalls. A home saved. A hero homebound for a new opportunity. A kitchen that kick starts careers wells fargo invests in our communities a little differently. Small measures that add up to make our whole even greater. Little by little we can do a lot. Because. Small is huge. Visit www. Wellsfargo. Com to see how big small can be. Mmmmmmm. Look out. 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Ill ask you bluntry, are you a racist . No, im not. By birth, by osmosis, you dont feel you have racist tendencies . No. No. No. She was dropped by her sponsors, food network, target and walmart. Out of the spotlight, the queen of southern cooking is now moving on to her next course. Welcome to the paula deen network. Stepping back into the kitchen for a new digital venture, the paula deen network, subscription based channel that will air all her shows plus original content, a new start after a troubled year. Paula deen is with us now, along with her sons, jamie and bobby. Nice to see you all. Hi, matt. Good morning. Hello everybody out there. I want our audience to know you couldnt look at parts of that story. You didnt want to look back. I looked at none of it, matt. I didnt recognize that woman. That was a woman in trauma, in, i would say, shock, trying to understand what had happened. And, you know, the cold hard fact, matt, is i probably should not have been here. I probably should have been at home, maybe even under the care of a doctor. To say that that situation not the interview, but the candle rocked your world to its core it did. Is an understatement. Its an understatement. The business side of things, key partners, key sponsors who walked away. Did you understand why they had to distance themselves from you . I did. But i have to say it took me a while, because i was confused as to the length of time since those words had been part of a language, you know. I had a hard time understanding, because it had been 30 years. But you came to realizes i came to realize. At that time because of what you said and admitted, you were radioactive. Yes. In the business world. I absolutely understood it. But i had to go home, sit on my sofa and get off the merrygoround. I had to remove myself and sit quietly so that i could think and see things from all angles. I want to mention that the Racial Discrimination aspect of the lawsuit was eventually dropped. Oh, it was dropped. Because the judge decided that the woman who filed the suit, being white, had no legal standing, because she hadnt been injured by the comment or the behavior. Right. Were you upset that the dropping of that lawsuit didnt get as much attention as the deposition got . Of course. The statement that was released at the end got almost no attention. And the statement was very powerful and very different. Any time you go through a situation like this, you learn something about your friends. Oh, yes. Were there people who disappointed you . Individuals, not one, matt. Not one. I have never had anyone come up to me and be anything other than kind and loving. We really found a lot of support through that year. And people, you know, that reached out to bobby and i, and the restaurant and just offered their support for mom and wanted to check on her, it was really a hard time. You became famous by being open and unguarded and honest. Are you now more guarded and less open . Ive always been very, very naive, matt. And unless you do something that i can see that youre trying to hurt me, in my heart, youre good. Thats child like and its naive. And im trying to be more guarded. I dont ever want to get to the point where im cynical, because i believe that there are more good people than bad. Youre now starting a new venture. Youre starting the paula deen network, a Digital Network. Yes. Are you convinced this can be viable, that enough people have put aside questions of your character to come and join in this venture with you and support it . Yes. I think so. I found out, matt, a Family Member showed me this website to go on after i got back from new york. And i just sat on my sofa and i knew i had to guard myself against going backwards, going backwards. I feared that. So, a Family Member showed me this website. It was called we support paula deen. I could not wait in the morning to put my ipad in my lap and go to that site where my friends out there had nothing but love and support for me. During the height of the scandal, paula, did you ever go to those other websites . Did you ever read the comments below the line of the articles . No. Did either of you . Of course. It was unavoidable. I never intentionally went there. But i did come up on some by accident. But i also noticed those people had no names. I kind of checked out all that for a few days. You know how if youre fortunate enough to get to do what we do and youre in the public eye, you cant youre not going to satisfy everyone. Someone will always have something to say about you. So it doesnt really do any benefit for us. On the business side let me mention a report that came out yesterday. You recently signed a deal to buy your content from the food network. Every bit of it. Our company now owns can you give me an idea what that cost . I cannot. No . More than 40. More than 20 . Yeah . Now that will be driving this new network . Its a piece, but weve developed 100 new shows. Theres 20 new shows a week. Weve been working like crazy. Its going to be an element but definitely not the driving force. If you come through a year like the year you just came through, paula, you would be crazy if you didnt learn a lesson. Oh, im telling you. So whats the lesson . Matt, i learned so much over the year, i really feel like its going to require another book. But we are working on a documentary, because i feel like Everybody Needs to know the whole entire story. But whats the lesson youve learned . And im getting to that. Im getting to that. Now i forgot what i was going to say. But were working on a documentary that will only be on the paula deen network. But as i was saying, i learned so much when i sat quietly with my own thoughts. The most powerful thing and i thought i knew it, because ive talked about it before, but its the power of words. I dont care how old they are. Words are so powerful. They can hurt. They can make people happy. My words hurt people. They disappointed people. And, frankly, i disappointed myself. And for that, im so sorry. Im so sorry for the hurt that i caused people, because it went deep. It went deep. People lost their jobs. It went deep into corporate america. And, you know, im here to make people happy, not to bring sadness. It seems like sitting next to a different person than i sat next to in june of 2013. Im happy to see you. Oh, thank you. I dont know that woman. And when i see things like that, ill run from the room, because i dont know her. You know, ive been through several traumatic experiences, like every woman out there in the home. And youve come through them all. And our business originally was born out of necessity and so, too, is this one. Its very exciting. Good to see you all. Bobby, jamie, paula. Good to see you. The network is going to be wonderful. 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Santa clara city members will vote on whether to bench ray mcdonald. The soumarch said the city woul issue a proclamation stating the citys position on Domestic Violence but not mentioning mcdonald. Next door lashed out saying the city was trying to protect business interests. The mayor agreed to discuss it at the resolution. Lets go to birthday girl christina loren. Good morning to you. First day of fall is more important. Its san martin. Were starting out night and mild. High pressure is still in control, at least for the time being. Its warmer than average. Right around 71 degrees in San Francisco, 81 in the north bay. Meanwhile changes coming your way. 84 in the trivalley today. And then tomorrow night weve got some rain on the way. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. First heres mike with your drive. Rain in the forecast but not today. Look how slow the drive is getting northbound heading up toward willow and university. Theres a slow drive there as well, san mateo. Pretty typical commute, south 880, a slower drive because of an earlier crash there. Oakland, northbound 880 slow. Another update in half an hour. Well see you then. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, how could she . As for this job, well, not that i have a choice, but [ bleep ] i quit. The reporter who quit in an expletivelaced rant on tv explains why she did it. Is anyone buying her excuse . Plus, they are back. One year after being born live on today, we check in with the babies and families who shared their special moment with millions. Then get ready for the big revival. Summertime country superstar Kenny Chesney is back set to rock the plaza live today, tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. Im from alabama to see Kenny Chesney. Celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary. Growing up in little pink houses making out on couches. On saturday night we love you, kenny were back now 8 00 Tuesday Morning. Its 23rd day of september, 2014. Take a look at all the people in no shoes nation here on our plaza and their ringleader, their band leader, biggest fan of all hoda kotb. Are you guys so excited for Kenny Chesney . How long have you been a fan . You know, ive loved country for probably the last 10 years, and ive loved shift work. I cant wait to hear all of his songs today. Very, very excited. By the way, music, its your turn to shine a light and it is a terrific project. Im busting. Ill let you guys listen to this song. Were trying to raise money for children pediatric research. I put two great artists, sarah burrelles and cyndi lauper. We put true colors and blaze its amazing. You came out of the studio and said it sounded incredible. Go and contribute. It is fantastic. Were not just saying that because youre standing here. We love this story. So excited for that. Lets go inside. Natalie has a check of the top stories. Natalie, take it away. Good morning, everyone, once again. U. S. And arab allies opened a new front in the battle against isis pounding isis targets with airstrikes inside syria. Nbcs chief correspondent Jim Miklaszewski joins us. Jim, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. 47 tomahawk cruise missiles and wave after wave of airstrikes from fighter bombers attacked 14 separate isis targets inside syria isis was not the only target. A Senior Defense official tells nbc news this morning that corason, an outshoot, was also hit by at least a third of those strikes. Concern over syrian air defenses, u. S. Notified Syrian Government we feel in advance of the strikes but did not provide exact timing or location. U. S. Fighters met no resistance from syrian air planes or defenses. Natalie. Jim miklaszewski. Thank you, jim. Just moments ago president obama and on the white house to thank the forces and those in the first wave of attacks. Over 40 nations have offered to help in this comprehensive effort to take out the threat, take out terrorist targets, train equip iraqi and Syrian Opposition fighters going up against isil on the ground, to cut off isils financing, counter its hateful ideology, stop the flow of fighters. The president then left for United Nations Climate Summit in new york. He will also have a chance at the u. N. To rally further International Support for the fight against isis. Nbc news obtained video overnight showing the suspect in a Deadly Police shooting taking part in vietnam war reenactments four years ago. In the documentary, eric frein describes how hard it is to track people in the dense woods of eastern pennsylvania. Thats where officials think frein has been hiding since he allegedly ambushed and shot two Pennsylvania State troopers, killing one of them. An unruly passenger who tried to open a plane door in midair has been taken to the hospital for observation. Witnesses say the 28yearold began arguing with the woman sitting next to him on Virgin Airlines flight from boston to los angeles. When he tried to open an energy door, he was restrained by two Police Officers who were aboard the plane. The flight was safely diverted to omaha, nebraska. Former heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson showed his softer side when he came to the aid of an injured motorcyclist in las vegas last week. Cyclist ryan chesley said he thought he hallucinated when tyson sat and comforted him until help arrived. He was so touched he sent tyson a thank you note and fruit basket. It is 8 05 right now. Lets get another check of the weather with al. Never know where hell show up. Thank you so much. I think you guys win the prize for coming the furthest. The further rest most chesney fans. You flew in from hawaii . Yes, no stops. I know kenny will perform a little luau for you. Lets see what we have for you. Pick city is detroit, michigan. Temperature is going to be nice and sunny. Were looking at lots of hot weather through the southwest, temperatures in the 50s and 60s in northern new england. The heat continues through texas into the gulf coast. Wet weather as that low pressure 8 06. Good morning to you. Tuesday, the first day of fall in the bay area, feeling more like summertime. Temperatures just a tad above average, 75 degrees on the east shore, 69 degrees in San Francisco. Rain on the way as we head throughout tomorrow night. Stop the clock on the future cast, showers diving into Sonoma County, all that activity spreads through the south bay overnight. Well get the bulk of the moisture thursday morning. Everything out of here thursday afternoon. Have a great day. Woods. And thats your latest weather. This lady came in last night. She leapt in a hotel room. Of course she did. Up next, what does she have to say for hur receive. 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She is fighting back this morning, admitting she was kicked out of a sorority but only for failing to appear at a disciplinary hearing for a hazing joke she made. Kazantsev was upfront about her dismissal from the sorority and called an exceptional ambassador. Okay. Now the video everyone is talking about this morning. Reporter of an alaskan tv station for quitting on the air. Its how she did it. Working to legalize marijuana. At the end of the story she revealed she actually owned the group. Thats when greene dropped another bombshell, catching her colleague off guard. For this job, well, not that i have a choice, but [ bleep ] i quit. All right. We apologize for that. And well be right back. Oh, boy. In other news now you know what hoda goes through every day. Whoo yeah. Wait for my next orange room hit. Feel bad for her, for the other reporter. She did throw everybody, collectively, under the bus. Yeah. Right . To do to your coworker. That was brutal. Bad. Sounds like it was preplanned. She knew she was reporting it was her story. She owns the premeditated. If youre wonder fg she has any regrets this morning, a simple answer is no. In a new video, shes defending her controversial rant. Advocating for freedom and fairness should be everyones duty. Im making it my lifes work, to uphold what america stands for truly, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, ideals that now need to be defended. Taking a little high horse there. Guys over in the orange room weve been asking for your help. Google executive chairman eric schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg talked about more of the unusual questions that google asked during job interviews. That got us thinking, what creative questions have you been asked or would you ask in an interview . We have some of those responses. Here we go. You can all answer. If applying at a circus, which job would you choose . Circus master. The ring master. At a circus . I would like to sell the beer. I want to be the guy who stuffs the clowns in the car. I want to drive that car. If you were part of i love this one. What . If you were part of a bicycle, carson, what part would you be and why . I would like to be the little bell you ring. Or the horn. Or the horn. This is great. Okay. So i could i would be the handle bars. The steering wheel. I would like to be the little frilly basket in front. I just want to be a spoke in the wheel. Ahh. Right. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, who would you invite . Dead or alive . Yes. Hmm. Okay. This is going nowhere. And name five things none of you are hired. Name five things you can do with a pencil other than write, that you can say on morning television. Like the joker, i could make it disappear. Erase. Chopsticks. Yeah. All these questions, obviously, get iiving people th ability to think outside the box. That is whats trending. By the way, it went much better in the meeting. It did. Dinner with my dad. Im sorry. Coming up in 30 seconds, well catch up with the babies who were born live on this sho were back now with a followup to our series born today. Shared the moment as eight babies entered the world. Now our group is turning 1. Were in delivery rooms at four different hospitals. Lots of momstobe in labor. Will one of their moms have their baby live today, monday, september 23rd, 2013 . Always eager to be first, new york actually delivered a baby girl just before we went on air that morning. But it wasnt long before houston helped us welcome the first baby live on our show. We have something very exciting happening. Its such a cliche. No more profound a change in a persons life than when they have a baby. Then came baby number two from the Lone Star State n houston, another baby, while cleveland delivered a baby boy. I understand were adding to our viewer base even as we speak, in cleveland. One baby at a time, al. Our boston baby came in style, in the middle of chers performance on the show that morning. But houston kept going. And going. Two little boys, twins, just born in houston. Once again, texas coming on strong. Eight babies in two hours and now, 12 months later, theyll all celebrate their first birthday. Our born today babies and their parents are back this morning. Sarah and alan jansen with twins brock and slate. Taylor, emily and last, but not least, ashley, darby and daniel dowd with, is it, dazai . Dazai. Raise your hand if youre sleep deprived. 17 more years to go. Youll make it. I feel like the newlywed game here. First of all, you have now you pulled up to the hospital. This is your fifth child, is that right . Yes. So when our producer said would you like to have this baby live on the show, you were like, just sign me up, who cares, right . At this point theres no modesty. How has the last year been . Wonderful. Yeah . Absolute blessing for us. Any shocks or surprises with a fifth child . You realize that you cannot get any more tired. You realize that you have enough love. Set the bar nice and low on sleep, its all good. You dont know what youre missing. Sarah and alan with the twin boys, brock and slate. You have two girls at home already, right . We do. What was it like going from two to four . Chaos. Bedlam . How did the girls react to getting two brothers . I think well. They adjusted really good. Theyre all little mother hens. Its a good combination. Jennifer and craig along with taylor. Tell me about taylor. He is just a happy baby, full of energy, into everything. He is a world traveler already, right . Yes. Where has he been . Hawaii, wisconsin. Phoenix. New york now. Thats right. South carolina. Its great to have him. Emily and joel with jackson. I understand the live birth was the talk of your family and friends. What was their reaction . Well, i had someone come up to me in the Grocery Store and say, can i ask you a crazy question . They i said sure. They said would you have your baby live on the today show . People around town, my parents talked about it on a cruise. I dont know how that subject comes up but it does. I cant wait until you share the story with him and he says are you crazy . What were you thinking . I know. I was just excited to have a baby. Was it true he crawled at 5 months . Yeah. Yep. He is an overachiever. Whats his personality like . Hes a happy baby. Hes spoiled, real spoiled. Gets along well with other babies . Yeah. He got older brothers and sisters. They think they his parents. See, i saw that coming a mile away over here. This one here. So, what has been the biggest change in all of your lives . Again, a lot of you already had children at home. But this one im going to help you. Come here. Stand up. Well bring you over here. Whats been the biggest change in all your lives . Its lack of sleep. Thats it, really . Baby proofing. Yeah . How did you go about that in your homes . Gates on all the stairs. Deundecorating the house. I got tired of having toys in the living room, constantly. Thats just a way of life. Thank you. Oh, my goodness. This one is a lover. Who is this . Brock. This is brock . Okay. Obviously we wanted to bring you nice gifts for their first birthday. We want to thank all the folks at fisherprice for helping us out. Whats a birthday without cake . Weve got cakes for all of them. And i think we better get to those quickly because once they discover them, were all in trouble. Thanks to all of you for coming back. We really appreciate it. It was great sharing the amazing moment a year ago and its even nicer to see how well all these kids are doing. So, thank you. Coming up next, country superstar Kenny Chesney live in concert after your local news. Youre watching today in the bay. A very good morning to you. 8 26 now, laura garciacannon. Police are looking for numerous people who hopped the fence at a peninsula repair shop, stole several cars. It happened early sunday morning at autobonn motors in belmont. The thieves hopped the fence, broke into the office, then stole car keys and cars that have been left at the dealership for repairs. Nine have been confirmed stolen, maybe more. All right, cars on the roadway. Lets check in with mike. Peek between two overpasses here, youll see over on the right shoulder, actually, left side of the screen up on the northbound side there is a crash that is pulled to the shoulder. Slowing, but look at the map. We had a crash blocking two lanes and injuries were reported. Doesnt sound like anything serious, but a slow drive into downtown and slow southbound, of course, through hayward, 880, peninsula side, also southbound 101, typical commute there and northbound, riddled with minor crashes all over the south bay. Back to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Well be back with another local news update in half an hour. Well see you then. Were back on a Tuesday Morning, september 23rd, 2014. Raise your hands if youre part of the no shoes nation. Got a lot of them here. We are very excited to have the one, the only Kenny Chesney with us. You draw a crowd, baby. You sure do. Were excited to be here. Its an honor to be back. You have a new album out. We do, today. New music is always a lot of fun, inspiring hopefully and makes me feel great that everybody wants to come out here. Were going to hear from him in a couple of minutes in this half hour. Yeah. Also ahead, can you believe that law order svu is in its 16th season and Mariska Hargitay is with us as well. She started as soon as she got out of high school. Yeah. Paula deen will be back here later, talking with kathie lee and hoda. Jessica simpson will be here. She has a new baby. Well be talking with her tomorrow on today. Mr. Chesney, how about a check of the weather . Thats for him, sorry. Whats the worst weather you ever played in . Wow, in dallas one year, we played during a really heavy rainstorm. It was insane. That would have to be it. Its going to be better today. All right. I guarantee that. Lets show you what weve got going on, first of all, for today. Gorgeous day in the northeast. Plenty of sunshine. Wet weather down through the southeastern gulf. Expect more rain moving into the pacific northwest. Tomorrow we look for more of that rain making its way up the coast and along the eastern seaboard. Look for, again, showers in the plains states. Hopefully some moisture makes its way into Northern California where thief got those. Thats exactly what were hoping for, al. Expecting that late thursday, into friday over the mountain fire, we might get showers here in the bay area as of tomorrow evening, but not before we get a beautiful first day of fall. Its going to be mild out there. A touch warmer than yesterday. Means were back in the low 80s in the south bay, 75 degrees. On the east shore, not a bad day there, 69 degrees San Francisco. Trivalley, 84 degrees coming your way. Like i said before, showers on the way, north bay, tomorrow night, widespread rain thursday morning. And thats your latest weather. Lets go back inside to hoda. Hello, al. Thanks so much. Mariska hargitay is the emmywinning star of the longestrunning drama on tv. Thats nbcs law order svu. Things begin with hargitays character, Olivia Benson, showing a softer side. Take a look. Oh, you miss your mommy, dont you . She had a hard road, huh . I dont know if im ever going to be able to tell you the story, but i can tell you this, she loved you very, very much. Okay. Do you know what i love about you, mariska . Watching that clip, you got teary eyed. I do. Tell me about that scene and why it moves you so much. Oh, its just so sweet. The story line is so moving to me. This year is a very different season from last year. You know, Olivia Benson gets this baby sort of plopped in her lap and its nothing shy of a miracle for the character. You know motherhood all too well. I do. How much does the emotion play into scenes like that . A lot. Youre looking into this new life and you have to be dead not to feel this baby im working with. Theyre actually twins. Theyre so sweet sbch. And that scene makes me laugh so hard. You think its an emotional scene but were actually shooting this and this little boy, his name is bradley. I would lay him down and its supposed to be the scene of me laying him down and every time he just wasnt tired. Theres cameras on this and, like a horror film, his hands come up on the crib going and he pulls himself up. We were laughing so hard. Wow sweetie, youve got to sleep. Youve got to sleep. Oh, no. No, thank you. I would lay him down and i would have to pick him up, because he would be like this and i would give him to his mom. It was actually hilarious. Your character has been evolving all over these 16 seas seasons. Is she still fun to play for you . She is. Thats the thing. I have to say thats why im still here. I feel like theres new notes being played. After last year, i was sort of wrecked. Yeah. Emotionally. It was a very tough year. And i said warren and i talked about it, our show runner, where do we go from here . And he was like, dont worry about it. This year feels so new. And thats exciting, to have a baby its a whole other set of muscles and new notes to play. You were so connected to this character. I know people must stop you on the street and assume you are Olivia Benson. The subject of Domestic Violence and things like that are really close to your heart in real life, arent they . Yes. They are, indeed. The show really sort of educated me to the issue of Domestic Violence and sexual assault. Thats why i started the foundation, joyful heart. And its been a beautiful journey to and a gift to me, to be able to shed light on these issues. Now i love the show. Im a junkie. I watch it in my room. I watch the repeats. I watch it all. Then someone called once and said do you want to be a guest something on it . I said i dont care where or when. Im doing it. I got to play myself, a Lindsay Lohanish girl on set. Thats the anchor set you made in a church basement, by the way. Every episode has something kind of ripped from the headlines, doesnt it . It certainly does. I heard you were amazing, by the way. Was i . Congratulations, costar. Ive got to tell you, it was a thrill. It was a total thrill. We wish you great luck with this next piece. Thank you. Not that you need it, but we love you. Thank you. You can catch the season premiere of law order svu tomorrow night. Announcer the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. You know, hoda always tells me in the world of Country Music its hard to get any bigger than Kenny Chesney. Were delighted to welcome him back to our plaza. But before we hear from him, a little taste of what makes him such a superstar. Kenny chesney, singer, songwriter, performer. The l. A. Times calls him the peoples superstar i come from a little bitty homegrown small town eight entertainer of the year awards, 25 number one hits, 30 million albums sold, playing for millions of fans with each new tour. Those loyal followers he has dubbed the no shoes nation. Growing up in little pink houses with his new album the big revival he ups the ante, already a big hit. The album is getting rave reviews. He is on the plaza, celebrating its release today. Enough talking. Lets listen. Ladies and gentlemen, Kenny Chesney. All right. Do we feel good out there . Hey doublewide quick stop midnight ttop jack in her cherry coke town momma and daddy put their roots right here cause this is where the car broke down yellow Dog School Bus kickin up red dust pickin us up by a barbed wire fence mtv on the rca no a c in the vents we were jesus save me blue jean baby born in the usa trailer park truck stop faded little map dots new york to l. A. We were teenage dreamin front seat leanin baby, come give me a kiss put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone uptown down home American Kids growin up in little pink houses makin out on living room couches blowin that smoke on saturday night a little messed up, but were all alright hey Baptist Church parkin lot tryin not to get caught take her home and give her your jacket makin it to second base but sayin you went all the way monday afternoon at practice sisters got a boyfriend daddy doesnt like now hes sittin out back 3030 in his lap in the blue bug zapper light we were jesus save me blue jean baby born in the usa trailer park truck stop faded little map dots new york to l. A. We were teenage dreamin front seat leanin baby, come give me a kiss put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone uptown down home American Kids growin up in little pink houses makin out on living room couches blowin that smoke on saturday night a little messed up, but were all all right hey we were jesus save me blue jean baby born in the usa trailer park truck stop faded little map dots new york to l. A. We were teenage dreamin front seat leanin baby, come give me a kiss put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone uptown down home American Kids growin up in little pink houses makin out on living room couches blowin that smoke on saturday night a little messed up, but were all alright we got more music ahead from Kenny Chesney on a Tuesday Morning. First this is today on nbc. Im a troubleman in San Francisco. Lopez. Ive been with the company for 29 years. A troubleman restores and troubleshoots electrical issues, getting customers power back on. Were 24 7, 365 days a year. I love my job. Going up in the bucket and seeing all of San Francisco is an exhilarating feeling. I was born and raised in San Francisco. This is where i live and theres a sense of pride in providing great power to our customers. When i go out there, flip the switch and get their power back on, theres a great sense of satisfaction. Kenny chesney has been one of the top country names in music for 20 years and Kenny Chesney joins us now. Hi, kenny. How are you . Its good to be back. It was fun opening up usa today and seeing the splash on the front cover. Everyone is talking about your new cd the big revival. Its explosive. What do you want people to take from this . The big revival was made with a lot of energy. It took some time to make that. When they hear these songs i want them to feel that positive energy and know we made this album with the thread of living in the moment. Some of my songs have been nostalgic. Theres not a lot of nostalgia on this record and not too much looking forward either. Its just taking your moment as it is, taking your life in the moment and trying to enjoy that as much as possible, which is tough for me. Im always constantly planning to do something else. But that was the thread of this record. I love how he says he has 25 number ones and he says this ones got to be bigger and better. How much bigger and better are you going to go . I dont know. I do hope to get better. I get asked that a lot. What kind of goals do you have now . I think that for me and the guys in the band, i think to put on the best show we possibly can, to try to include the best songs we can that touch people and music that people care about. The fan base weve built over the years care, thank god. I love you guys for it. You mentioned the album or the cd comes out today. Even after all that youve done in the business, and hoda mentioned the 25 number one hits and all the awards. Do you still have release date jitters . Oh, my god, yes. What are you worried about . Like i said, you know, you make your music, you work really hard on it. And every record is different. Every album is different. Its done with different emotions and its done with a different thought process and you just hope that, you know with this record, i didnt want to repeat myself. Then again, i didnt want to alienate my audience either. I want to take these songs we made and rateltle their cage an hopefully rattle the audiences cage. When we go on the road i really want to rattle their cage. So you do have that anxiety and Nervous Energy that comes with making new music. Ill always feel that. I love this barefoot nation. No shoes nation. You got shoes on. I know. Wait a second. I bet you didnt think come on. Come on look at me. What are you going to sing now . Somewhere with you. Ladies and gentlemen, well get our shoes. Kenny chesney. All right, lets go if youre going out with someone new im going out with someone, too i wont feel sorry for me im getting drunk but id much rather be somewhere with you laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah driving around on a saturday night you made fun of me for singing my song got a hotel room just to turn you on you said pick me up at 3 00 a. M. Youre fighting with your mom again and id go, id go id go somewhere with you i wont sit outside your house and wait for the lights to go out call up an ex to rescue me climb in their bed when id much rather sleep somewhere with you like we did on the beach last summer when the rain came down and we took cover down in your car out by the pier you laid me down whispered in my ear i hate my life hold on to me ah, if you ever decide to leave then ill go ill go, ill go i can go out every night of the week can go home with anybody i meet but its just a temporary high cause when i close my eyes im somewhere with you somewhere with you if you see me out on the town and it looks like im burning it down you wont ask and i wont say but in my heart im always somewhere with you laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah driving around on a saturday night you made fun of me for singing my song got a hotel room just to turn you on you said pick me up at 3 00 a. M. Youre fighting with your mom again and id go, id go id go somewhere with you i can go out every night of the week can go home with anybody i meet but its just a temporary high cause when i close my eyes im somewhere with you somewhere with you somewhere with you im somewhere with you new york so happy to be here thank you so much Kenny Chesney, thanks. Hes not done yet. He will be back with one more song a little later. First this is today on nbc. Only one place helps you maximize everything in your life, everyday. The place where you always get more than you pay for. T. J. Maxx. Brands you love, prices that work for you. This fall, shop smarter. Maxx first doesnt everyone deserve a maxx life . T. J. Maxx. Kenny, you were great on stage. You said to me earlier there was one thing i did, i know. You said there was one thing you wanted to do today when you were on the today show. I want to introduce willard scott. And you just did. You look so good up there. Happy birthday, viola nelsen, from mankato, minnesota. Her secret, she eats a fried egg every day. This is martha pasco from new jersey. She is 100 years old today and loves to play with her little dog, bella. Luther woods, how are you, luther old boy . From huntington, west virginia. His favorite past time is jokes. He loves to tell jokes and he loves to hear jokes. How about that . This is ernest lucarelli, ft. Myers, florida. One of my favorite towns. He is 100 years old today. His favorite pasttime, the reason he has lived to be 100, ballroom dancing. Keeps you fit. Were down here in connecticut. We love being with you all in new york by way of television. Now back to new york. All right, willard. Thank you very much. Thank you. More kenny coming up, right . Hes going to stick around, chat a little more with us. Were excited about that. Do you know who knew that . Who . The long island medium. Shes wit youre watching today in the bay. A very good morning to you. 8 56, im laura garciacannon. San franciscos board of supervisors reportedly considering requiring Film Companies to give neighbors and businesses 72 hours notice before they shut down streets for filming. They are supposed to give 24 hours, but not all Production Companies follow that rule. Certainly a beautiful day. Lets check in with christina. Can you imagine if they were filming today, spectacular conditions. A little marine layer left, but most of all, clearing sky for the bay area. San francisco area is the clearest right now. More clouds in the south bay. 80 degrees for us today, 75 on the east shore. 78 for the peninsula and the pattern change kicks in tomorrow night, into thursday. Showers on the way. 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 Tuesday Morning, september 23rd, 2014, the first full day of fall and, boy, do we ring it in, in style, out on the plaza with mr. Kenny chesney. He will be back to talk with us in a couple of minutes and do another song in our hour. He puts on a show and draws a crowd out there. Big day for no shoes nation. It is. Perfect weather for it. He did a concert about six, seven years ago down in nashville and gave me this great custommade black hat. Really . Have you worn it . I wear it. Sometimes im Walking Around and leyla goes, oh, god, dads gone cowboy. Go full chesney and cut off the sleeves on all your shirts, bare foot, guitar. Not a good look. Kids didnt want him in a cowboy hat, so imagine sleeveless. They would be happy if i was in a box in a closet never to just dont embarrass them. Put me in an embarrassed free room. We had Jackie Evancho and her dad was standing there and she said im not embarrassed by my dad and al said youre not trying hard enough. If you dont embarrass your kids at least once a day youre not doing your job. Big interview here this morning with matt, talking to paula deen more than a year out of the spotlight, she sat down with matt. She found herself in hot water, as you know, last year after a leaked deposition admitted her use of a racial slur 30 years ago or so. Deen and her brother were sued by a restaurant manager over Sexual Harassment and Racial Discrimination. Paula admitted under oath she had used the n word. All charges, by the way, in that lawsuit were dismissed. Earlier, paula sat down with her two sons, jamie and bobby, and matt asked her about her appearance on today a year and a half ago. I didnt recognize that woman. That was a woman in trauma and, i would say, shock, trying to understand what had happened. A and, you know, the cold hard fact, matt, is i probably should not have been here. I probably should have been at home, maybe even under the care of a doctor. The interview she was talking about was in june of last year in the immediate the middle of it, not even the aftermath, when she came on to talk to matt and matt asked her what lessons shes learned through all of this. Ive learned so much when i sit quietly with my own thoughts. The most powerful thing and i thought i knew it, because ive talked about it before, but its the power of words. I dont care how old they are. Words are so powerful. They can hurt. They can make people happy. My words hurt people. They disappointed people. And, frankly, i disappointed myself. And for that, im so sorry. Im so sorry for the hurt that i caused people, because it went deep. It went deep. How do you think she did this morning . That was the last thing she said. I wanted to hear more about those lessons learned, i think. And there was a lot of talk about the new venture that she has. Obviously, shes looking forward. And we are a country of second chances. She wants to get over the past and looking ahead and how to reinvent herself. So, i did feel, though, it was a little too much about im looking ahead and i dont want to look back at that person. That was a person i dont even relate to or identify with. And you want to really feel like, you know, that you know what shes lived through and the pain and the suffering shes been through and i would have liked to have heard more. That had to have been the hardest year of your life. How do you pick yourself up . She says and they have this new paula deen network. Shes doing a documentary, theyre doing a documentary that starts at 2012 and moves forward and goes through everything. Seems too much like a business plan, though. Well, look, everybody has to make their choice and, guess what, the consumer will decide. The people out there will decide. She said something i thought was so beautiful. Words can hurt but they can also heal. Shes saying shes sorry. Right. Shes apologizing. Shes done everything, i think listen, if were going to forgive people, at some point we have to not just say the words. We have to you give your pound of flesh. Yes, there are some things that are unforgivable. You injure a child, im done. But in this case, yes, her words were terrible, as a person who has been called one of those words, it is very hurtful. Ive had people tweet me and say that. But this woman got on tv today and she said she is sorry. Shes heartfelt and she has to move on, businesswise. She has a business. Thats what she does for a living. But at some point, we cant just say we are forgiving people and then you dont forgive, even when the word, the sin is so ugly as Something Like that. She has given her pound of flesh. Its a pretty tough standard to hold somebody accountable for a moment 30 years ago. Forever. And hold her accountable. Look at the person in the mirror. Would you want to be forgiven . Weve all done something that i think if we were put on, as the kids say, front street for the world to see, we would be so ashamed and we would say, im sorry. And you want the person on the other end of that to say, okay. You know what . Lets move forward. And someone who was offended, someone who used to be a fan. They have a right to be upset, too. But at some point you move on. You move on. Shell stick around with kathie lee and hoda. By the way, i didnt know the kids said front street. When you out somebody for their behavior. When you go home today not doing that. When you say you embarrass me, say, leyla, why are you putting me on front street . No, im on side street. Theyll say are you talking to tamron, or willie . Theres nothing worse than an unhip person trying to sound it doesnt work. Doesnt work. Im hip to the scene. Im hip to the scene . Thats my point. Nonparent parenting tip of the day, as a kid who got into a lot of things mom, im just putting it on front street. The best thing is when your parent already knows and they know what lol means and you dont say, what does lol mean . You want to know whats happening. You dont tell them you know. You go covert. You have to know somewhere. Youre learning here. But im not going to use it. Youre going to hold back, okay. He doesnt want to know. Willie says you want to live in the dark. Trust me. Trust me. I love that. Lets move on to some of the best video of the day. Yes shall we . Youre going to laugh out loud, lol at this one, okay . Check out what happened to the pee wee players, the mighty mites in upstate new york. They run through the banner. Oh thats not quite going as planned. Keep coming, guys. Someone has to stop. Theyre 6 and 7 years old. The guys in the back now are just thats what i love. Just for fun. Yeah. You have to start further away, right . You have to build up momentum. We started it too late. Any time they run through, its a big buildup. Here we come. The first guy just runs into a wall. And im just jumping on top. They didnt really hold it like they should have stretched it out. They won the game, by the way, 240. Have you ever done that . High school. Oh, yeah, you charge through the banner. Its just paper. Apparently i think matt said it was bounty, cant get through that. Matt has a case of bounty now. Our good buddy seth meyers celebrating 100th anniversary of late night with seth meyers. One of his producers notices he uses one phrase a little too much. Thats great. Thats great. Well, thats great. Thats great. That is so great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Thats great. Maybe you will just come by and we do it together. Yeah, thats great. You know, were going to do that. All right. I know we have overused phrases. Are you kidding me . All the time. Wow thats terrific. Amazing. Spectacular i like that one. Why dont you tweet us oh, no. Yeah. Really . Tweet us. We already know. Todaystake, the phrases we use too much. Well look at it at 9 30. We already know. Besides amazing and wow. We just want to hear about it. Uhoh. Be mean. No dont say that. Todays take, okay . Were on this. Were on it. All right. Unfortunately, fires have been burning like crazy out west and they continue to burn, unfortunately. Look at this. Weve got fire watches, red flag warnings in effect. And, in fact, outside sacramento, got the king fire going, upwards of 88,000 acres burned, more than 5,200 firefighters are fighting this thing, only 18 contained. And the heat and the winds are not helping. The fire will continue going out there, unfortunately. For our friends in the southeast, a lot of wet weather. Low pressure will be developing and moving up the coast, bringing heavy rain right off the carolina coast. One to two inches on the coast. And this pushes to the north by weve got a mild start to the new season. Good morning to you, im meteorologist christina loren. Temperatures for today a touch warmer than where we ended up yesterday, but not so hot. 80 degrees in the south bay. 78 on the peninsula. 75 degrees on the east shore for today. Meanwhile, 84 out in the trivalley and the north bay looks fantastic, great conditions continue up in wine country. As we head throughout the day today, the clouds will clear out. We have rain on the way. As we head through tomorrow, expecting the first showers 5 00 p. M. Sonoma county. And through go. Just looking to see adam, any wow, amazing. Hash tag. Wow, awesome. Excellent. Thats great. All right. In fact. A few more like that. Wow. Um like. Totally. These could fit for anybody. I was going to say. Im fine with that. Im cool with that. Country superstar who has had 25 number one hits and sold more than 30 million albums. 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Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Woke up and saw a nice piece on you in the paper. Kenny chesney returns in a big way. I liked how you were talking about you could have gone the country route and turned out another album but you really took your time with this one. You wanted it to be bigger and better than ever . I did. More so than that, i wanted to take my audience to another place. Ive been doing this a while. You get to your point in your career, in your life where you want to Say Something different and do things a little differently. I didnt want to repeat myself. But i wanted to push my audience at the same time without alienating them. I took my time. I didnt tour this summer. I didnt do anything other than making a record. Im glad i did that. My life needed it. I needed it. It was fun. Do you ever worry about your fans, wait a minute, whats kenny doing . I think i have this, you know, this problem with stillness. Ive been moving for so long, constant motion since 1993. God, i cant believe that. But do you know what i mean . Still, i crave i crave stillness in my life sometimes. But when i get it, i start to freak out. Thats right because when is it going to end . Yeah. So you say music is medicine. I believe so. Thats interesting. What do you mean . For me, music has always been a big part of my life. And i think that its human nature to let music do what it does to you, in your soul. And, you know, if i want to feel happy, music can make me feel happy. If i really want to feel sad, music can make me feel sad. Thats true. If i just want to escape, music does that for me. I think thats the way it is for a lot of people and the way it was for me, music was a dream and music was a highway to go down. When i was in college and didnt really know what i wanted to do. So music was always there. And so, yes, it is medicine. Its a lot of other things, too, for me. You share a lot with the people who work with you. The team, the folks around you. You have the merch lottery . Merch lottery. What is that . You go to a concert. You ever bought a tshirt . Yeah. So each night we get the merch sales from that night. As a way i havent done this in a couple of years but we used to do it all the time. Now that youve brought it up, i may now you have to do. Putting you on front street. I have a lot of wonderful, freespirited, hardworking people out there working for me, with me on the road. It takes a lot of energy and a lot of people being on the same page to go from city to city. Yeah. As a way of appreciation, one night out of each month on the road, we put penny hager gave me a big sombrero in mexico. Have you ever due names at christmastime . Yeah. Sure. We put everybodys name on the road, all the crew guys, video, audio, everybody. We put all those names in that big sombrero, i get everybody together and we do a little drum roll and i pull a name out. Whoevers name i pull out gets all the merchandise money. Wow bam im going on tour with kenny. Before you leave, you gave al a hat once before. Can i see my cowboy boots . Look at you. How to rock western wear. You can do it. These are my favorite boots. How does al rock western wear and not have his kids laughing at him . Dont do it, al. I dont know. Swagger. He has the face. He could do anything he wanted. How does he get the country swagger . Show me how to walk. You want to do the walk . I dont think its like this, al. Its not like that . No. Is it a shoulder walk . You just ruined it. He did not ruin it. Yeah, thank you remedial help. In our western wear segment coming up. All right, partner. Thanks for having me. By the way selfie with al today. Al did a selfie on his phone. I was so excited. So cool. Can you check out als selfie, too. 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We still have some low clouds out there, but they are clearing quickly. Nonetheless, westerly flow persists for today. Even when the clouds clear, were going to get cool ocean air moving inland. You can see here in San Francisco, not much left at this hour. 69 degrees there for today. Actually took the temperature down with a stronger onshore flow out there today. 74 for the east shore. 78 degrees on the peninsula. Meanwhile, 80 degrees in san jose. Tomorrow the clouds increase, showers fire up as were expecting the south bay as we head throughout thursday morning, but maybe a little activity earlier as we head through tomorrow night in your north bay regions. Take your drive all across the bay area, heres mike. We have a big problem and its not because of the closure on the bay bridge, its over here in the trivalley where we have a slowing from 580. Slow from 580 to 680. We have a spill of some sort northbound 680. Get it back here at el costa, a split in lane, only one northbound lane is open, the southbound just reopened all lanes. Maybe cement or concrete. Sounds like its actually liquid form. Thats going to be a problem on the road. Well track that. Meanwhile, approaching the bay bridge, all right. Slow through oakland, 880 through fremont, slower drive to the south bay, as well as the peninsula, but sam, 101 has seen a good volume of traffic all morning. Just be advised. Back to you. You think youd be in the clear when you make it to the bay bridge, but other things to look out for. See you again in 25 minutes. Welcome back to a beautiful Tuesday Morning in new york city. Im willie along with, tamrons here. Natalie and al. Hey, guys. Where are the cohosts . Whats going on here . Theresa caputo . Oh, theyre grabbing a snack . Its snack time. Theyll be here eventually. Its just the two of us. Hopefully. Weve been abandoned. Just the two of us, we can make it, if we try. Are you afraid well say too much . Im stalling. Based on the seth meyers clip that his producers put together, his overuse d phrase thats great, they showed seth over 100 times saying thats great. He uses it a lot. So we asked what are the words that we, lie, tamron, al, natalie, overuse. Oh, look who is coming. Three out of four. Natalies on her way. Shes wearing heels. Ready . Al roker says unfortunately a lot. He just said it three times in his last weather report. Ha, ha. Ha, ha. What . Ive never said that in my life. Willie says golly. I never heard him say golly. From happy days. Ive never heard you say that. Golly. Golly . Golly . Julia says al says okay, moving on, a lot. Yes, we do. We do say that. Moving on. You keep us moving on. Especially after after dark natalie shows up. Moving on. What does natalie say . Seriously . I do that. I do. Tamron never says anything over. No. Thats right. I keep it fresh. Well, golly. Do you know why . Because shes on front street. No. This woman just tweeted me and said lies rigwillies right. Golly gee. Seriously . Seriously. Okay, moving on. Lets get a look at the weather. It is fantastic. Showers also and thunderstorms in the central plains. Wet weather moves into the pacific northwest. For tomorrow were looking at another nice day in the northeast. Midatlantic states. Seeing some showers making their way up along the coast. More wet weather moving into Northern California and the pacific northwest. 9 32. Good morning, im meteorologist christina loren. Its the first day of fall here in the bay area and temperatures are going to be comfortable. 80s and 70s for us. More importantly, right on cue with the new season, we have rain in the forecast. For tomorrow, front slides to the south as we head throughout your thursday morning. Take a look at this. We might actually hit a sub tropical moisture tab. If that is the case, we could be talking about some very generous rainfall totals. Stay tuned and well keep you updated. And thats your latest weather. Her name is Theresa Caputo but shes known as the long island medium for her remarkable ability to giving readings to people who have lost loved one. Were going to chat with theresa in a moment. First we want to give you a look at what happened when she stopped by our production meeting monday. Im amazed we actually have a production meeting. We do . And read some of our staffers. Oh, my god, theres a lot of people in here im Theresa Caputo. I talk to dead people. I invite you all just to sit back, relax, enjoy, embrace. But, most importantly, witness the most amazing and beautiful messages from spirit this is afternoon. And did you not get to say goodbye to your dad . Did you just get the chills or like a goosebump . Know that that was your fathers soul. If you ever get the chills or goose bump for no reason, know that that is your fathers soul. Your mother also talked about a painting. Did she like painting or was she an artist . Do you have a piece of your art work displayed in your home . Yes. She also talked about earrings. Do you have her earrings . So knowing that she knows that you wear that and you always wear that. She goes, this, shell never take off. Do you understand the gardenias . Perfect. Where does the wedding come in . Listen, ive got you guys are tough. Youre all like my brother just got engaged next weekend and my girlfriends been nagging me. So theres a couple possibilities there. Wow Theresa Caputo. Won them over. Author of the new book you cant make this stuff up. Good morning. Good morning. How long have you known youve had this gift . Well, it wasnt until i was in my late 20s that i started to understand my amazing and beautiful gift that i have. So im very blessed. Ever since you were 4 years old, though, you said you could hear somebody talking to you, right . I would sense and feel things that other people didnt. And i thought that was normal. I thought everybody saw dead people or heard people speak to them and there was nobody in the room. Are you able, theresa, to turn this off or do you walk in a room and start sensing spirit immediately . Is it something you use as you want to use it . No. Spirit is always present. I would say please give me the opportunity or if you push me enough to Say Something. You inspired your book, though as i understand it, a spirit came to you and this idea of this book and even the title you cant make this stuff up. . The title says it all. I dont ask anyone to believe in a medium. I want my fans and readers now to know that they have the amazing ability to connect with their loved ones, to be open to the signs and symbols and im sharing the lessons that people have learned in having an experience, being reconnected with their loved ones soul. So its a healing thing for you . Tremendous healing. Its about faith, compassion, love, forgiveness. Learning, really, how to embrace life. And it almost looks sitting here with you, if Jennifer Aniston was a medium do people come up to you and say you kind of remind them of Jennifer Aniston . No. No . People do say that. Oh, my gosh, you do. Shes gorgeous. Shes beautiful. Oh, my god i knew that without even looking. Even in the black sweater there. Thats crazy. But your hair is your look. Take that down and youre Jennifer Aniston. Thank you. I take that as a compliment. Thank you. How do they tap into this ability that you have . Just be open. You know the little coincidences or the things that happen and you think of a loved one and youre like, thats crazy or im just Wishful Thinking . Embrace those as little heroics from heaven. Thats beautiful. Theresa caputo, thank you. The book you cant make this stuff up comes out september 30th. Long island medium airs sunday on tlc. I cant stop staring. I want a reading. Were going to get readings after the break. 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With tumblewieeeds and all, we going urban style. Those are my boots there. Who does not remember the 1980 classic urban cowboy starring John Travolta and the great debra winger . Those two knew how to get country swagger going, and carrie underwood. Theres carrie. Reese witherspoon was photographed yesterday. And katherine and kimberly who tweeted me photos to show off their country spirit. So, how do we expand the trend and you get your southern girl style on . Weve got Juliana Velasquez with cheap chicas style. I normally dont like to splurge on trends. Cowboy trend these boots, ive had for 13 years. These boots ive had for 15, i think about. And i just splurged on these. The reason why i splurged on these boots is because i do believe that your shoe size, for the most part, doesnt change and they have an invisible heel. You need to start small. Do a great accessory. A whole table of shoes and accessories here. Theyre all from piper line. They start about 100. You can do an ankle one. They all need to have the this heel or do a great fringe bag. We plucked darlene and karen off the plaza. All i did hear was add a denim shirt, great necklaces and fabulous fringe bag from tj maxx. Shes good to go. Those robe coats youre seeing, 100 from urban outfitters. Darlene, your handbag size does not change. One size fits all. You can give it to your daughter when theyre raiding your closet or whomever you want. Under 60 from tj maxx. I love the necklace. Layered big chunky silver. Ladies, you look beautiful. And, tara, what a birthday. You spent it on the today show. Thank you. Our other models here. Phyllis, her entire look, every time is under 100, even this robe coat. I know you love a denim shirt. We did a denim tunic, faux leather pants and mini cowboy boot on her. I love that coat from zhara. Whats a country girl without your lid . You need a lid. Tell me about this one. This hat is from lulu. Com. The salt hat so in right now, about a bolo tie on her sleeveless white shirt. Very modern way to do an interpretation of the western trend. I paired it with a pump. You dont always have to wear heels. You dont want to look like youre in costume. Liliana, thank you. Send in your tweets, tell me how you rock it. And if we havent inspired you to grab your cowboy boots, i bet he will. Kenny chesney on the vivofit. Gently reminds you to get moving. Join the movement. Mmmmmmm. Look out. Now theres even more of the amazing cinnamon taste you love on cinnamon toast crunch. Crave those crazy squares even more. With up to 27 more brush movements patented Sonic Technology get healthier gums in two weeks guaranteed. Philips sonicare discover the brush thats perfect for you. Ifyou may be muddlingble withrough allergies. Nger. Try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec® is different than claritin. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Zyrtec®. Muddle no more™. 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Starin out into the Wild Blue Yonder so many thoughts to sit and ponder about life and love and the lack of and this emptiness in my heart too old to be wild and free still too young to be over the hill still trying to grow up but who knows where to start i dont see anybody in new york city sit right here and have another beer in mexico do my best to waste another day sit right here and have another beer in mexico let the warm air melt these blues away what do you say, everybody . Sun comes up sun sinks down ive seen them both in this tourist town up for days in the rain just trying to search my soul for all the answers and the reasons why im at these crossroads in my life really dont know which way to go so ill just sit right here and have another beer in mexico do my best to waste another day sit right here and have another beer in mexico let the warm air melt these blues away maybe ill settle down and get married or stay single and stay free which road ill travel its still a mystery to me so ill just sit right here and have another beer in mexico oh, you sound good do my best to waste another day sit right here and have another beer in mexico let the warm air melt these blues away down here in mexico new york city, good to see you this morning Kenny Chesney, thanks. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. My name is Julia Grinberg i work in ehere in San Francisco. G e my job is to help my customer save money, save energy and save the environment. When it comes to Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency pg e is absolutely committed to creating a clean energy future. One out of every four solar rooftops in america is in our service area. I loved growing up in the bay area. Its wonderful to work in the in the city where i live and help my neighbors and i feel the work that i do reflects that every single day. Announcer todays take trending on twitter today. What have we got . These are things we say too much apparently. At the end of the day. Next one . Hoda . Oh, sorry. By the way, they said you said during tuesdays trend, you said okay through the whole thing youre not youre watching today in the bay. Good Tuesday Morning. Its 9 56. Im sam brock. Santa clara st. Council members will vote on whether to call on the 49ers to bench ray mcdonald until the outcome of the Domestic Violence charges. According to the chronicle, south bay Domestic Violence nonprofit next door proposed the resolution to santa claras mayor. The mayor initially said the city would issue a proclamation stating santa claras position on Domestic Violence but not mentioning mcdonald specifically. Next door lashed out saying the city was trying to protect business interests and the mayor agreed to discuss the resolution at tonights meeting, mentioning the 49ers, but not specifically the defensive end mcdonald. Still relatively early on your work week. Lets check in with christina. Yeah, first day of fall and beautiful conditions all across the board. 81 for the north bay, 71 in San Francisco. East shore looking good at 74 degrees and not too hot and big changes coming your way as we head through tomorrow. Mild today. By tomorrow evening, showers arrive. Throughout thursday, widespread rainfall towards the bay area, not going to last for long. Well tell you just how long and how much were expecting where you live today at 11 00. First heres mike and your drive. Christina, a slow drive. Better news, look at this shot through dublin. This looks bad but it continues to show improvement. The map will show you the reason why. Slow west 580, look at things moving better up towards el costa, where we had until just a few minutes ago all but one lane closed. We have now three lanes open northbound. Earlier crash, material spill, took awhile to clean up. Now you have a smoother drive approaching that area, south bay still has your northbound slowing, especially 87, where the latest crash has cleared. Another scattered incident. Back to you. Welcomed news there on 580 as drivers still trying to get to work. Close to 10 00 in the morning. See you in 25 minutes. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. We just want to point something out. Yes. We dont kow how we get on the air any day. We dont. Especially on booze day, tuesday, september 23rd, first full day of fall and wouldnt you know, no card. Well wing this. Were going to wing it. Lets have a little sip. Sometimes on certain days i dont drink. A fantastic show today. We have a great show. Paula deen is here with her boys, bobby and jamie, they were on with matt earlier. They have a lot to say, theyll catch us up on this past year. Im looking forward to hearing her and having her sit down with us. We always had a great time with them. Many, many, many times. Im hoping this is the beginning of a brandnew episode for them. A dark year and something new is happening. And you know who else is here . Elvis durant is here. I love when he comes with his artists. And Taylor Kinney from chicago fire. And Andrew Reynolds from broadway. He was so talented in everything he does. Hes got to fill some very tall stilettos on broadway now. Hes taking over for Neil Patrick Harris. A lot of people know him from girls. So get ready. Okay, we have some news. And that is that kris jenner has officially filed for divorce. They have been separated, she and bruce have been separated for a while now, living in separate homes, right . About nine months i guess, yes. They decided it was time. No lawyers, they just decided they were going to split some stuff and go on their way. Conscious uncoupling. Yes. And you know what, obviously, it upset me very much when i first learned they were going to break up. But it is their marriage, their lives and theyre two of the friendliest people ive ever seen for people getting divorced. Right. They get along . Yeah, yeah, yeah. They built, whatever they have, they built together. She told me about a month ago they had long since settled all of the money stuff. Okay. Just a matter of making it official. Yeah. When you have that many children together, theyll be bonded together for the rest of their lives. I heard they were married for are 23 years, a long time. I guess i didnt realize. Kylie is the only one under 18. Yes, shes 17. Kendall will turn 19 in november and kylie turned 17 in august. All right. All right, we wish them the best. I hate divorce. I do too. If you make the best out of it, theyll stay friends and dont make your children choose, thats the key. The voice, you guys, is back big time. I was sitting there and watching and i wondered, we have new judges, all right. We have pharrell and gwen stefani and adam and blake. They kicked it off. I wasnt sure what to expect from the new ones. There were a couple of breakouts. Lets take a look at the very paula deen needs to hold it down over there. Lets see the first four chair turn. Take a look. When the moon and the sun goes down baby, please i know a thing or two about blue eyed soul. I know you do. You can ask justin. Oh, my gosh. You can ask robin. I have no doubt that pharrell could probably make an amazing record on you and thats going to be awesome when he does it after you and i win this show. Thats what we need to do first. I got to say one thing, i have say it, it is a learning curve with the show. Blake and i had the advantage over the last few years. Thats a unique skill set. Can i Say Something for just a second . These two guys on the end, theyre kind of calling it in at this point. What . They have been doing it so long, you know . We have been winning for so long. Okay. So little tension, perhaps. Heres what i think. Pharrell was amazing. Okay. People were clamoring to go to him, which was great. And gwen stefani, im crazy about, she has such a bubbly a lot of people dont know her personality and they love the person emerging. And blake is awesome. Yes, he is. So are you dissing adam . A little bit. So he chose pharrell. Yes, he did. And i think adam seems to be beating his chest a little, like this is my house. Sexiest man on the planet or are something, just married the uber model. Hes sitting on top of his chair, not in it. Hoisted atop it. What hes doing hes got to be careful because pride comes before the fall. Yes. Betsy johnson knows that, god love her. We love betsy. Shes like 72 years old. Shes not like 72 years old. Shes 72 years old, a fashion and jewelry designer, fantastic. Always ends her runway shows with cartwheels and very limber. She always has lots of makeup on, big hair, crazy clothes, but she toned it down they did a make under. Lets take a look. Wanna from fun girls wanna have they just wanna girls just wanna have fun i feel completely remade by tony. This is tony. I am tonys work. What did he say to you when he talked about doing you over a little bit . He said he loves me and wants me to feel on stage like im pretty and i never felt pretty. Oh, my god. 72 and she said i never felt pretty. We love her. Shes got such spunk. Shes been with us before. And shes got a beautiful spirit. So and she does a signature split, a cartwheel and split, at 72, and she can still she brings it. The first week out, she had a malfunction with the boa or something. America saved her on that. Wouldnt it be awesome if a 72yearold goes on and wins it . I bet it could happen. I saw her at one of those Breast Cancer runs, and she said, what do you think . Am i going to make it through the first week . I said youll have people rallying for you. So, again, that make under looked great. You know this well. Yes. Kenny rogers and dolly parton, when they sing, they make beautiful music. And there is always some unde e undeniable connect between those two. Theyre big flirts. Kenny has been flirting with dolly and dolly with kenny for over 30 years. He was asked if whether they had taken it further, at any point . He said their relationship never went beyond a massive flirtation because they didnt want to ruin a perfectly good friendship. Yeah, yeah. I do believe thats true. Because dolly would tell you otherwise. Dolly doesnt keep secrets. She would say, yeah, i did. She would tell you. She wouldnt lie about it. Dont you love that, though, when there is such a heavy, awesome flirt and i know you know what that feels like . On occasion. On occasion. Feels awesome, though, doesnt it . Youre married but not dead, you know . You can still feel a little flutter. Youve known both of them for years . I have. Love them dearly. When youre around the two of them, it is palpable. It is just but, boy, are they friends to one another. When youve been through that much together, you know, there is a bond. And you know, you have friends like that. They would be the first person i think the other one would call if they desperately needed someone. I love that song they sing together you cant make old friends. You cant make old friends i love that song. I took a guitar lesson last night. Alert the media. Im number eight. You know what is easy, though, eagles songs because they have the same four or five chords. Theyre pretty intricate melodically. I dont know about that. I just go g, a. Can you change chords that fast . Im learning. Im proud of you. That information was important. What else is in the program . I dont know. This is supposed to be amazing. This a few years ago a video of a man reunited with a lion he raised. There must be something about lions, because there is a new video of another lion remembering someone from her past. A reunion between a lioness and the man who raised her. The look at that. Now lives at the wildlife project in botswana. He raised yeah, show that again. I couldnt see the lion jump up in his face. Oh, yeah. Oh, my god. Look at this. Isnt that amazing . Oh, my gosh. I missed half of it, but it was deeply moving. Thats amazing. Okay, so, tomorrow what . I get to do my shine a light project. Oh, hoda, this is really going to be amazing. We tease each other a lot, but hoda had an incredible idea. And you want to tell them about it . I wanted to do a music video that would make money for kids who have cancer. I was trying to think of anthemy songs and Sarah Bareilles brave is an anthem for young kids battling cancer. I was trying to think of what song could we mash up and Cyndi Laupers true colors is the one that worked. So they came together in studio and put those two songs in the blender and came up with an incredible anthem. And it is called truly brave. Im telling you, you played it for me, and you start to cry. I havent seen it with the footage from the hospital and the children. So bravo to you, hoda woman. Tomorrow it will start. The ladies go gaga. You can see why, Taylor Kinney is with us. And paula deen has something cooking for all of her fans. And paula deen has something cooking for all of her fans. And she brought her boys nineteen years ago, we thought, and paula deen has something cooking for all of her fans. And she brought her boys wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad . So we gave people the power of the review. 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Unless youve been under a rock, i had a little rough patch. When dee and her brother bubba hires were sued by a former restaurant manager over allegations of Sexual Harassment and Racial Discrimination. She admitted under oath she used the n word. I have never, with any intention, hurt anybody on purpose. Last june, matt sat down with paula during the height of the controversy for an emotional interview. So ill ask it to you bluntly, are you a racist . No, no, im not. By birth, by choice, by osmosis, you dont feel you have racist tendencys . No. The damage to the food empire was done, she was dropped by Major Business partners like the food network, qvc, target and walmart. Guess what . Several months later, all charges from the lawsuit were dismissed. Out of the spotlight, the queen of southern cooking is moving on to her next course. Welcome to the paula deen network. Deen is stepping back into the kitchen for a new digital venture, the paula deen network, a be subscription based online channel that will air all her old shows and original content. A new start after a troubled year. Lets get cooking. And paula is here with us with her sons bobby and jamie. Good morning. Great to see you guys. I love you girls so much. I would say i missed you all, but i havent. You watch us. Every morning. What is it like, you know, because there are people who the last time they have seen or heard from you was back just like when that piece was, a year ago, you were in the middle of all those allegations, what is it like to look back at those times . Do you feel different now . I cant look at those tapes. Im still the same person ive always been. I havent changed. I have great compassion for every human being, and four legged anything that has a heart beat, i have great compassion. It is a hard time for all of us. It was hard. It would have been for anybody. Youre blind sided by Something Like that. I was blind sided. How important was of love of these boys in your recovery from this thing . You know, kathie lee, i held them and i cried and i apologized because i wanted to give them wings. I wanted to build them up, and be able to say, go, go do it. We built a beautiful business together. Yeah. That was probably the all the friends i had made out there. Mmhmm. You know, i had thought for years i just want to be there for them. You never know when youre looking down that little cube whos out there, who is having a hard time, and those people count on you. You know whats interesting, the whole Racial Discrimination lawsuit, and a lot of things get lost in the sauce, but the Racial Discrimination lawsuit ended up being dismissed. Yes. Never saw that anywhere. Right. I guess that must have been part of the frustration at the end of this, right . Because you wanted to say, did you see . Thats the reality of the world we live in today. What is the lowest point for you guys . I think knowing that mom was heart broken and she felt like she had somehow disappointed us, but we have been through so many challenges, you know, and we have always been together as a family. Nobody has an easy road. But it is your attitude and sticking together and, but you never know, because you face a challenge and it can put you in a position you never dreamed of and now were doing our own network. Were doing our were a hard working family and now were doing it for ourselves. We want to talk about that too. When the sponsors dropped you, were you surprised, did you understand . What did that feel like . It was very painful, i didnt understand because a lot of these people i had been with 12, 10, 12 years. And we had relationships. And did they call and tell you or just do it . No, it was kind of announced on the news. Thats cold. That is i got an alert on my phone is how i heard a lot of the news. Thats only one piece of it. It is so hard to figure out. You find out who your friends are. Quickly. You find out who they are and who they arent. That has to be a great lesson. You learn all your lessons in a valley. It is hard to learn anything on top and everything is great and you go through a challenge, my mother lost her parents at a young age and, you know, she and my father were challenged in their relationship growing up, but now my two boys, you learn by example. Sometimes what to do and what not to do. You have a new venture. Hey. Big new venture. So excited. Yes, honey. Nobody is sitting in an office, telling me how to make my sauce, honey. Were doing it ourselves. It is inactive. Really . Interactive. Thats the future. Interactive. Im so excited. And did you all hear that i bought back everything ive ever every piece of work ive ever done from the food network. Yes. Give me my stuff back. Yes. I bought the rights back. So you can air all that stuff on your digital channel . And new content. Were going to put two vintage shows on a week. Working for a year on all these shows. We have been the work had to be a life saver for you too . We had to keep it secret. We had to keep it a secret. That was so hard. But i went from 100 miles an hour to zero. That didnt last long. I had a year. Youve been working on the show. Yes. I had been working behind the scenes all of that time. Theres more. Youre coming back to cook. Remember that . I forgot to tell you all this check out the paula deen network. Stick around. Shell be back. A sweet treat. What was it . Music from rihanna, eminem and now music for herself. But it wasnt always that way. Ahh ahhhh let go let go no. No, budget. No. But thanks to fingerhut. Com we got approved to shop with low monthly payments. Theyve got over 70,000 items from brands like samsung, dyson, dewalt. All you gotta do is click on over to fingerhut. Com. And get the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great stuff. 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If supervisors pass the resolution today, the Health Department would have until september to develop a plan addressing the education and affordability of the drug. The goal is to make it available for people who would like to take it but cant afford to. We have a look at weather and traffic after the break. Welcome back now, im meteorologist christina loren. First day of fall, temperatures a touch above average, but not too bad, not too hot. 80 degrees for the south bay, 71 degrees, spectacular sunshine for today, and 81 degrees in the north bay. Heres the deal, today we stay nice and mild. By tomorrow evening we have showers on the way, especially up in the north bay by about 5 00 p. M. , then widespread rainfall, the entire bay area getting wet on thursday. More today at 11 00. First lets check your drive. Hey, christina. Looking towards 580, live shot looks much better. Well show you the slower drive, north 680 still jammed. One of our road warriors is out there. Said he got past the scene of it, yes indeed, one lane blocked, but it is still a slow drive. 580 continues to recover coming out of livermore and a smooth drive now until you get up to highway 84. Bay bridge still has a crowd. Back to you. Sounds good. We have more local news coming up for you in a half hour. See you then. Were back with more of today on this brain teaser tuesday. Before the break, we gave you this riddle to solve. How can you make seven even . We kind of gave it away because we were standing in front of the s. Yes. The answer is pretty simple, just re move the s from the word seven. You get it. The reason some people dont get it right away is because seven is a number, and you dont automatically associate numbers with letters. Can we get to a grammy Award Winning star of screen. Andrew reynolds is here. Now andrew is back on stage, hes got a very big platform, big shoes to fill, taking over Neil Patrick Harris role as is the star of hedwig and the angry inch. Only because he won the tony and everything. No big deal. What is the pressure . Thank you so much for having me. Can we start with girls . Do you love lena dunham . I love lena dunham. We just finished our Fourth Season in august. I couldnt ask for a better Work Experience than that. Shes the best. Werent you gone, for, like, a little crazy going from rehearsals for hedwig and finishing up girls and dong a movie with de niro and Anne Hathaway . Yes. Thats called on a roll, baby. Want to make it as complicated as possible. I was very lucky to be asked to do a few things that all sort of happened at once. And but you say yes to everything and then cross your fingers that the timing works out. And luckily it all worked out. How do you do it . I know from kath, doing eight shows a week is grueling work. I had to train myself to sort of think like one day at a time. The movie is called the intern, comes out next year. Didnt she do its complicated. I love that movie. The movies are so real. Really fantastic. Ive been lucky in the past couple years to work with people, like nancy is a great example of a woman who writes directs and produces her own material. Lena does the same thing. You got to do it. You do. Were you freaked out about stepping in ing intping into ne harris shoes . Yeah, it was very intimidating, but i love the show, the show was so the music is fantastic. And i think the story is really beautiful and it looks like such a crazy, obviously the pictures are sort of insane, but the story is really very simple, really sweet story about finding this idea of, like, finding your other half, if thats even a thing. Does that exist . Is that a thing . Youve done it before, right . In germany or something. I wish. Close to germany, austin, texas. Okay, sorry. In austin. 6 00 in the morning when im coming in, austria looks like austin. I knew youve done it before. When i was on tour with the jersey boys, years ago, we met what . In tampa. Do you remember . What happened . Im talking about tampa. You were so wonderful. I was, you know, we would go to every city for like a month and do jersey boys. And we were doing like our press, you know, junket, like, wake up, tampa, or whatever the show is called. And the driver we said after i drop you guys off, im picking up Kathie Lee Gifford. I said you tell Kathie Lee Gifford Andrew Reynolds send his love and you called my bluff and you the stage manager came to my dressing room 15 minutes before the show and is like Kathie Lee Gifford is here to see you. Did you show up . You came and said hello to all of us. I have a picture. You were so nice. You were doing a show in the same complex. But i was, like what does that mean to you to watch her walk in . Just be careful what you, you know me being some bratty guy. You were so you were so lovely. Everything youve performed, you bring so much to each thing you do. He stars in hedwig and the angry inch through october 12th. 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A name you may not know yet, but youre gonna. She made her mark as a writer of the original version of eminem and rihannas hit the song monster, now out with her own debut single. It is called i cant stop drinking about you. So far so good. She, bebe is going to take off to the moon. What was it about had her . The sound of her voice, her writing ability, what drew you to her . It is a full package. Shes a new yorker, staten islander. Has attitude. Brooklyn, baby. Come on, girl. She loves edm. Shes friends with david guetta. But you hear her song today, which kathie lee said she wrote it originally. No, i said the lyrics. Years ago with larry gatlin, nobody cared. Were anxious to hear your version. You want to do it . Yes. Bebe rexha. Excellent. No ones gonna love you like i do no ones gonna care like i do i know you dream of her while you sleep next to me i cant stop drinking about you i cant stop drinking about you without you the same this makes everything b bett better whoa, i cant stop whoa, i cant stop drinking about you i cant stop drinking about you without it being the same no ones gonna love you like i do yeah. Thats real different than larry. Thank you so much. Do you like performing or writing better . Performing. She opened up for usher and bruno mars. Good for you. Thanks, elvis. It is Family Affair in the kitchen. Paula deen and her boys are going to whip up a decadent dessert. And one of chicagos bravest, and also one of the finest. And one of chicagos bravest, and also one of the finest. Were oh, theres an Energy Crisis happening, alright. A human one. And its time to fight it. Quakers good energy is just what you want. Its how we help keep gogetters like you, going, and getting. One bite at a time. 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Who cares, im alive. We wont give it away who didnt make it out. There is reason for your trauma there. Not everybody does. We left season two, there is a big structure fire and some people dont make it out. So when you get the scripts right before, is that when you learn your fate as youre paging through and reading it is a bit ominous. It is scary. You dont know if youre going to be having to pack your bags and hit the hills. The unemployment line. Yeah. This show has done so well on its own. There is also that spinoff chicago pd, you make some appearances on that as well, right . We did crossovers. I know, you know, sophia bush, it is all one family, so you have there is relationships there where monicas character, dawson, is friends with johns character. And we try to make it as seamless as we can. Everybody is just sleeping with everybody. Kind of. I dont know if thats, like, the mo, but it kind of it just happens. It calls for great storytelling. When gaga is watching, you know she must be, and she sees you having one of those great romantic scenes with sophia bush or someone im sure shes mad. I try to stay really far away from the she does her share of flirting on stage, come on. Actually, she has an album coming out today with tony bennett. It is everywhere. Everywhere. He was just in brussels. Shes touring right now and he was he was with her last night and they put on a show together. Do you ever before i gaga home to the family for thanksgiving . Sure. And is she decked out . No, she dresses as a turkey and then, you know, filling and stuff around and we have fun with that. A little kinky. It is always kinky. Does your mom liker . Loves her, yeah. You seem look a happy guy. Im a happy camper. I dont have much to complain about. Were happy for you. Chicago fire. 10 00, 9 00 central. Right here on nbc. How do you like them apples . Bobby, jamie all of them in the kitchen. And an all american dessert. It is time to take you into todays kitchen and you cant have paula deen here without doing a little southern cooking. Since today is the first day of autumn, that means apples are ripe for the picking. So theyre cooking up some pride apple pie. By the way, all of these your new show, the recipes, all things paula deen are going to be on this new Digital Network . Everything plus more. Where is that thing . Where is the Digital Network. And where can you find it . Hello. Wow. Paula deen, i know, i never heard never done tv, have you . Paula deen network. Paula deen network. Is that so hard . She doesnt want to talk over anybody. What are you doing . Two tablespoons of butter in a hot skillet and ive got some macintosh and granny smith. Okay. And were going to add to the apples half a cup of sugar, some lemon juice and little bit of cinnamon. Feel free to help me. Let me get the apples in first. Paula, were cooking over here. I know. Paula doesnt have a rolling pin. Thats all right. Just smash it. Look here. Im just going to put lemon juice and cinnamon. Hes cooking over here. Hes cooking the apples. Paula, you got to run it. Listen here, then were going to take our water. Whats happening over here . Let me tell you all about this network. It is interactive, we stream it 24 7. We will make your grocery list for you. We will transfer it to your phone when you go to the Grocery Store, it takes you to the aisles where youre shopping. And i dont know about yall, but every time i go to the Grocery Store, if i dont have a list, i pick up so much more junk. So, if i have a list, ill go right by that list. Now fork it, just like that. It syncs device to device. You come back to it on your tablet later on, it will pick up right where you left off. Thats cool. And you try it for two weeks, it is free, and let me tell yall, girl, this network is smarter than any member in our family. Is that right . Collectively. Collectively, honey. Am i telling the truth, guys . The fact it is interactive is cool. Were excited for you. Were so excited. And you know we now own everything that we ever have done. Right. You put that heat up. Look here, yall. Find the recipe on klgandhoda. Com. Is it over . In here. Look how simple that was. Hoda we are using were using frozen puff pastry. You can use pie shells. You can use canned biscuits. Yeah. And, hoda, look here, when you have your thing like this, you have to take your water on your fingers, is anybody listening yep, yep. Im not worried about talking over anybody, im just talking. So, but, see, you have to wet that edge so it will stick. If you dont do that were having eight conversations. What is this segment . I like it. What matters is these are delicious. Like it . With some ice cream. Jessica simpson is with us. Shes cooking up Something Special for are her kids too. And have an awesome booze day tuesday, everyone. You know what tomorrow . Wines day wednesday. I love it. Of course you do. Paul wa deen network. Roost nbc bay area news starts now. Last night on my orders, Americas Armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria. You heard correctly, the u. S. Launches attacks against some of the most dangerous militants in the world, but this fight is not americas fight alone. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Im sam brock. And im kris sanchez. The war on isis has widened today in the socalled Islamic State home country of syria. The first u. S. Attacks, but surely not the last, target the not just isil, but other jihad groups, as well, as part of a massive air campaign as promised by president obama. The overall effort wil t