Mission that brought her to capitol hill and balancing her passion and fame. If theres more attention paid for whatever reason for that oh, you know the reason. Then i think thats good. And is this the Winning Ticket . And are these tennesseeans the first winners to come forward in that recordbreaking Powerball Lottery . They have not even gone to officials yet because they want to make their announcement right here in studio 1a today, friday, january 15th, 2016 announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson who is in for matt. Fair to say theres a little buzz. Take a shot at that ticket again. That could be one of the three Winning Tickets right there. Unbelievable. Those are the numbers, and thats the ticket, says john and Lisa Robinson. They are from mumford, tennessee. They have not even gone to the lottery officials yet. They say they bought this on wednesday night. Were going to talk to them. They have told just a few members of their family. Lisa called her office manager, take a listen. I have a big favor to ask. I need you to watch the today show, and i wont be in today. Just watch the today show, please. I know, but i wont make it in today. Ill call you and ill probably be in monday. If you let me. Okay. Thank you. Bye. Might go into work on monday. Well talk to john and lisa at the moment. Its politics, republican candidates for president clashing in their first debate of the new year, a night dominated by the growing rivalry cruz, the two frontrunners. Weve got complete coverage, and well start with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Immediately after the debate donald trump himself may have put it best saying the bromance is over. With the days ticking down to iowa, nono mr. Nice between between trump and cruz, the two guys engaging in a fierce back and forth. The clash in carolina. So you should go out, get a declaratory judgment, let the courts decide. And why are you saying this now . Why now, why are you raising this issue now . Because now hes doing a little bit better. No, i didnt care before. Its true. Reporter dominated by a pair of bitter exchanges between donald trump and ted cruz, one over canada, the other about new york. First on cruzs eligibility to be president. My friend donald said that he had his lawyers look at this from every which way, and there was noish uthere. Now [ laughter ] since september, the constitution hasnt changed. [ laughter ] but the poll numbers have. And trump, with a powerful defense of what cruz criticized is his new york values. Not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. Im just saying. When the World Trade Center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york, and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that ted made. Cruz also fended off questions about the New York Times reporting that he failed Goldman Sachs in 2012. If thats the best hit that the New York Times has got, they better go back to the well. Reporter cruz and marco rubio collided over immigration. You used to support people saying. Research folder on the debate stage but at least half of the things marco said are flat out false. Rubio and Chris Christie butting heads, both men trying to consolidate establishment support. You had your chance, marco. You blew it. Here in South Carolina trump embraced the states governor nikki haley who days ago urged gop voters not to be tempted by the angriest voices. Im very angry because our country is being run horribly, and i will gladly accept the mantle of anger. But once again the nights biggest target, barack obama and the democrats trying to succeed him. On tuesday night i watched story time with barack obama, and ive got to tell you, it sounded like everything in the world was going amazing, you know. If she gets elected her first 100 days instead of setting an agenda, she might be going back and forth between the white house and the courthouse. Were going to win every state if Bernie Sanders is the nominee. With just two and a half candidates desperate to be heard. Well, im very happy to get a question this early on. I was going to ask you to wake me up when the time came. Reporter main debate stage is now whittled down to seven candidates, but in that undercard debate Carly Fiorina came out swinging. In her Opening Statement with a personal swipe at Hillary Clinton. Take a listen. The truth is ive had and been blessed which a lot of opportunities to do a lot of things in my life, and unlike another woman in this race, i actually love spending time with my husband. Reporter just one more Republican Debate before the first nominating contest in iowa. Savannah and carson. All right. Peter, thank you so much. Chuck todd, nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press is up here, up late and early with us. Thats what we all do now. This seems like more and more a trump and cruz race. It is, and i thought last night what was interesting, ill i feel like those three they had the debate, and jeb bush and christie tried to get involved, but you can really feel the top tier there, because if you look at it, the three of them all had all had some moments. I thought cruz did really well in the first part, rubio really well in the last part of the debate but trump, not many people came after him other than cruz and he actually this was his best debate performance to date. I dont think you could say he won, but i might argue that because he was touched the least that hes overall going to get gained the most. He did get booed a couple of times. He did at first, its interesting. If it wasnt for the crowd, i dont know if ted cruz would be seen to have done as well. They were for cruz. That was very pro cruz. That helped him early. He sort of fed off of it a little bit. Trump i thought it rattled him early and then he sort of got comfortable, okay, this crowd is not for me. Cruz brings up the new york issue. Papers are all over him today that. Must have been a blow to him from trump. Well, it is, i think, you look, it may not hurt him in iowa. My late father, he grew up in iowa and he who say oh, those new yorkers, he would say thats better than us. That can actually help cruz in a place like iowa, but i think having this intensity, and the way donald trump handled it, i have to say that was one of those, like this is a guy who is growing as a candidate. That answer on 9 11, and he did it without sort of an in your face aspect. Taking the high road when given the opportunity to counterpunch on nikki haley. What about the eligibility for cruz . Did cruz end it . Is it still out there or is this going to float out there and be an issue for trump . Theres reports that somebody actually filed the first lawsuit. It has unnerved cruz. What got him to attack trump, he avoided it for six months. This has now rat the him. Were now on day seven where every day hes had to answer questions about this, so, no, i dont think its going away. Chuck todd, thank you very much. All right. Winning tickets sold in wednesdays recordshattering powerball jackpot. As we said, we have in our studio a couple who claims to hold one of those Winning Tickets from tennessee. Were going to talk to them in just a few minutes but first nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more on the search for the other two winners. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Heres what we know is fact. The 7eleven behind me is three stores that sold perfect lottery tickets, the other one in florida and tennessee and so far this morning theres no official winner. Just as fast as the frenzy, there was the farce. As soon as crowds rushed the store that sold the Winning Ticket, stories surfaced from those who claim they hit it big. Im excited for them, and i dont even know who it is. Reporter in florida, reporters chasing rumors. One woman from her home forced to release a statement. I am not the powerball winner. On instagram, this ticket of a man with the winning numbers, dismissed as a phony, all photoshopped. Just miles from the store where someones dream did come true. Helicopter in the air and news cruise on the ground at this nursing home, headlines claimed a mother of seven in her 60s working the night shift won it all. If she did win, hey, thats what we want. Reporter the story read like a novel, a son calling his mom who said she had won when like everyone else she had just lost. Shes like the sweetest person, and i dont know that would really be a terrible joke. Reporter a joke for someone but not all. 73 tickets nearly hit the jackpot, good for 1 million in cash. One shared by a group of kentucky teachers, a lesson in economics, a doze of good faith. This was actually the very first time ive ever bought a ticket. Reporter but this morning there is still that Million Dollar question. Who won that billion dollar jackpot . Know who hit the jackpot, if they are couples or if they were part of pools. They say they are checking surveillance tapes at stores like this one to try to confirm but only way they will have an official answer is when folk walk through their doors with an authorized ticket. Savannah and carson, back to you guys. Miguel almaguer. That brings us to the lucky couple who say they are holding the ticket one held in moneyford, tennessee. They are here with their daughter tiffany and their attorney and his daughter. Good morning, guys. Can we see that ticket . You keeping it nice and close to your heart. Its not going very far. Sleeping with it under your pillow. No, no, no, i didnt go that far. From the outset, guys, you havent gone to the lottery officials yet in tennessee. No. So theres no way for us to officially verify that you are the winners. We have done a lot of work to verify your employment, where you live. You live right next to the Grocery Store, weve done a lot why were bring you guys are claiming to be the winners. Its official yet so i just wanted to get that out. Why though did you decide not to go to the lottery officials yet and come to us first . Well, actually it was his idea. Your lawyers idea. You didnt you were worried about going public right away. Right, right. And what was your thought, joe. The American Public wants to hear from them are and even though they want to be private after this is over they want to, you know, let the public know that they are the winners. Okay. And so well get back to the story because its kind of interesting how you found us. We didnt find you. You found us, but, first, lets just talk about wednesday night, powerball fever. Okay. Its almost 7 00. The deadline is in two hours. You decide to go to the Grocery Store. What happened . Actually i was on my way home from work. Okay. And she had called me and she said are you going to stop and get a couple lottery tickets . I said i really didnt feel like stopping that night. So when i stopped and i buy my lottery tickets, i always buy four at a time because theres four members of my family and i always do a quick pick single ticket. Okay. So i went and got my lottery tickets at the Grocery Store and came home and i wasnt feeling good and i handed the tickets to her. I said im going to go lay down. Take us from there, lisa. Youre watching the powerball and the numbers are coming out, youre holding your ticket and walk us through that. I wrote them down because i had other tickets his other three to look at, so i was like, im going to write them down. I wrote the numbers down and i got to looking and i saw it and i was i looked again. Theres the same, and the third time i went running down the hallway, john, john, youve got to check these numbers and i started him because he was asleep on the couch. What did you think when you first woke up. Did you believe it. She said check these numbers and i said objection i looked at them and i said, yeah, they look checked them actually four times and i said ill believe it when the news comes on in the morning and, hey, theres a winner in mumford. Did you stay up all night . Well, we were up all night. We didnt get up late and he didnt feel too good anyway. That story is verified. Sure enough. We dont leave our house. Well, we started seeing the news the local News Networks there hanging out in mumford. They already knew that it was in money munford. And the media was at every store but the store. Where i bought the ticket. What have the last 48 hours been like for you and your family . I mean, are you sitting there dreaming about what were going to do . Are you excited . Are you scared . Are you elated . Are you nervous . How do you feel . Actually a little scared because i didnt know exactly what to do. I knew that i wanted to get an accountant. I knew that i wanted to get a the the procedures. You know, that they tell you to follow. My eyes cant go off your right hand, john. Youre holding a ticket that could be worth north of 500 million in your front pocket. Youre Walking Around new york city. Im nervous for you. Now ill be nervous because everybody knows. When will you go to the lottery officials in. Were leaving straight from here. Lisa, have you let yourself dream about what this means for you and your life . A couple of things. Sally mae paid off. Goodbye, no more loans for you, tiffany. Other than that we really havent had time i do plan on hoping to work for a little while. You said uld be back to work. You must love your job. Actually i do. Its so funny. We heard one end of that conversation where you just called and your Office Administrator and said im not shes like what did you say . Did yall win, did yall win . Shes watching right now. I hope she is. Well, your story is extraordinary, and i want to say that Something Else really remarkable happened which was you were brought into touch with joe, your lawyer who then said, you know, it would make sense to Call National media outlet because then that way you have control over the story. That was your thinking, right, joe . You called your daughter eileen who happens to be a reporter in memphis and tell us now, eileen, how you got in touch with us, because its a story, too. Well, i goggled how do you call nbc, and i called and got passed up the line and eventually talked to a producer and they were rightly had a little bit suspicious and we talked through it it, and decided to make it happen. Wow. You called our switchboard. Were giving a raise to everybody who answers the knowns who in your world . Just our immediate family. Everybody now knows. Just your immediate family knew up until a few minutes ago. Well, when we verified it that morning at 4 30, i tried to get her over to the house. I tried to tell her, hey, i need there was some advil or something. I need you to bring them over shes lives down the road from us, and i says i need you to bring them to the house. Well, she didnt bring them to the house. She got somebody else to bring them to the house, so i had to stop what i was doing and i had to go over to her house, and me and her mother said sit down, listen, weve got to talk to you. Tiffany, what did you think when you heard this . I was excited and they are vows at the same time. Did you google how much are private jets. No, no. I didnt i didnt actually know anything really at that point. I went into work so i worked all day. Must be hard to be munford weve been there forever. Have you had friends say going on, i wonder who won the lottery. We had to ignore a lot of calls and we didnt want to have to a lot of texts. Yeah. Extraordinary story. Well, i have to tell you i do have some family in tennessee. So its possible were fourth or fifth cousins. You may need them to hide out then. John and lisa, congratulations to you. Joe and eileen, thank you for bringing us the story. Keep you us posted and well try to get you out of here. Thanks for having us. Thank you so much. Get a check of the weather now with al. Mom, dad google adopt a weather man. Anyway, congratulations, guys. Good for you. Thank you. Well, weve been talking about this cold air coming. Remember a cole years ago when the polar vortex got in. Well, this is the difference between whats happened then and stronger vortex, compact, its always up there. The cold air is contained. Two years ago it all shifted down and thats why we got such brutally cold air. Weve got a weak polar vortex right now so its a little more wavy and that lets little lobes of cold air break off and thats what were going to be seen over this weekend and here comes the cold air. Look at the next three days. Minneapolis, youre 1 above and dropped down to 7 below on sunday. New york city, 48 tomorrow. By monday its 30. 14 in cleveland and monday thrown in indianapolis, and it gets all the way down south. Look at raleigh. 58 tomorrow. 37 on monday, and knoxville, 45 saturday and monday 32 degrees. That cold air really sets in for at least the next several days. Thats what you heard is lisas phone blowing up. Thank you, al. Boycott the oscars. Theres a growing backlash against the allwhite acting nominations for a second straight year. Plus, an nbc news exclusive. Amal clooney, a rising star in the legal world, and, yes, wife of George Clooney, opening up about her career, her celebrity this is today on nbc. We work weekends here. Because it works for our patients. Here, at Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia, we give our patients the freedom to make appointments that fit their schedules, even on weekends. 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Reporter Security Officials tell nbc news that the two marine helicopters with a total of 12 marines on board were on a nighttime Training Mission off the island walua in hawaii when they crashed, a midair collision. Coast guard helicopters have arrived, spotted a burning debris field in the water and an empty life raft, but so far no sign of any survivors. Obviously the cause of the crash not known. Continue, but, according to u. S. Military officials, again, apparently no survivors spotted so far in the crash of those two marine helicopters overnight. Savannah . All right, mick, i know youll keep an eye on it. Reporter you bet. In other news this morning, the cd csection pected to warn women who are or hope to become pregnant to avoid traveling in certain parts of latin america and the caribbean, the concern it a mosquito born virus thats spreading form. Nbcs tom costello is talking to the countrys Health Experts. Reporter experts are calling this a pandemic in the making. The cdc individualsing this is a really strong action in response to the virus which poses risk to adults but for babies in the womb it can be devastating. The photographs capture heartbreak and fear. Babies born in brazil with abnormally small heads and brains who often die. Health experts believe mosquitos are spreading the zika virus, then pass it on to unborn babies. Now with the rio summer olympics just months away the military has been called out to dump stagnant water and warn women to protect themselves from mosquitos. What is the zika virus . Its believe to have originated in uganda and quickly spread to other warm humid climates, and now more than a dozen countries in the caribbean, central and south america. In adults its usually nothing more serious than a short lived headache, joint pain and fever, but in unborn children, researchers believe the zika virus can lead to microcephaly which in many children is fatal. Among the world experts, dr. Peter hotez at Baylor College of medicine. Babies having a very small head and also having lots of neurological complications. This is a very serious birth defect, and whats so impressive is that theres been hundreds, perhaps thousands of these birth defects across latin america but particularly in northeastern brazil where its been most reporter now, Oxford University researchers have mapped out where the virus could spread if left unchecked. Eventually into southern coastal states, though cold weather should limit its spread. I dont expect at all that there will be a major outbreak of a mosquitoborn disease like this in the United States mostly because we have a climate issue in our favor. So far, no known cases here in the u. S. Of mosquitos spreading zika but mosquitos love hot humid area with stagnant water with trash piling up. Those areas along the gulf states in particular are of concern. One woman in texas was recently diagnosed as having the zika, texas and is thought to have contracted it while visiting latin america. Scary. Lets take a turn and get a check of the weather. Thats right. Weve got a noreaster coming which normally everybody kind of worries about snow. Well, not necessarily this time. Here it is. Its starting to push already through the southeast. Southern georgia and on into the southeast, in the carolinas. It pushes up during the day today. The southeast will see heavy rain, 2 to 3 inches. Rain and snow showers for the great lakes and then for late friday into saturday, rain from washington, d. C. Up into boston. Snow in new england, but the good news, that is if you dont like snow. All the cold air is back up in here so theres nothing but warm air here and all the moisture so we see rain. However, once that moves through we are going to see cold air filtering in across the great lakes and thats going to bring a lot of lakeeffect snow. Meantime, heavy rain down through florida, storm after storm, going to the bahamas, forget about it. Its going to be a mess but look at the snow that will be generated from northern new england, thats from the system moving through. This is lakeeffect snow making its way into western new york and look at all along the great lakes, up to a foot or more from and thats your latest weather. Savannah. All right, al. Thanks. Coming up. Well check in with our powerball couple. Their phones have been blowing up, mostly from calls from al. How their lives have changed in the last half hour after coming forward with what they say is one of the Winning Tickets. Also, coming, an interview first on u. S. Televisi all the hard work. Time in the service. Community college. It matters. Its why we, at university of phoenix, count your relevant work and College Experience as credits toward your degree. If youre looking to save money on your Medicare Part d prescriptions, walgreens says, carpe med diem. 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Well, shes been practicing law at the highest levels for the past 15 years and last year, of course, she married one of the most famous bachelors on the planet, but amal clooney had never sat down for a Network Interview until now. This week in washington she let us sit down with her and watch her at work as she pushes for action on a case she hopes she can get all of us to care about. When hollywoods favorite bachelor fell in love, the press couldnt get enough. Amal, whatever alchemy it is that brought us together, i couldnt be more proud to be your husband. It clearly wasnt just her George Clooneys attention. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the enron case, was an adviser to kofi annan regarding syria and was selected for a threeperson u. N. Commission investigating rules of war violations in the gaza strip. So tonight her husband is getting a Lifetime Achievement award. Oxford educated, she is a member of an elite group of top Flight International human rights lawyers working often for free under some of the most challenging of circumstances. Like her trip to the maldives in september to meet with her client, mohammed nashid, the countrys former president , now a prisoner, sentenced to 13 years for a terrorism conviction the u. N. Says was bogus. So before you went, your cocounsel was stabbed in the head. Do you worry about your safety . I mean, it wasnt the most comfortable position to be in, but, you know, i was determined to go. It meant a lot to me to meet considered a hero, and i was inspired by his leadership on climate justice, his leadership on human rights. If we do not act now, my island nation will be submerged by the rising sea. Reporter after a coup that forced him from office nashid was eventually dragged into court where he wasnt allowed to call even a single witness. Its very clear that this was just a sham trial designed to get him out of the political scene and in prison. And while the list of World Leaders now calling for nashids release is impressive. It is one of his lawyers, a reluctant celebrity, who may be getting the most traction. Many years ago Angelina Jolie said to me that she understood that she was going to get attention and if she could use all of that light and energy that was coming towards her and turn it around, i mean, is that how you feel about the celebrity . I think its wonderful that celebrities would choose to spend their time or energy or, you know, spotlight that they have to to raise awareness about these causes. Same way because im still doing the same job that i used to do before. If theres more attention paid for whatever reason to to that, then oh, you know the reason. Then i think thats good. You know, i think there is a certain responsibility that comes with that. I think im exercising it in an appropriate manner by continuing to do this kind of work. Clooney was in washington this week urging congress and the administration to get tough on the mounting human rights abuses in the maldives. She and cocounsel jarred genzer are pushing for travel restrictions on the countrys leaders and a freeze of their Bank Accounts until her client is released. The u. S. Values are at stake, democracy is at stake. And perhaps Even National security. The maldives has the highest rate of isis fighters being recruited from that country per capita in the world. At least 200 fighters who have gone to iraq and syria from the maldives. They are not calling for a i think its important for tourists to know the facts of whats happening in the mal divers. I dont think people realize that theres a flogging taking place a kilometer away when they are sunbathing at their resort. It is an uphill battle in fairness, it is. It is. I mean, if you are a lawyer and you want to take onsiers cases can you prosecute traffic violations or something. Youd have a very high rate of success and you could probably sleep more easily at night, but thats not what drives me. I want to work on cases that i feel the most passionate about. Youre not going to give up. No, its not an option. Clooney tells me that she left washington with a commitment that a sanctions resolution will be introduced in congress and a promise from senior government officials that they are considering taking serious action. Quite a woman. What was the reaction when youre walking through the halls of congress in washington with amal clooney, were heads turning . Everyone is too restrained to say and how is george, but, you know, you can tell, and there were lots of photographs taking operation. But to her credit shes continuing to do this work that means so much to her. Listen, shes not doing this has a celebrity. She is been doing this for 15 years. 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Not just keeping an eye on social media, keeping an eye on im their bodyguards, right now. Step aside, everybody. They are just adorable, and their good vibrations and everything being felt all over social media. You ready to see what people are saying. Yes. Here we go. I love, love, love this tennessee couple. They love of the lottery, great interview. This is my favorite grounded. Another sweet one from laura lynn. Loved seeing the lottery winning family from tennessee on the today show. Those are the kind of people who hope will win. Now you work in an office about 55 people, but your phone has rung a 500 times. How many people have your phone number . Obviously were listed. Not anymore. We will be going private. Guys, i asked john what was his ring tone, and you said its just like a whistle. But its on silent now. Its on silent now. And were debating what we should change the ringen to to. I think im going to leave it like it is because its vibrating on my hips, just let weve got a few more tweets and things coming in, guys. This one said todayshow, those people have the Winning Ticket, are they nuts traveling around with the ticket . Its not like somebody is going to run and grab you, on national tv like the today show. Nobody knew at this point and now we have our bodyguard coming around. And youre going straight back to tennessee to properly authenticate and hand it all over. Hand it over to the authorities. We wish you the best as do our viewers on social media. This one says im truly happy for this family from tennessee that won the powerball. These folks will know how to enjoy around use that money. So congratulations, again. Feeling good . Yes. Feeling nervous still . It hasnt real sunk in, yes, but a little nervous. Why is al roker still latched on your leg . That didnt sound right. We just love you guys, congratulations. 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Tonight rain moves in by this evening and lasts skies. Highs will be in the upper 50s. Winds west 1015mph. Well see a hours. Well see rain overnight, but it should move out by very early over on fox43, we have new details about a marine Helicopter Crash in now to fox 43. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, remembering rene. The outpouring of support for celine dion this morning after the sad passing of her husband and manager of over 20 years. What celine is saying about his long and courageous battle with cancer. Then, best cleanse ever . How about tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the unusual new diet craze thats taking the internet by storm with a wink, a nod and a side of gawk. I cant believe it and as the deep freeze sets in, it doesnt mean your style has to suffer. Well show you how to wear some of winters most popular trends, today, friday, january 15, 2016. Good morning, richmond, virginia good morning, South Carolina, celebrating our 27th birthiversary here at today. Good morning memphis from new york city. Thats my 40th birthday. Go tide. Here from alabama its 8 00 on today. Its the 15th of january, 2016, and its a nice morning out on our plaza. Weve got a couple of newly engaged folks, congratulations to them. Some birthdays. A huge carson daly fan over here. Oh, wow, mtv. Carson making dreams come true this morning. Ill be there in a minute, everybody. Go ahead, weve got it. Carson is with his public. His posse and public. This recipe to your dinnertime rotation. Sounds good. The four js are here as we reach the halfway start of our cape to make 2016 happy and healthier, questions from them to finance, fashion or anything head to todays Facebook Page and well get those answers coming right up. First to natalie, this mornings top stories. Nat, good morning. Once again, a developing story. The coast guard is leading a search for survivors this morning after two u. S. Marine helicopters crashed during an overnight Training Mission over oahu in hawaii. Officials say 12 people were aboard the two choppers. The coast guard says crews have spotted an empty life raft and also reported seeing burning debris on the ware. The u. S. Navy and Honolulu Fire Department are helping with that search. With less than three weeks until the Iowa Caucuses republicans frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz held nothing back in thursday nights president ial debate. Of new york values after somers pointing to the spirits after the 9 11 attacks and cruz who was born of an American Mother in canada and his eligibility to run. Theres a big question mark on your head, and you cant do that to the party. Since september the constitution hasnt changed. But the poll numbers have. In another clash, senator marco rubio said cruz had changed his stand on key issues, especially immigration. Cruz answered back by claiming that at least half the things rubio said were false. And this morning i asked senator rubio if he was accusing ted cruz of shifting positions with the changing winds of politics. On issue after issue what you find is hes campaigning as some sort of consistent conservative but in fact what hes been consistent about is political calculation on the issue of the day. And senator rubio also told me that the main immigration issue right now is preventing slip terrorists into the United States. Life could change in unimaginable ways for a tennessee couple claiming to have one. Three Winning Tickets for the Record Powerball jackpot. John and Lisa Robinson appeared with us exclusively this morning along with their daughter and attorney. Nbc has not been able to verify that they won the billion dollar jackpot. I wrote the numbers down and i got to looking and i saw and i looked again, and they are the same, looked again, and the third time i went running down the hallway, john, john, youve got to check these numbers and i startled him because he was asleep on the couch. John said it was his wife who urged him to buy a ticket on his way home from work even though he said he wasnt feeling all too well. The husband and manager of singer celine dion has died after a long battle with cancer. 73yearold rene angelil died at home in las vegas, his wife very end. Dear rene, when we choose to get married five years ago we promised before men and god to help each other and to be totally committed and devoted. Through the good and bad times, in sickness and in health. The first time celine dion expressing what those vows would come to mean in the marriage with her manager rene angelil shortly after Doctors First diagnosed him with throat cancer in 1999. My love, im promising again that i will aelts be there for you, no matter what had. I love you more each day and forever. Together in harmony, their show business relationship eventually blossomed into an unconventional love affair. The 38yearold rene discovered celine at age 12, mortgaging his home to finance her debut album. As celines career headed towards titanic size success and then came renes first health scare and the couples public struggle to have a child. Its just life telling you, well, you guys have been together for a while. Were going to give you a little challenge to see how good you are. Celine and rene welcomed a baby boy, rene charles in 2001 and a set of twins nelson and eddie in 2010. The woman with the powerhouse voice would have to become her husbands rock once again. Renes cancer returned in 2014. Hes my hero. In sickness and in health, those vows turning into renes last wish, to die in his wifes arms. When somebody falls and needs help, its not time to cry. You help. Because you loved me and rene would have turned 74 tomorrow. He also leaves behind three children from previous marriages. All of her vegas shows until further notice and were all thinking about her. All did interviews with her over the year. A power couple, all by each others side. Natalie, thank you. Turn to some health news and this is surprising, a diet thats definitely gotten attention across the country. Tamron is here with more on that. Of course, this is the time of year people look for ways to stay fit. This one is caught our eye because its simply called the taco cleanse. Yes. Savannahs smile is so broad. Called taco cleanse, pretty much what it sounds like you eat tackos for breakfast, lunch and dinner which has to make you wonder is this really real . To diet. Or to detox . That is the question now that cleanses is americas favorite ways to stay healthy. With impressive names like master cleanse and the blueprint, they often involve drinking your meals, but all of thanks to a new craze. Its called the taco cleanse. Its the brainchild of four selfproclaimed taco scientists. Were wearing lab coats. That means we know what were talking about. Yeah, you can trust anybody in a lab coat. In their new book of vegan and healthy recipes already sold out on amazon the team pokes fun at the cleanse trend. Whatever it is that ails you, theres a taco that can cure it. Vowing that a taco only diet will help fertility, beard all right. All around good humor, especially if eaten for 30 days straight. 100 of our research subjects, tacos have helped with either ailments that they were trying to work on. Yes, cleanses are even glamorous with celebrity supporters, for beyonce, to Sarah Jessica park, Gwyneth Paltrow and salma hayek. There yet but Jennifer Aniston reportedly goggled it once saying, quote, i can see that being something. Were just happy she loves tacos as much as we love tacos. Thats a taco. Jokes aside, diet experts say traditional cleanses can be an important jump start to a healthier life. There is no such thing as a taco cleanse. A cleanse is all about getting the junk out of your diet and fueling your body with healthy food, but, hey, if the taco is made with all healthy ingredients, sure, it can fit right into your program. As for tacos 24 7, dont run south of the border just yet. Our Health Experts say balance is key. But you can always try juicing that taco. Disgusting. Oh, my gosh. That was just cheesy to show that. Thats an al roker line. All the outrage over this. Its not i guess a real thing. Not real. But tacos, joy is somewhere nearby, i mean, you can have a healthy taco. If you had only one, i mean ive never had just one taco. And what got into it. What goes into it, absolutely. I wouldnt recommend eating tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and its not going to help you conceive a baby. Did i hear them say that . It was a joke. It was a joke. Maybe we should give disclaimer. I dont think people quite got the joke. Not for real. Can i have a taco for lunch or not, let me know. You can have a taco for lunch. Its moderation. Its like with yogurt thats healthy for you. Cant have that all day every day. Tamron, thank you very much. Learn about that at today. Com. Coming up next, the worst things can you do at the airport. Plus, why a longawaited and how to cut down on your are you powered by protein . Milk has 8 grams to help give you energy to unleash your potential. Start every day with milks protein and milk life. We give you relief from your cold flu. Tylenol cold helps relieve your worst cold flu symptoms. You can give them everything youve got. Tylenol give extra. Get extra. You both have a perfect driving record. Perfect. No tickets. No accidents. 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The next story is all about kids and kindness. Blair walls, is the kicker for the minnesota vikings. Over the weekend he missed a field goal that ended up costing his team the game and ended the somebody as well, a crushing defeat. Lots of fans blasted blair on social media but some first graders outside the twin cities did Something Else. They wrote him letters. They drew him pictures to cheer him up. The crowd goes wild. We still think youre awesome, blair. Another says keep on trying. Puppies are cute. I love that. Blair surprised the students on thursday and thanked them for their kindness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, seriously. That cheered me up a lot and the fact that you guys would do that for me, somebody you have never met and dont know thats huge and it can help in attorney times like these. Thats cool. Afterwards, blair posed for pictures with the kids and was signing autodwrafs. Love that. We need more stories like that. Remember, puppies are cute. They are cute. Keep on trying. We know, we have one, seriously. Now to Hillary Clintons Job Interview on the tonight show and Leonardo Dicaprio explains what really happened in that viral moment with lady gaga. Carson, pop start. First up, Hillary Clinton is running for one of the toughest jobs in the world so jimmy fallon put her through a little bit of a Job Interview. Hillary, thank you for coming down. My pleasure, thanks for having me. How did you hear about the position . Is there an email address we can reach you . Jimmy poking fun at hillarys email controversy there. Next is an update on the friends reunion everyone is talking about. Earlier this week nbc announced all six cast members would appear in a tribute to Legendary Comedy director james brought, the comedy set to air on nbc. Nbc said it would be hard to get all of them in the same room and now we know for sure at least one cast member will not be able to be there in person, Matthew Perry because hes in london rehearsing for a new play, but matthew still could appear in the special, maybe on tape as a part of the show. No planes going back and forth. Sweet al roker. Just kidding. One of the most shared moments from the Golden Globes, Leonardo Dicaprio caught off guard as lady gaga passed by him to accept his best actress that clip went viral, and now the two could reunite at the oscars where they are both up for awards. On a british morning show leo was asked federal there could be another viral runin. If lady gaga was to walk past you and to brush your arm, whether you would look quite so surprised this time around. We were laughing about that afterwards. I actually had no idea who was passing me or what was going on but that was a funny little bit that went around. Were you surprised that it went viral . Yeah, i was. Its its amazing what goes viral these days. I guess im of a different generation now because i have no idea where this stuff comes from on how its even captured. There you go. That is your pop start. I love when leo acts like hes an old man. Crazy kids. Isnt he our age . All right. Carson, thanks. Lets get a check of the weather. Oh, that Leonardo Dicaprio. He and i are going to go get some metamucil. It will be great. Low pressure, a big potent storm system will be pushing into the Pacific Northwest. That comes in saturday, but in the meantime more ranges, more snow and especially out through the rockies, but as we watch this one storm bring snow to the rockies, that next one how the in the pacific is going to arrive late tonight on into tomorrow and so tomorrow youve got that unsettled day of rain and snow, and this is going to be the pattern over the next several days. Some places in Northern California could see seven inches plus, so we are talking about flash flooding is a very and thats your latest weather. Savannah. Oh, hi, al. Youre right there. Thank you. Now to start today as we help you stick to your new years resolutions this time around. Last week the financial editor jean chatzky talked us through how to earn more and today the other part of that, spending less. Happy finance friday. Good morning, yay. Lets look whats in our budgets. What do we spend our money on . The big five are taxes. About a third of all our money goes to taxes. Housing, transportation, food and healthcare, and if you can tackle these big categories and really make a dent, you dont have to worry as much about the little stuff. Shopping spree, doesnt crack the top five. No shoes, i know, surprise. You really have to get your mind set in the right place before we do any of your tips. Right. I want people to adopt the personal policy statement where there are certain things that you just dont buy. More than two times a week. Maybe you dont spend more than 7 on lunch. Its easier than saying i cant because people have trouble arguing, when you just say this is the way it is for me, i dont do that. So if you say i cant it seems a little more wishy washy. Wishy washy, and the more you say i dont, the more you start to believe it yourself. Okay, great. Lets start with taxes, right. How do we spend less on taxes, if you can figure that one out. Aim for higher deductions and more credits, so you increase your deductions on retirement by just putting more into your retirement plans, helps you save more in general. These are your taxdeductible i. R. A. S and your 401 k s, bump it up by 1 . The savers credit is a fabulous benefit that only about a quarter of a people know about. Ive never heard that have. If youre a couple earning less than about 60,000 a year or a single earning less than 30,000, can you get a dollarfordollar credit against your tax bill for putting money 2,000, so thats huge. If youre hunting for a job this year, we know the job market is a little bit better. Make sure you save all the information, all the receipts for every dollar that you spend because if it gets to 2 of your income threshold you can write it off. Okay. And when it comes to doing your taxes for most people tax software is great. First of all, its cheap and second of all it alerts you to all these credits and deductions that you dont want to miss. Okay. Lets talk about housing, a huge spending item. Huge spending. First of all, you may want to think about downsizing, but we know that moving is hard, so lets tackle the other things that are related to housing. Proper tax bills, the National Taxpayers union believes that about a third to twothirds of all properties are overassessed and yet people dont go through bills. Because its intimidating. Its intimidating, but you can hire somebody to do it for you, a local lawyer. They will take a portion. Money that they save you so its a winwin all around. Also, reduce your utility programmable thermostat to lower the temperature while youre out of house or while youre sleeping, and when it comes to homeowners insurance, the same source of policy, same deductibles, same benefits, vary widely, even in the same location so we want to make sure every time your policy is up for renewal on the internet or shopping around. Lets talk about transportation. Again. Cheaper car the next time around. Buy it used and drive it into the ground. Thats the cheapest way to own a car. This year were expected to save 100 over last year on gas alone, according to aaa. Make sure youre putting that money automatically into savings so you wont spend it. Saying calculate what youre saving and then just put that money away. Its not in your checking account, the chances that you spend it go down tremendously. Also, a lot of people these days addicted to uber, addicted to lift. They have uber pool and lift line and via where you share these rides with somebody else 60 , and, again, on the Car Insurance, a good score means 10 lower rates on Car Insurance. Forward, a lot of us spend food eating lunch out at restaurants. And we waste. When you cook and you should be cooking, make sure that you are putting the leftovers away in individually portioned packages so that you dont have to cook as much layer. Use that personal policy about not eating out all the time. I dont order takeout every night. Exactly, i dont. Its not i cant, because i cant is flexible and shop your pantry before you go to the Grocery Store. And then our final category, prescriptions and healthcare. Prescriptions dont cost the same at every pharmacy. Consumer reports did a huge story and fond the same prescription can cost ten times as much as one local pharmacy than another so make sure youre shopping that around. Ask the pharmacist if they have any coupons, and if its cheaper if you dont use insurance, and when youre sitting with your to have x, y and z tests and make sure its necessary. Okay. Big takeaway, personal policies, downsize where you can an always ask questions and shop around. Jean, youre awesome, a financial machine. Thank you very much. If you want to have more questions get on facebook, and you guys are online today. Lets go over to carson with the rest of the four js. Jean, make your way over here, if you wouldnt mind. Questions are pouring in for a start today. If youve got one for our page and jean is making her good morning hampton roads. Time now is xxxx. In about half an hour we expect to hear more about an officerinvovled shooting in newport news. The police chief will provide and update on the double homicide investigating. He will also talk more about the moment the two officers shot and killed one of the suspects. To see the news conference, we will stream it live on wavydotcom. Good morning, hampton today increasing clouds. Warmer. Highs will be in the upper 50s to near 60. In the mid 40s. Winds south 10mph. Saturday clearing skies. Highs will be in the upper 50s. Winds west 1015mph. Well see a hours. Well see rain overnight, but it should its 4 30 now. Friday morning. 15th of january, 2016, and its a nice morning out on the plaza. Weve got an energetic crowd getting ready to start the weekend, feeling good. Weve got our matt lauer fan here today. Good morning to you. Nice to have everybody. Coming up, were going to check in with our four js as they take questions on todays Facebook Page about sticking to your resolutions this time around. Speaking of resolutions, it, but well cook up a good brisket recipe and this does get the stamp of approval from nutritionist ellie krieger. We love her and fashion star megan is here reminding us you can look stylish. I love that hat, i dont know if im brave enough to wear that. I can see you wearing that. Ill get one for all of us when we talk to her. But first lets get a check of the weather. Lets see if you need a hat like that starting with your weekend outlook. Saturday, wet and snowy in the Pacific Northwest and snow around the great lakes and look for some rain in the gulf coast and then sunday, sunday, we are looking at more lakeeffect snow around the great lakes. Heavy rain and wind in the Pacific Northwest with snow in the interior sections. Rain will continue through florida. Could be some flooding. Well be w567g that. Plenty of sunshine through the southwest into the gulf coast. Bitterly cold but clear on sunday as you get into the plains as the core of that cold the my goodness. Look who is turning ten. Whats your name. Ela. Ela, and youre turning 10, whats your name . Isabella. And youre turning 10. Just kidding. 45. There you go, all right. Thats whats going on. Now lets go back in to tamron. Very cute, al. Thank you very much. Well, our stars today four jas are busy answering your facebook questions. Its a special day because, did you know, jenna is a officially where have you been . Youre officially on facebook. Thank you, thank you. You know, there were some people that said they were me on facebook but it wasnt the real me. So now you can actually communicate with the real. Ive resisted this for a long time. Okay. And so youre answering some things. Well, im answering some things and im checking out what facebook is all about. Okay, you know. I got this new thing they call facebook. Crazy kids on facebook. A big day for one of our viewers and jill what can you tell bus that . Im going to move over here. Yesterday when we did the steals and deals we asked you to tweet in photos with a really clever caption. Okay. I want to tell you all the deals that our viewer is going to win, the provita which is a juicer, marika fitness wear, zunammy, dynapro and a treadmill, it sold out. Are we ready to reveal our winner . Well, okay, so this little thing. Hold on. Touch that. Drum roll. Drum roll. What happened. Uhoh. Here we go. Julia johnson. Look at her caption. I lift babies. I think a lot of people can relate to. So many adorable things in this picture including the diaper peeking out. Two kids. Oh, that is a kid in motion. Well, congratulations, julia. Enjoy the treadmill so good stuff planned here. They will hop back on the facebook and answer more of your questions. A reminder you, too, can get advice on how to achieve your goals. Head to todays Facebook Page where jill, jenna, jean and joy will be answering your questions and carson or johnson, whatever. Tamron, thank you very much. Now to a new docu series on the History Channel called live to tell which gives you a rare look into the u. S. Special Operations Forces in the war on terror with raw and revealing stories from u. S. Fighters ive been shot, broke my back, it was fractured and my shoulder busted up and my face was busted up real bad and bit my tongue in hit and broke my nose, head injuries, knocked myself out multiple times. We asked marquez where are the bad guys, and he says they are all around us. They are everywhere around us. Peter berg is the executive producer of live to tell and marcus latrelle, special forces. Both military families, between battleships and lone survivor and live to tell. What inspired you to do this. When i got to know marcus and did lone survivor i got to know so many of his buddies and heard so many stories and lone survivor and the movie we were able to make was a very important story and there were hundreds of these stories and we wanted to tell more of them so thats the genesis for this this series airs on History Channel,ation episodes each, telling a new story. This particular story sunday rather is your story. My grandfather was a green berest as a teenager i remember talking to him. He didnt want to tell his story. Sure. How difficult is it for you to tell your story . Well, its tough. Every time i get into it. I dont rehearse into, everything that comes out of my mutt regurgitates from memory. Kind of one of the things that overlooked because the rescue was crazier than anything i had gotten into to get in there, and when the green berets and the rangers found me, i mean, they looked like they were the walking death. They were beat down and they were still coming to get me, and thats one of the things that saved my life and the only thing i held on to is i knew someone was coming to get me, dead or alive, they were coming to get me and they did. Its been ten years. Is it still hard to relive that . I mean, i get up in the lake and paying it all the time. What youre wondering. Not like i get stuck in it and cant get out of it. It was a tough time and we got through it and the guys who saved me ive forever grateful for that. Pete, tell me about shooting this thing, do such a good job whether its you putting us, the viewers, right into the heart of High School Football in texas or at war. How did you shoot some of these things . These are actually are. Its interviews with real operators and its like they are telling war stories and whats cool about it is the guys who did the interviews and the guys that kind of produces the show under me were all veterans so what you got was a case where these veterans were talking to veterans so the stories are really quite interimate. They are funny hand heartbreaking. I didnt have to do the work. Its letting these great men tell their stories. Peter and marcus, life to tell airs suntsds night on the History Channel. Pull off winters coolest trend, nbc. We are back at 8 40ek. Just because its cold outside that does not mean your style has to suffer. Megan markell is here with the hottest trends and plays the fashionable rachel bands on usas suits and runs your own fashion and live still website. Good to see you. Suits is on hiatus. And coming back on air january 27th. Were not doing suits today, doing warm winter trends. Yes. The first one is our high shine and rivets. Actually, a lot of celebrities have been doing both of these trends, weve seen julian moore, melissa king. At the Golden Globes we saw so much about that. Take a nice sort of metallic shiny element, right, sorry here we have this great skirt and the flats have the nice metallic you can get a great accessory with a piece of rivets and put it on in your wardrobe. You call them rivets. I would have called them sequins, the same idea. And right there at the top at her neckline so we have both of those at play, and i think whats so fun is that you can combine them. You dont have to stick with one trend solei, and can you just make a really fantastic and fun outfit. I see youve got morgan modeling here and has a few different pieces of metallic stuff. Okay to mix and match a little bit . Thats the fun of it and still looks so beautiful because i think the tones are complementary which is part of whats helping it look just completely pulled together. She looks great. Morgan, thanks so much. Our next trend is winter blooms. We saw this on rachel mcadam, kate hudson. Winter blooms right here. Now we have our model hide. Tell us about this. We see florals in some way, shape or former season. Exactly. Whats so great about winter blooms is youre having a navy or black, more muted background its a lot easier to pep near your wardrobe and doesnt seem quite as bold of a choice and pair it with polka dots or textured tight. Dont be afraid to mix and match the florals. Florals are wintry colors in the florals as well. Looks so classy and elegant and still playful as opposed to just having a little black dress. Have a winter floral dress. I like it. Heidi, thank you very much. Next up, sweaters. I mean, this is like southwest explosion right here. This is ola, our model, and weve seen this look on a lot of different celebrities, jessica alba, alexis chung. Tell me about olas look. Ola looks amazing, and just so fun. The great thing with sweater dressing is that what you have to remember is keep it looking polished. You really want to have some pencil skirt, fitted aesthetic with it and then can you have a sloppy top with a looser sweater. Im always afraid with a sweater ill look frumpy or something. Do you make it so it is a tailored look. It is streamlined so the skirt has a nice fitted silhouette. If have you that chunkiness, still has it tucked in a little bit to give her a shape and then be playful with the great beanie she has on and the pompom, school sneakers. The sneakers are cute, makes it look really coziy. Ola, you look fabulous, thank you. And our last look is shearling, rihanna wearing this, Kendall Jenner and mary kate is rocking it in our studio. Faux shearling is the warmest of the synthetic furs so this is completely affordable and not like an old school bomber jacket. Its that material but in a more fitted and sleek silhouette. Pair it and layer it on top of things. Just has an extra texture that makes you look really current. I like the kind of 70s vibe you have going here. That hasnt gone away. The red develop set boots and still the pant, real re, if youre peppering in all these from fall and adding in these elements like the shearling you are on top of your game. And youve got the sweater going with it, too, so you can kind of have two chunky fabrics together. And it still looks streamlined. Looks amazing. Thank you so much. Well see you on suits that returns to our Sister Network on wednesday, january 20th. Coming up a recipe for a healthy and hearty meal on a this is today on nbc. All right. Were back at 8 46 with todays food and more of our week dedicated for making favorite dishes a little bit later. Ellie krieger is author of the new book you have it made. Theres a look at the book. Ellie, good morning. Thanks for being here. Look at this beautiful slab of brisket wondering how youre going to make it lighter. Its surprising. Cut, trim and portions. Lets tell you about the ingredients at home so that people can make the beautiful dish today. Like every recipe in my book. More than 140 all make ahead so that makes it easy on a busy week night and have it ready already. You have a lot of spices. A lot of great spices. Most of you probably have you might not have chinese five spice which is kind of almost like cinnamony a little bit. Okay. You can maybe even replace it with cinnamon if you wanted to, onion powder, a little bit of sugar to is this a rub youre creating. A little cayenne pep per, a sweet, spicy, savory thing, salt and pepper and thats easy. You can just whisk that up, and you can rub it in and i can tell you a little bit about this cut. Its a flat half of the brisket which is already naturally lean when you buy this particular part. The first cut or the flat half. And then you trim it, so you make sure all the extra fat is trimmed off and you basically have a really lean piece of meat. Okay. You get this all rubbed in there, and then its all about building flavor in a healthy way and spices is a great way to do it. Not a lot of salt on here. Really amping up the flavor with spices. All right. Got the Team Downstairs eating, by the way. Hello. I know, they are loving it. And you were eating, first. I like being right here. I want to make this at home. You brown this and you get a nice sear on there, and thats already down there, and basically you brown it. You seer it and turn it over and seer that side, today. Make sure its brown on both sides. You want it the to stick to the pan because youre going to use all the flavor in the sauce. Thats not the total cooking process for the brisket. You just seer it. Thats the start. Brisket is like had a long cooking meat. Get it brown and cook it for two, three hours which is why do this on a sunday and can you freeze it or fridge rate it and then i have more flavor. Sauce, mustard, again, thinking about savory, spicy. I have ginger, garlic, a little bit of soy sauce, some sesame oil. So this is really a blend of kind of western spices. Its called my eastwest brisket, okay. A little oil. So youve got some tomato paste and theres going to be onions in there, too, which is maybe a more european flavor profile, but then i also do add these wonderful asian flavors. Youre preparing that sauce while this is searing. Yes. That gets seared. Guys, a lot of flavors up here. Amazing. Really unbelievable. Melts in your mouth. Once you sear that off. Did you do that in a slow cooker . You totally can do it in a slow cooker. Im doing it on the stove. Also can do in oven and i have sesame oil and the chili garlic sauce and a little bit of water so it has that kind of eastwest flavor profile. Saving the sauce for later or is this what youre going to cook it in . This is the seared one already. Right. You did really well on that. Thank you. I already have one prepared and in here is beautiful caramelized onions so thats also a ton of flavor. I put that in with a sauce, and if you want to pour that water in, got it, with the water. All of it. And now this meat this is how it becomes super tender. This cooks low hand slow. Let that go. Set it and forget it. How long . Two and a half, three hours. Comes out, you pull it, and you slice it, look at that. I like to slice is thin. And it really looks lean. Its super lean, and the thing is when you slice it thin you can have a reasonable portion of meat, a sensible portion of meat but its spread out and you feel like youre getting a lot. Sandwiches the next day. What do you serve it, a little cabbage salad . A great asian slaw that i love and its a whole makeahead thing that will make you be able to keep your resolutions when life is crazy. This is that healthy portion that youre talking about. That is for a few people. This is a healthy portion for you. Would you like i think you get to eat, too, im going to try, it absolutely. Here. I love it. East meets west. Its delicious. Ellie, you hit it out of the park. This is amazing. Still falls apart in your mouth, its just delicious. Ellie, thank you so much. You can get these recipes and more at today. Com food and were this is today on nbc. Were back at 8 53. Weve got Andrew Ross Sorkin here, a colleague and cnbc anchor around New York Times reporter and coproducer of billions. Paul giamatti is a u. S. Attorney trying to bring this Hedge Fund Manager down. Take a look. You know when i bring an action, not some county or even state. Its the United States versus. Give me a reason. I know who breaks in action. And i know what you feel about you cant afford a mark in the loss column. A lot of people talking about this show. God to have you here, andrew. Obviously you wrote in 2009, hoyly qualified in this area. What was the inspiration for billions . The the inspiration is whats going on around in the country right now and money and power and influence and what it all means, and i hooked up with two amazing filmmakers, one friend of yours, Brian Kaufman and dave levine and we got together and really wanted to create a drama that captures whats really happening, and to do it both with these two amazing actors and also to show their families. Its also about marriages and families. Its about a lot. I saw the premiere, i did, and i know there were people there who were thinking was this ripped from the headlines . Know . Not any particular person though i know obviously there are famous Hedge Fund Managers under a lot of scrutiny. And famous prosecutors. Trying to do the same and we also try to play with that and we have sort of black and white notions of that, but i think were trying to play and get into the gray, and youll see bobby axelrod, may love him at certain points and hate him at certain points but chuck who is obviously the prosecutor working for the public good, hell also do awful things in the name of doing right so how do you think about all of that. People see the larger than life characters, damian lewiss character in this and they think the story is about them and so much whats great about billions is the nuance and the reaction and how the workings really affect the family. It is about the family, by the way, two really powerful women in this story, i think, who have real marriages, i mean, i think almost plays against type in some ways, and you realize that we think about business and finance and money as, you know, these about numbers, its about people and their families and the Big Decisions that get made oftentimes at home and the conflicts that happen. Thats about the little gran later nuances that i think we often miss. Cast. Andrew ross sorkin, congrats were back w good morning, hampton roads. Lets check today increasing clouds. Warmer. Highs will be in the upper 50s to near 60. In the mid 40s. Winds south 10mph. Saturday clearing skies. Highs will be in the upper 50s. Winds west 1015mph. Well see a hours. Well see rain overnight, but it should move out by very early tomorrow morning. Join us for our next newscast that starts at noon. You can also gets updates on all your local com. This morning on todays take powerball winners revealed. One tennessee couple comes forward claiming to have the Winning Ticket. And then its going down for real. With a Live Performance from flo rida and find out why actor Rasheeda Jones is ruling the internet. Coming up right now. 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. Hey, hey. And i know what you say its going down for real its going down for real i love my beaches, south beaches who got it for real on cobra i know you came here thats a party. Its officially a party. It is. And this is how we wake up on this friday morning. Thats right, al, natalie, tamron, willie is missing this. Live morning jam from rapper and hiphop artist flo rida g. D. F. R. It is going down for real on friday. And the ladies with flo rida. Thats a good workout. Going to be performing at my house in a bit. Love the new look. Tell it all about us later when we talk to you. Most definite will. Lets get over to the desk. You know where it is going down for real . In munford, tennessee, right. Hello. Hi, guys. Look who is with us. Munford, tennessee, and these lovely folks joining us. Yes. Its going down in your house. It is going down for real. Youve got the lucky ticket. John and Lisa Robinson who have been with us all morning long, and they have claimed to have won the powerball jackpot, one of the three people who won the powerball jackpot. I think use it or lose it. How are you guys doing now . Calls, its trending and everybody is talking about you. What does this feel like for you, lisa . Christmas. Christmas morning, a kid, having a wonderful time here, thank you all. Your phone was ring off the hook. How many missed calls do you have . I gave my phone to one of the ladies over there. It was just vibrating. Love it. Oh, my gosh, youve signed the ticket, we should point out. Ive signed the ticket. So dont try to take it. And they got their lawyer, mr. Joe townsend and joes daughter eileen is also here. Some. Things we have to say right off the bat. Lottery officials have not officially confirmed that this is the Winning Ticket. You guys came to us first actually. Mmhmm. Yeah. That part is true. Yeah. And weve done everything we did to verify this thing. Weve done a background check. Why did you guys come to us first . Instead of getting your ticket. It was his idea. His idea. Okay. Joe, why did you want them to i just told them i dont think you can avoid it so you might as well go to a National News outlet and let the American People know. American people love winners. These are the winners. And lisa, tell us a little bit about your life before you won. How was life . Work, work, come home, take care of business and and now thats going to be. Work, come home, take care of business. So youre staying with your job . Yes. Awesome. You said earlier with savannah that you love what you do. You love your job, but this morning you did have to call them and let them know. I wasnt coming in this morning. Whats going on. Take a listen because we have that phone call. I have a big mayor to ask. I need you to watch the today show and i wont be in today. Just watch the today show, please. I know, but i wont make it in today. Ill call you and ill probably if you let me. Okay. Thank you. Bye. Have you heard from her since . Yes, i have, and i also heard from my administrator, and they are excited for me, and they said, yes, they would be happy to have me back on monday. Lock how loyal you are. The back story. Who picked the numbers. How were the numbers picked . So the next time we can get this right. Im the one that actually went and got the tickets. I was driving home from work, and it was 6 00 something, 6 56 i think it says on the ticket. I stopped in the little Grocery Store and she told me, are you going to buy the lottery tickets, and i said i dont feel like stopping and she said, well, we need to go ahead and get two tickets, so when i buy the tickets i buy four at a time and the single picks. The quick picks. The quick picks. So i told the lady give me four of them and she gave me four of them and i come home and i handed it to her and i said i aint feeling good, im going to i went and laid down on the couch, fell asleep and then come 10 00 shes the one that checked it. And she come hollering and screaming through the hallway, you need to check these numbers. You need to check these numbers. I checked them three times, okay, this is for real, this is for real. Hes going to have a heart attack, john did you call your daughter, did you let her know right away . No, no. Thats a story in itself. Okay. What happened . My dad wanted me to bring him some medicine because he said he wasnt feeling well. Just a ruse to get her over. And i actually had somebody else take the medicine to him and he called me and he asked me why i didnt bring it and i said, well, because i have to work, go to work. I couldnt be late so then i said, but if if its that important you can come over, and they came over to my house and they told me. And what did you think in that moment . How much your life changes. Tell the truth now. My very first thought was ive always wanted a horse so i get a my dad always said, you know, the day i win the lottery. Yes. Its going to be a lippizaner stallion. Its a small town, 3,000 people. You plan on stayinging right. If they let us stay there. They will let you stay. Youll only town. You always talk to people and say what would you do . And when you thought about it overnight, what do you want to do if its not too personal . I thought of taking care of the loans and all the family stuff. Thats the first thing that well take care of and theres some people that we want to help. Wonderful. So and im a Firm Believer in tithing to my church. Thats great. Wow, thats terrific. Thats nice. And of course, st. Judes. Of course. Marlo thomas is a great friend of ours. She will love to know that youre doing that for them. We should point out also that elaine, right, who actually brought the story to us, to the today show, and this is your daughter. Thats correct. Thats right. So tell us how that story came about because there was a great story to how they got to the today show. Well, im a writer for memphis magazine and my dad called me up and said we need to get some National Press for this story and said i called a number that i found on the internet from google for nbc and got the switchboard and picked it up and somehow it got passed up the line and here we are today. Great. So you head back to munford. Straight to nashville. To the lottery officials. To the lottery initials. Do you have a Big Press Conference and all that stuff . Do they do that for you . We hope not. What do you mean by that . After they their goal is to this is like a one and done. They wanted to come on and let the americans know that they won, you know, because people to go back to their private life so if people could respect that, that would be really good. Lisa, before we let you go. You hit the lottery twice got. Wow. Hoda made a personal call to me and gave me an autograph and thats sweet. Terrific, wonderful. Wow. Well, we loved having you congratulations. All the best. Thank you. Thank you all so much. And were all your greatest exactly. Were going to come hang down in your house down in munford. Well need to get a little bigger house. She invited us to the Slumber Party as well. We like to do girl slumber parties. Girls slumber parties. And the horse there, too. Well, congratulations. You guys, a lot of people on twitter said they were so happy for you, grounded family and youre the type of people folks love to see win Something Like this. Good luck. Appreciate you guys being here and sticking around all morning. They have one of the yes, abby is in the back. I didnt leave her at home. She flew with us. You remembered the family. The richest dog in the world. Abby. Fantastic. Thats right. Eating out of a solid gold dog bowl. This isnt kibble, its sirloin. Thank you. Such a great story. Another really great story. We love a good celebrity photo bomb around here. This one takes the case. Jimmy fallon along with sesame street. He posed photobombed some kids and their parents posing for pictures right here hat 30 rocket. Take a look. All right, ready, and three, two, one. Three, two, one. Two, one. Num, num, num, cookie monster. Three, two, one. Oh. Kisses. Oh. Okay. Thats adorable. So cute. All right. So youve got the weather coming up. Lisa and john, you own the world. You may as well do the weather with al roker. You in, john . He might be. Come on, john. Come on. Want to do the weather. Do what . Your neck of the woods. Going to get chilly. Lots of riches. Come on over, john. Come over here. Boom. There you go. Got cold air coming in. Of course, youll just be burning money. What do you care . Another hundred in the fire. Its going to get chilly, but a warm, warm day for you, congratulations. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. And that is your latest weather. Well, coming up, she made us friend on parks rec and now Rasheeda Jones starring in a new spoof series called andrea try becca and why she has taken over the internet, right after moms know their familys mouths often need a helping hand. After brushing, listerine total care helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth and restores tooth emel. Its an easy way to give listerine total care to the total family. 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Progressive insurance . Uh, i save people an average of over 500 when they switch . Did you pack your own bags . Oh right the name your price tool. Crazy that a big shot like me would pack his own bags, right . [ chuckles ] so, do i have the right to remain handsome . [ chuckles ] wait. Uhoh. Actress, writer, director and one of our faves, Rashida Jones is a true hollywood talent starring in some of the funniest movies like i love you man. Or playing ann perkins, the sweet best friend and the sorely missed parksandrecreation. Now she is back and has a new spoof series called angie try becca and she plays a toughminded detective. Go, try becca, my office you wanted to see us, sir . Ever heard of carpacchio, mcguffin. The scottish master who master works thumb. His son disappeared from the gallery this morning. The omg. I thought it was at the library. The lol, dont make me laugh. That burned down last year. Oh, gosh. So good. All right. Rashida, lets start with the name, angie try becca which doesnt get any better than a spoof cop comedy. Its so dumb. So good though. Thats how the whole show started. They thought wouldnt be hilarious to have a tough cop named angie try becca. What i love about the show, the edgy comedy this, harkens back to police squad with leslie nielsen. I mean, this is terrific. Thank you, thank you so much. The intention was walltowall jokes. Theres no real heart. Just about making as many jokes as possible at my expense and other peoples expense. Youre getting your whiskers trimmed and we were watching there. We always wonder how the set is when you have so much comedy and so much talent what is it like behind the scenes . Its really fun and so technical because we have so many babies and pets and props and costume changes that we have to try to stay as straight as possible but sometimes its impossible. Youre so multitalented. You also direct and writing toy story 4, in the process. Long process. Can you give us any hints about it. Come on, tell me, tell me. I cant. Ill be struck down by the light years. We dont want that. We do not. Okay. Also i didnt know you dance as well. I mean, im a dance enthusiast. I wouldnt say like im a professional. What does it mean . I love dancing. Just watching the girls dance in the segment before. Could you do that . Would i try to do that. I wish i was doing that. Flip and rewind. Video rolling the internet there you go. And im sure youd love to my 90s homage. Hey, flo rida. Would you let rashida dance with you. Yes. Maybe a backup dancer. The story goes with the girlfriends that youre friends with in high school are in this. Thats my dance squad from high school. Your crew. The bandanas and the jersey. The mustard colored jackets. Can you show us the 90s moves. Do you do the running man . Yeah. Thats hard though. Thats going to be hard in heels. That was my excuse. Here we can do the wop. Whats the wop . Or flo rida. I feel like we need the girls that are the actual professionals. Yes. Should we do the wop. Go for it. Theres the new move called the dab. The dab, okay. Do it. How do we do the dab. One, two, three, dab. The other side. Thats it. My son nicky was doing this. One, two, three, dab. Go, rashida. What about the wop. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. There you go. Going down for real. Somewhere this is a comedy spoof for your next show. You take it away. You want to dab with us. There you go. Thats called the running man. Whats the running man. They were making fun of my running man. See. See. She was going sideways. With a 25hour commercial free marathon this sunday on tbs when all new episodes monday night starting 25hour marathon. Coming, the friends star who will not be taking part in the big tv reunion. Find out in tamrons pop fix coming up after this. Want to survive a crazy busy day . Sfx cell phone chimes start with a positive attitude. And positively radiant skin. 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In our house, imagination runs wild. But at my table, i keep the food real. Like country crocks new recipe. Made with real simple ingredients and no artificial flavors or preservatives. Real Country Fresh taste from real ingredients. Taking a look at headlines today. The cdc is expected to warn women who are or hope to become pregnant to avoid traveling to certain parts of latin america and the caribbean. The concern a mosquitoborne virus called zika thats spreading fast. Health experts are calling this a pandemic in progress. The virus, which poses very little risk to adults but for be devastating. A very serious birth defect and whats so impressive is that theres been hundreds, perhaps thousands of these birth defects across latin america, but particularly in northeastern brazil where its been most heavily concentrated. So far there are no known cases here in the u. S. Of mosquitos spreading zika but mosque sews love hot humid areas with stagnant water and areas along the gulf coast in a new study links the use of heartburn and acid reflex medicine to an increased risk of chronic kidney disease. Researchers at Johns Hopkins university reviewed the Health Records of people who use the drugs known as Proton Pump Inhibitors and they found a risk 20 to 50 higher compared to nonuserers. The study did not conclude that ppi actually cause kidney disease. Just in time for tax season the irs is delivering a double dose of good news to taxpayers. The agency says people will have shorter wait times on its phone hotline because the irs hired more Customer Service reps after getting a bigger budget from congress. Also, fewer taxpayers mayonnaise an audit this year as several Tax Compliance workers are retiring, and the irs isnt replacing them. It is time to play favorites. A Consumer Perception firm is out with the latest rankings for the top rated fast food and casual dining restaurants. Spot as the best perceived fast food brand followed by wendys and chickfila. Casual dining olive garden held on to the top spot with barna bread and Outback Steakhouse right behind. Now a check of the weather with al roker. Blooming onion. Saturday, snow around the great lakes and wet weather here in the northeast and a lot of rain down along the gulf coast and out west more rain and snow making its way through the Pacific Northwest and interior sections with sunshine through the southwest. On sunday, sunday, look for some more lakeeffect snow stretching from the u. P, of michigan and western new york and pennsylvania. Sunshine through the gulf coast. The rain will continue down in florida. Not a great weekend. Hot, lots of wind and rain and snow from Northern California we and that is your latest weather. I need me a pop fix. The okay, mr. Al. Per your request lets get it popping with possible fix. Bad news for friends fans, Matthew Perry will no longer be participating in the upcoming friends reunion. Unfortunately mr. Bing will be in london rehearsing for his upcoming play called the end of long. Fans will definitely be longing, get it, for him. Dont lose all hope. Theres a chance that he can skype or facetime, right . Luckily for us, well be able to fill the void with the rest of honoring the director of the show James Burrows and the show will air right here on nbc on february 21st. No one puts Debra Messing in the corner. She will be joining the dirty dancing remake she will play marjorie housman, babys mom, a role originally played by kelly bishop. Now baby herself will be played by Abigail Breslin and we cannot wait to see these two lovely ladies on screen together so heres to hoping debra gets to put her dancing shoes on and boogie down because we love her so much, and the lovely amal clooney is a celebrity in her own right and a fashionista, let me tell you. The 37yearold attorney sat down with Cynthia Mcfadden in her first ever Network Interview and no that you can of her famous husband george. She did admit her rise to fame has helped on cases that matter most to her. I think thats wonderful that celebrities would choose to you know, the spotlight that they have to to raise awareness about these causes. I dont really see myself in the same way because im still doing the same job i used to do before. If theres more attention paid for whatever reason to to that, then oh, you know the reason. Then i think thats good. You know. I think theres a certain responsibility that comes with that. I think im exercising it in the appropriate manner by continuing to do this kind of work. What a brilliant woman. So also, looks like the carpool lane needs to make room for a tiny dancer. The late late show with james cordon has filmed a new Carpool Karaoke segment with none other than sir elton john. Hell sing along with james and the popular segment. They filmed the segment in l. A. But it was raining the entire time so they hope the england born icon felt right at home. Its set to air right after the super bowl. Elton john, but, james, i up your elton john with a i had had the time of my life catch me. I never felt this way before just like in dirty dancing. Wow, when your club is not cool and flo rida is there. Okay. Dont ever do that again, please. I wont. Hey, im going to be cooking up i single handily saved flos career. A meal that will fill up up and keep your necessary lies on track. Can we have some flo rida music. Can you lift me. Of course. Okay. Here we go. 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Its a grain barley, so basically youre going to take a bunch of farro and put it in a pot and pour in two cups of water. Now, if you want to cut t cooking time in half, stoke overnight in water. Wow. And then drain it, and youll put this on a simmer and cover it up so youve got that. While thats cooking youre going to take sliced caratsnd i love doing this with carrots. So good. A little olive oil, a little salt, and you massage that a bit and then you put it on a oven at about 350 for 15 minutes or so until they just kind of brown up a little bit. Now in the meantime you take the bowl that you had your carrots innd tso crushed garlic, throw in a and yreou going in some olive oil and keep whiskey, whiskey, until it emulsifies and youre going to get a nice little dressing going here so now youve got the dressing, now in the meantime, youve taken your farro, cooks in 30 minutes until all the liquid is out and youll take that and drain any thats left over. Can you do it in a col ha nder and strainer. Take that. And now you can take some of your dressing. Pour it directly in. Just into the farro. And mix it up a little bit. You want to serve of it at room temperature. You want this to cool down first. Right. So you do that, and then youll throw in after its cooled off a bit you put in some scallions. Meantime, youll take the rest of your dress, and youre going to pour it over the kale. This ka le is more tender than others and youll massage this and that breaks it down even and then you take some arugula and toss that in. So a blend. And smoked almonds. Gives it a little crunch, i like that. I love to throw in a little mint. I love the mint taste. And some tomatoes and then you take your farro and you toss that in. And now you toss the whole thing together. Little salt and pepper. A little salt and pepper, though if youre salted your farro enough you should be okay and then youll put it in and i like to shave a little man colleaguo on top. Which we love. I love this. And boom, youve got that. All right. By the way, bianca borgess, come hon in here. Come in, my dearest. The head of our food team. After over 15, 16 years here is moving on with her husband to do another food kind of thing, and we are going to miss you so very much. This has been the job of my career. I have just loved this job so much. We all have some of your Favorite Recipes. Oh, good. We love you, and we are going to miss. You thank you so much. I forgot to add the carrots to this as well. Already, its gone downhill. Lets be honest. Go to today. Com food and todays food club members stand up. Kayla kise refor her lasagna with zucchini. Thank you, bianca, we love you. Meantime, hey, coming up, getting ready to bring our house down with his number one single my house. You never know. 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He has sold over 100 million singles worldwide and his newest song my house is the number one single on the itunes chart and the title track off of his latest ep. Hello, flo, good to see you. You got a deejay here. Got dancers, and you got tamron hall as a backup dancer. No. I wont ruin your life, but epic album from you. Smart businessman. What keeps you on top of the game . Definitely my team, its all about teamwork. I never just rely hon myself. Im someone who looks forward to listening to the team and, you know, instilled in my mom, just being loyal, definitely being a fan of music and definitely want to give a big shutout to run dmc. Here it is. Flo rida and my house. Take us to your house. Come on. Open up the champagne, pop its my house, come on, turn it up hear a knock on the door and the night begins cause we done this before so you come on . Comb on in. Make yourself at my home, tell me where you been where you been, where you been, yeah pour yourself something cold, baby, cheers to this sometimes you gotta stay in yeah, you know what we is sometimes you gotta stay in, in welcome to my house baakye take control now we cant even slow down we dont have to go out welcome to my house play that music too loud show me what you do now we dont have to go out everybody saying, what, what, come on welcome to my house yeah, we gotta go out welcome to my house morning comes and you know that you wanna stay wanna stay, come on close the blinds, lets pretend that the time has changed hey, hey keep our clothes on the floor, open up champagne lets continue tonight, come on, celebrate sometimes you gotta stay in yeah, you know what we is you know what we is sometimes you gotta say, hey, hey welcome to my house baby take control now we cant even slow down we dont have to go out welcome to my house play that music too loud show me what you do now we dont have to go out hey, hey. Everybody say what, what couple to my house bring a friend couple to my house couple to my off the crib, the spot, the pad but my house is your house if you throwing back excuse me if my home draining the sad soon as these happy faces lay you can run with the cash home run, slam dunk, touchdown, pass mi casa es, tu casa so it another shot of vodka, you know whats in my gloss its my house, just relax welcome to my house baby take control now we cant even slow down we dont like to go out welcome to my house play that music too loud so me what you do now we dont like to go out welcome to my house you heard me, hey, hey we gotta go out couple to my husband its my house hey, welcome to my house today show my house thank you. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Welcome to discover a different way to cleanse your skin. Introducing micellar water from garnier the micelles attract dirt like a magnet to remove makeup, cleanse and refresh. Gentle to skin, yet surprisingly powerful. 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