Transcripts For WCAU Today 20151119

And savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Disease a thursd its a thursday morning. We have a lot to get to. More than 24 hours after the chaotic police raid targeting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, investigators are trying to figure out if he was killed in the raid or still at large. Here in new york city, officials are saying people can feel comfortable coming into the city even though there was this isis video showing footage from is t the city. Lets start with the developments. Bill neely on the story again. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. More police raids going on as we speak. Half a dozen in belgium. More than 400 in france over the last four days, including that deadly assault. Huge crackdown on isis supporters. Here, of course, is the scene of the deadliest attack. Some extraordinary new video has emerged. Video of the moment one of the attacks began. Reporter it was one of their first targets and just after 9 30 when cameras inside the restaurant caught the moment the first bullets were fired. The video from daily mail. Com shows a woman bursting through the door. Shes been shot in the wrist. She hides behind the bar, comforted by a waitress. A man rushes in, his two friends have been shot. Then outside, the first sight of the terrorist in a tshirt, calmly shooting. He turns and sees another target. He takes aim at the head of a woman, but she says later, his gun jammed. Three clicks. He was out of ammunition. Bullets are still shattering the glass. There was more than one shooter. As the killing continues outside, those inside peek from their hiding place, then one by one, escape to the cellar. It all took less than a minute. Remarkably, no one inside this restaurant died. Five people were killed here on the streets before the gunman drove off to murder dozens more. Police still wont say if this is the body of the man who organized the massacres. Abdelhamid abaaoud was the target of the police raid on an apartment. The police fired 5,000 bullets. A woman suicide bomber blew herself up. It looked like war. The u. S. Says it is. How can you assure the American Public that there is, indeed, a strategy and that the leadership role america is taking in the fight against isis fully addresses the threat it poses . We have to defeat isil. We will defeat isil. You see the barbarianism associated with this. It is something that must be defeated. So you agree with the french president , that were at war . Yeah. With isis. I think Francois Hollande said it well. Im glad the french are joining the fight. Reporter inside the restaurant, some tables are still set. Outside, the flowers and the question, why . Here in paris, the french Prime Minister is asking the question, what if . What if terrorists use chemical or biological weapons . He says, there is, always that risk. The question the police are asking is, who exactly is that body . Whose is it . Is it the mastermind behind these attacks . They say they havent yet identified that body. Matt, savannah . Bill neely in paris, thank you. In new york city, officials are vowing they will not be intimidated by a new isis propaganda video that features images of times square and other landmarks here, and threatens more violence is to come. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is in times square. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. The images of times square in this video arent new. Theyve been used before in other isis propaganda. This is about the message. It is a call for new recruits. Suicide bombers in the wake of the paris attacks. Once again, new york city is named a target. Reporter just hours after isis released a new propaganda video using images of times square, Police Commissioner bill bratton stood in the square and held a late night press conference. We cant be intimidated. Thats what terrorists seek to do. Reporter the video looks hastily put together, not nearly as polished as past propaganda. An apparent attempt to take advantage of the paris attacks. The video shows explosive belts and a car bomb. Nbc news has chosen not to show all of the images. Nearing the end, the child c congratulates the attackers in france and vows more violence is to come. Followed by the images of times square, a direct warning to new york city, days after a warning to washington, d. C. There are 900 active investigations into homegrown x extremis extremists. The vast majority connected to isis. In a year in new york, the nypd thwarted three plots inspired by the terror group. Including one in june. Two men allegedly researched how to construct Pressure Cooker bombs, while also scouting tourist locations in the city. In a statement, the nypd said it is not surprised that new york is, again, named a target. On monday, the department announced a new strike force it calls the front line against terrorism. Part of a new plan to confront an evolving challenge. This city places great importance on the safety of new yorkers and the almost 60 million visitors who come to this city. Officials reiterate that there is no credible threat here. New york is not the only place listed. So is the uk and france. Throughout this video, there is an eery song playing in the background, calling on followers never to retreat. Stephanie gosk in times square in new york. Thanks very much. Don miller is the Deputy Commissioner of the new York City Police department. Good to see you. Good morning. The sentiment is not new, the footage is not new, and i assume the nypd is constantly presuming a threat like this exists. Is the danger of the video out recently, might it be the nudge for anybody likeminded . Isis has these organized plots, which weve seen with the plane down, the beirut attack and now the paris. Their bread and butter has been recruiting people online. The have you had owe videos ar cheerleading section. Thats one audience. The other part is fear is the focus of the terrorists mill. We operate on a high state of alert normally. You got the Police Commissioner and the mayor going to times square last night, standing out in the open saying, we will not be intimidated. Do not change your lives. But its the timing, john, on this video more than the content. In the wake of the paris attacks and the raids yesterday, that prove there were more terrorists, perhaps, waiting to ca carry out attacks, it doesnt seem farfetched. One thing that isis understands almost better than terrorism is marketing. What you saw last night was a commercial. Its meant to sell a product. The product is fear. Could it happen here . Of course it could. But thats because it could happen anywhere. Are we better prepared here than most, if not all other places, the answer to that is yes. One of the unfortunate parts of your job is youre a consumer of a lot of the isis media, including the online magazine, dabiq, which includes an image that isis says is a bomb that brought down the russian jet liner. Is that credible . Also, why would they give that away . Obviously, propaganda is key. It raises the question, can you accept their claim of responsibility . Lets say for the purposes of this discussion, they are. Savannah, what you mentioned is the dabiq magazine which came out yesterday. I am a regular consumer of dabiq magazine. This was a quickly put together issue. It is clear that when they had the attacks on friday, they put together an issue and wanted to take credit for as much as possible. Our bomb squad, as well as the fbi, are looking at that diagram saying, what they have here, could it have done what they said . One of the things that was startling after the raids in saint d saintdenis, a woman said she thought she saw one of the chief suspects the day before on the street but they didnt dare tell police. They were too afraid. I know it sounds cliche, but the message to new yorkers and people in cities all across the country that weve seen, if you see something, say something. Thats not a problem were having. Weve had people identify sightings of people that looked like people in these photographs and suspects around new york. One was identified on a plane in mid flight the other day and met at the airport by the fbi. When we tell people that were on a heightened state, those calls increase. Happy to hear that. Nypd Deputy Commissioner, thank you so much, john miller. Well have more on this isis Propaganda Machine the Deputy Commissioner talked about, coming up. More on the photograph that savannah just talked about. What isis claims is the homemade bomb that took down the russian passenger plane. Explosives, they say, they were hidden in a soda can. Tom costello is at Reagan National airport. Good morning to you. Good morning. We still dont know if the photograph is legitimate. U. S. Intelligence sources tell us they have no reason to doubt its legitimate, but they also point out, as john miller did, this is isis. If it is legit, this opens a whole new host of security questions overseas and here at home. Reporter this morning, aviation investigators around the world are concerned, scrambling to figure out if isis found a way to put a bomb in a soda can, smuggle it past security and on to the russian jet liner, bringing it down and killing 224 people. Isis claims in its online propaganda magazine, this is it. A soda can, detonator and switch connected to a battery. It appears the can was cut open, packed with plastic explosives and put back together. Small but potentially enough to blow up a plane. As this faa test shows. Could one can take it down . If its strategically placed and if the explosive is very efficient, yes. Reporter its still not clear how it got on board the plane, but Security Experts say at home, the tsa checkpoints and explosive detection systems should have caught a similar device. The gap here, catering carts and cargo that are not all screened. The trusted Shipper Program is designed to plug the hole, but experts warn theres no way it can be totally fail safe. If its an insider, somebody that had knowledge and put it in an area that could be close to a fuel line, or in some other area they knew it would be catastrophic, thats very troubling. Its that Insider Threat that really has Security Experts concerned. What many Security Pros are now calling for is more random police and tsa moving checkpoints through the airport. Not only checking passengers but also airport workers constantly. Every day. If addition, they want to see every airport worker screened. As we reported last week, only about a handful, i mean, less than five airports, screen every airport worker every day. Back to you. Tom costello for us this morning. Thanks. All of this is sparking a raging debate on capitol hill and the campaign trail, as well, over the Obama Administrations strategy for dealing both with isis and also the handling of Syrian Refugees. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is at the white house with this part of the story. Good morning. Savannah, good morning. The french president is vowing to keep his commitment to take in 30,000 refugees over the next two years with security checks. White house Officials Say the u. S. Should be able to muster the same courage to take in 10,000, again rejecting the need for a pause in the process. Announcer the United States of america, president barack obama. Reporter the president in the philippines and pushing back on the issue of Syrian Refugees. The idea that somehow they pose a more significant threat than all the tourists who pour into the United States every single day just doesnt jive with reality. Reporter on capitol hill, top Homeland Security officials privately brief senators on the latest intelligence from the paris attacks. Now, heating up the fierce debate over the administrations isis strategy. The president of the United States words matter. Reporter josh earnest blasting the president s paris response as aloof and cavalier. Just as much time focusing on the president s actions as you do his words. His words matter, josh. I have to stop you there. I will stop you there. Reporter also under fire, secretary of state john kerry after contrasting last weeks attack to the charlcharlie heb massacre months earlier, seeming to suggest the terrorists targeting the satirical magazine. It was a particularized, focused and legitimacy, in terms of not legitimacy, but a rational that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, okay, theyre really angry because of this or that. Reporter the 2016 republicans are teeing off. Ted cruz challenging the president for dismissing his proposed ban on Syrian Muslim refugees. I would encourage you, mr. President , insult me to my face. Lets have a debate on Syrian Refugees right now. Reporter donald trump accusing president obama of being dangerous. I think hes a threat to our country. Reporter and from jeb bush, a proposal that could make him the third president bush to send u. S. Ground troops to the middle east. America has had enough of empty words. Of declarations detached from reality. Of an administration with no strategy. Or no intention to win. Later today, the house will vote on a plan to toughen the screening process for Syrian Refugees. The white house already said it would veto that. 18 to 24 months is long enough, they argue. Existing security, screenings are already so tough in the country, less than 9 of Syrian Refugees who apply are allowed in. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander, thanks so much. Tensions reached a new level in minneapolis overnight between protesters and the police over the Fatal Shooting of a 24yearold black man. The two sides traded volleys of rocks and pepper spray, after protesters surrounded the police. Police released the names of the two officers involved of the shooting death of jamar clark. The union said clark was trying to take one of the officers guns. The fbi is investigating the case. Frightening video of a Helicopter Crash near san diego. This happened at a small airport. The pilot was trying to land when the aircraft started spinning out of control. This went on more than a minute. The tail then broke off. Both people on board were killed in the crash. The faa and ntsb, still trying to figure out what went wrong. In another scary scene on camera, this is happening last week in San Francisco. A run away tour bus hitting nearly everything in its path, as it raced toward a busy shopping district. The bus is seen out of control, eventually slamming into an apple store under construction. 20 people were injured in the crash. Officials believe mechanical failure was to blame. Just in time for the holiday, travel season, airport workers went on strike at seven of the busiest hubs, including new york, boston, chicago and philly. Union leaders say the strike is expected to last through today. Workers are seeking a minimum wage of 15 an hour and the right to join a union. The airlines dont expect travelers will be impacted. The weather often impacts the travel. Well turn to al. You have storms to talk about. We may see airport delays in the northeast in a little bit. First, lets show you what happened. This is in georgia, 30 minutes southwest of atlanta. You can see they had a possible tornado move through, causing a lot of damage. We had a lot of Severe Weather reports overnight throughout the southeast. This is all part of the system that is pushing to the east. Were going to be watching this now. We have rain, in fact, stretching all the way from western new york down into the southeast. Its all part of a front thats going to be pushing in and bringing with it some Severe Weather. In fact, weve got that front pushing in later this afternoon. The rain gets heavier. Starts in washington and makes its way to the northeast early friday morning. Behind it, cooler air. Were also looking at a decent amount of rain. Well see airport delays from d. C. To new york city, upwards of 2 inches of rain before its over. Well get to y to the couple who set aside the whole day to sell their old car and buy a new one. Oops. Nanas got the kids til 9. But its only 2. Guess youll just have to see a movie. Then get some dinner. What a pity. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley, wet and windy, temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. It doesnt last. Tomorrow the rain is out of here. To make things colder on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday. A few showers, it will be dry for the eagles game. A cold winds blowing him colder monday and tuesday morning. Temperatures below freezing. Have a great day. Er speaks out for the first time about his sons hiv revelation. Were going to hear from martin sheen. First, on a thursday morning, this is today on nbc. Remember how we were talking about, were going to get the stress out of the holidays . Dr. Oz is going to stop by to help us do that. On trending, the most adorable contest. Get ready for the chubby grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christmas. I hear youre quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. Let me show you how grandma does it. 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Its whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. Understand the danger your new grandchild faces. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about a whooping cough vaccination today. This is more than just a town. This is our home. And Small Business saturday. Is more than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here. Can help keep our town growing. On Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the town, the home we love. On november 28th, shop small. Light rainfall. We see cloudy skies through the day today. The rain is in delaware and berkes county, light rain fall figure reading. It is starting to move towards philadelphia. It will be arriving during the morning commute. Look at the temperatures, usually warm. 63 degrees in philadelphia. Temperatures stay mild with the rain through the day. Thank you, bill, lets get a check on traffic with jessica boyington. Hi, va a, the schuylkill expressway around south street. Several vehicles involved with an accident. Not a serious scene, though. Westbound at south street. Watch out on 95, two lefthand lanes blocked. You can see traffic jammed behind that scene, moving by to the righthand side. Slow eastbound towards the schuylkill. Vai. Thank you, jessica. Now an update to a story we have been following, breaking news in philadelphia. Everyone is back pence a recycling grant in grays ferry after police checked out a suspicious device and found it was a fake rockpropelled grenade. Sky force 10 over the scene when the plant was evacuated earlier. No one was hurt. Can you get the latest news and weather with the nbc10 app. See you back here in a half hour. Learn more at cancercenter. Com eastern. 7 30 on a thursday morning. Its the 19th day of november, 2015. Al says, rain on the way here this afternoon, new york. Actually, a good amount of rain. Up and down the eastern sea board. It says snow but in an undisclosed location. Hes not saying more right now. Well find out later. Stories making news now. The fate of the alleged mastermind of the deadly paris attacks remains unclear after wednesdays raid on an apartment in the district of saintdenis. At least two suspects were killed. One a woman who blew herself up with a suicide vest. The other is a man but yet to be identified. The u. S. House of representatives voting today on a plan to increase screenings for syrian and iraqi refugees before they enter this country. President obama vowing a veto. Thousands of workers at some of the nations busiest airports, chicago, boston, new york city, are on a oneday strike this morning. Theyre pushing for higher wages and better medical benefits. Airlines dont expect travel to be impacted. Coming up also, the new call for paid leave for all parents in the wake of a moms heartbreaking story. Let us begin this half hour with more on the fight against isis. That terror groups tactics are brutal. Their media savvy is sophisticated with videos like the ones weve seen in recent days. Even magazines and a presence on social media. Keir simmons is in paris with that part of the story. Good morning to you. Matt, good morning. This is the isis online magazine. You were talking about it at the top of this show. One of the articles in here is entitled listen and obey. For years now, isis has been publishing online lies, glorifying violence and pretending Islamic State is some kind of paradise. Reporter after the massacre in paris, isis launched an internet onslaught, with questifa gnan fanatics speaking in french. After the airliner was downed, isis posted another video, advertising death. This latest propaganda video showing images of times square is the Islamic States sophisticated 24hour news operation, at work again. According to one report, isis puts out 900 pieces of propaganda a month, aiming to recruit new killers and suicide bombers. Here in a behind the scenes video, fighters show viewers around their apartment. Even the laptop where they edit their poisonous propaganda. Isis issues magazines in english, french and arab. It caters to a global audience. Reporter the magazine is modelled after al qaedas, but its more advanced. Online, they encourage similar young men without a purpose in life to come die for isis. And its not just men. Come be a jihadi bride, it says on the twitter and tumbler accounts, which appear to be owned by young women. Any girl who answers is moved on to instant messaging apps for privacy. 10 of western recruits are women. As for those who actually join up with isis, they say the operation is not as advertised. Complaints range from bad food to wife beating. By then, its too late. Intelligence officials believe isis may now be trying to put together a group that can hack online western interests. Meanwhile, the Anonymous Group of hackers say they will go online and talk down isis. Matt and savannah, the online war may just be beginning. Keir simmons in paris, thank you. Another aspect of the terror raids starting to get attention. A French Police dog was killed and hes being honored all around the world. Diesel, a 7yearold belgium shepherd can be seen in this photo, a few minutes before she was killed by a suicide bomber. She had been sent in to sniff out explosives. Tributes to diesel still pouring in. The hash tag which means, i am dog, is still trending. A dog handler said, it is like losing a colleague. You can understand why. Absolutely. Now lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. The number one Jewelry Store in america. Every kiss begin s with kay. 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We knew that a man had been killed in those raids in saintdenis, in the area of paris, but we didnt know who he was. The french have been trying to aide aidentify him since then. A woman died when she detonated a suicide vest. She was his sister. They were trying to figure out who the man that had died was. We were told by the french prosecutor it is him. This is important. He has been described as the mastermind by some, the linchpin by others. Whatever word you use, they believe he directed the massacre here in paris. Intelligence services thought that he was with Islamic State in syria, until very, very recently, when they got intelligence information, communications, we think, that suggested he was staying in that third floor apartment here in paris. They moved in with those 110 police. The police raids, 5,000 rounds fired. They were determined to get him. Now, they believe, that they have. Now, they will be attempting to figure out how it is possible a man so wanted before the attacks managed to get himself into the heart of europe and launch these attacks. At the same time, they will be working through the evidence in that apartment to see who he was connected with. It will be very, very valuable, the kind of intelligence they can gather, now that they know how important that raid was. And, of course, we heard from the french prosecutor previously that they think that that cell was preparing to launch another attack. This man was not finished yet. He was looking to try again. He assume paris again. The french moved in, and they now believe that they have killed him in the raids. Keir, we should mention the delay here coming because of the condition of the body. Police officials described it as being mangled, perhaps as a result of the explosions that took place in the apartment, or the massive number of rounds that you described being fired into the apartment. They wanted to be sure. They ended up looking at fingerprints on the body. They have now confirmed that this alleged mastermind is dead. Keir, thank you very much. Quite extraordinary, as keir mentioned, that this is somebody who apparently was able to get right back into the paris. This is someone who was the target of french air strikes in syria before the attacks in paris. Theres going to be a lot of questions going forward, of course. Well continue this is more than just a town. This is our home. And Small Business saturday. Is more than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here. Can help keep our town growing. On Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the town, the home we love. On november 28th, shop small. But many of us we tdont know healthy. There are nutrients that can help support our metabolism. Take new one a day healthy metabolism support multivitamin with chromium to help use carbs from food and bvitamins to help convert food to fuel. One a day. Announcer this is an nbc news special report. Heres matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, everyone. We have breaking news out of paris. The suspected mastermind behind the attacks in paris last week is now dead. This comes from the paris prosecutor this morning, confirming that man right there, Abdelhamid Abaaoud did perish in those raids yesterday. Nbcs global correspondent bill neely is on the scene. How were they able to make this confirmati confirmation . Good morning. Weve been waiting for some time to get that body identified. We filmed it exclusively yesterday as it emerged from the apartment that had been targeted by police. The paris prosecutor saying this morning they can confirm now that Abdelhamid Abaaoud is that body that they the delay was due to the fact the body was mangled, riddled with bullets. They had identified the body through fingerprints and dna. Remember, they went to the apartment because they had a tipoff that abaaoud was there. They launched that raid early in the morning, at 4 30, and were immediately repulsed by the terrorists inside. A woman suicide bomber who blew herself up. Then there were 5,000 bullets fired by police, and the apartment was partly destroyed. As i say, they removed the body, but its taken them some time to identify him. Remember, he was the target of the raid. It had been thought that he was in syria. Either this is a huge success for the French Police or it is an intelligence failure. Yes, they have removed the socalled mastermind, the coordinator of these terrible attacks in paris that have killed 129 people, but how on earth did this man, the bestknown jihadi in france, slip through the net and get into paris in the first place . Both failure and success here in paris. Matt, savannah . Bill neely, thank you very much. Again, the headline, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the paris attacks, has been killed. This has been an nbc news special report. Feathers, sure look enticing Rice Krispies treats, the fun doesnt stop how many ways can you snap, crackle, pop . Theres a bazillion ways to make the holidays a treat with kelloggs Rice Krispies. How many ways can you snap, crackle, pop . Were back on today. Were hearing from Charlie Sheens father this morning for the First Time Since the son revealed to matt he is hiv positive. Theres new questions raised about Charlie Sheens financial information. Natalie is here with that. Charlie sheens motivation for going public was to head off shake downs. The star says hes already paid up to 10 million in hush money, and more lawsuits may be in the future. I am, in fact, hiv positive. Reporter shortly after ch Charlie Sheen opened up about his diagnosis, his father, martin sheen, spoke out, telling an audience in florida, i couldnt believe the level of courage i was witnessing and that it was my son. I hope this day is the first day of the rest of charlies life as a free man. It comes amid talk that sheen could face lawsuits over possibly exposing others to hiv, and new questions about the stars financial security. During the shows heyday, sheen was reportedly making around 2 million an episode for two and a half men. Hundreds of millions more through syndication. After sheen and the show famously parted ways in 2011 winning. Reporter sheen hit it big again thanks to anger management. Sheen was making an estimated 40 off the shows revenue, which brought in for him anywhere from 75 million to 200 million just for two seasons of the show. Reporter as sheen revealed to matt, with five children and three exwives to support, that much money can only go so far. Its not great. Itll be great again, you know, if im a survivor. Ive been up, ive been down, rich and poor. Its another chapter in my life. Reporter the question now, will this latest chapter include new acting roles . Some Industry Experts say that studios may not see sheen as less of a risk than before. I think Charlie Sheen is more employable than he has been in years because he says hes been taking care of himself for four years, while hes known hes been living with hiv. Reporter while many in the Hollywood Community are expressing sympathy, at least one of sheens costars isnt supportive. Jenny mccarthy now speaking out. I feel like in playing a love interest, you would think that there would be some type of, i dont want to say, criminal issue, but i dont even know how to feel about that. He may be free but not necessarily debt free. Charlie sheen reportedly selling two of his Los Angeles Area homes. One estimated at 6 million and the other 9 million, raising more questions about how much of his fortune he has saved. He may be compiling some find of a fund to prepare for dealing with the lawsuits that seems to be destined to face. Ripple effect. Coming up, a new push to give all new parents mandatory paid leave. The fight went to the white house. Hoda spreads more joy. This time, as a wedding crasher. You wont believe how far she went to make one couples big day unforgettable. She jumped out of the wedding cake . She did. Amazing. First, these messages, your local news and weather forecast. You see this look on my face . Sfx growling thats not anger, thats hunger. So im gonna have a snack to make me feel better and once i do you will see a look of satisfaction and contentment blossom across my face. See, now i feel better. Make your tummy happy mmm yoplait sfx laughing tracfone 90day plans start as low as twenty bucks and give you minutes, text and data with unlimited carryover. 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Its minutes away from falling in center city. The rain is steadily moving into the area. A rainy day ahead. But it will stay warm. 63 degrees right now in philadelphia. Well see the temperatures top out in the middle 60s, with the rain coming down, right on through this afternoon. Thank you, bill. Lets get a check on traffic as we close this on the 8 00 hour, jessica boyington. Hey, vai. We are watching an accident scene on 95 around colwyn street. Watch for a scheduled opening on the burlingtonbristol bridge. No openings as of yet. Little volume on the bend, due to ongoing construction. Thank you, jessica. Today a federal judge in delaware couldry dues bail for the secret Service Agent accused of sexting an underage girl on duty. Lee robert is due in computer for a hearing this afternoon. He is accused of soliciting sex with someone he thought was a 14yearold girl. He is currently suspended from duty. If we dont get it, shut it down. Today some workers are striking. 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Shocking her at the alter with the wedding of her dreams today, thursday, november 19th, 2015. I get knocked down but i get up again, youre never gonna keep me down we take new york. Good morning, buffalo sister vacation from minnesota. Happy birthday, katrina. Celebrating my 16th birthday on the today show. From maryland, celebrating our 40th birthday on the today show. And welcome back to today. Its thursday morning, november 19th, 2015. You know, normally when we have a Throwback Thursday song, i often say, turn it up. Turn it up, everybody. In this case, natalie, are you there, natalie . Oh. Now liking my song, huh . Can i just say that this is like were not going to criticize this. We brought carson back from california to criticize it. Im leaving again tomorrow so i dont want to harp on it. It is an interesting call. Two you criticized me on now. On the heels of, we built this city, natalie, i dont know if youre allowed to pick the songs anymore. No, no, no, come on. Come on. We look forward to your 97 classic. We look forward to your next Throwback Thursday song in eight months. One making a comeback in star wars. Thats chewbacca. Sorry. Dr. Oz is going to help us take the stress out of the Holiday Season. No wonder, hes going to get us plastered. Take two of those and call him in the morning. Exactly. First, lets go to natalie for the top stories. Good morning. We are starting with breaking news from paris, where prosecutors are confirming that the suspected ringleader of last weeks massacre is, in fact, dead. Keir simmons joins us from paris for the latest. Good morning. Natalie, good morning. This is big news. Abdelhamid abaaoud is now believed by the french prosecutor to have been killed in those raids yesterday. He was 29 years old. He is described as the mastermind, the linchpin, whatever word you use. He is the man that french authorities believe was behind the attack in paris. The massacre that killed 129 people. Yesterday, they raided that third floor apartment. Two people were killed. A woman and a man. They were not able to identify the man because his body was so badly damaged by the fire fight. They had to use fingerprint identification to establish that it is, they believe, abaaoud. It is a very, very important development. Not least because the french believe that terror cell was planning another attack in paris. At the same time, they will be stunned that he had managed to make his way here to the center of europe. Prior to that, natalie, the Intelligence Services believe he was with isis in syria, and that he perhaps planned this plot from there. Instead, it now appears he had managed to make his way right to this capital city of france and, himself, orchestrate those attacks. Abdelhamid abaaoud, french prosecutor says, they believe, killed yesterday in those raids. Another attack on paris foiled. Natalie . Keir simmons in paris for us, thank you. Meanwhile, were getting a look at newly released video from the paris attacks. It shows the scene inside a pizza restaurant, as dozens of shots are fired through the windows. A woman who had been shot in the wrist hustles inside. Customers and employees take cover while shattered glass flies around them. The video online also shows one woman who had a gun aimed at her head run to safety after the weapon jammed. Five people outside the restaurant was killed. Everyone inside survived. The house is voting today on a republican plan to tighten the screening process for Syrian Refugees trying to resettle in the u. S. President obama in the philippines defended his position again today, that the u. S. Has a moral obligation to take in refugees. America has always been open to allowing people from wartorn countries who are subject to incredible hardship and repression and violence to find refuge in our country. The Obama Administration has vowed to veto any house legislation that puts up new barriers for Syrian Refugees. Leave it to the bicycleloving dutch to set the Guinness World record for the worlds longest twowheeler. More than 117 feet long. It uses aluminum to connect the front to the back. It has to be operated by two people. Riders have to avoid tight turns. Id like to see al commuting on that to work. As long as youre with me. Well work together. Natalie, thank you. Now, well talk about another story thats going to impact you. One moms heartbreaking story, bringing new attention to a push for paid parental leave. Thats right. Sheinelle jones has the story. Good morning. Good morning to you. Ambers infant son died on his first day of day care. For amber, the issue at hand isnt day care safety, but another larger concern faced by many new moms and dads. Reporter one woman is turning her catastrophe into a public crew causadcrusade. Later today, shes getting help from the white house. Her five month old son carl died in july after dropping him off at day care for the first time. Theres no words to describe the horror and just the disbelief. Reporter like many parents, amber was hesitant of handing her infant son over to the care of strangers at such a vulnerable age. When the child is that small, especially, in the infant stage, they almost feel like an extension of your body. Reporter amber says her employers policy of three months of paid family leave is generous compared to what Many Americans receive. Thats the problem. The United States is one of four countries in the world with no mandatory paid family leave. The other one is papua new guinea. 87 of private Sector Workers receive none whatsoever. Many of the countries had paid parental leave, not just for women, but for men, for decades. It certainly hasnt broken the bank. Businesses have not gone out of business. As a society, we should be encouraging women to stay in the work force, not doing everything we can to make it nearly impossible for them to have children and stay in the work force. Reporter the issue even making its way into the 2016 campaign. Youre opposed to any mandated paid maternity leave. Why . For the government to tell others how to do things, when the government hasnt gotten its basic house in order, is not only ineffective, but hypocritical. We need to recognize the incredible challenges that so many parents face, particularly working moms. Reporter as for the current residents of the white house, Michelle Obama was so touched by ambers tragic story, she sent a letter of condolence. Now, the Nations Highest Office is calling for change. Today, obamas Senior Adviser is teaming with spotify and announcing a push for states to legislate mandatory paid family leave, hoping to avoid future stress for families or even heartbreak. Amber shared her full story with the New York Times parenting column. Parents complain about this all the time. She was just saying she wants the option for more time. She wants her job protected. Shes a strong voice in this. Very strong. Heartbreaking story. Sheinelle, thank you very much. For more on her story and the discussion its sparked, head to today. Com. Get the conversation going. Coming up, dr. Oz is here. He has some warnings tied to your health and the holidays. Pop start, how we ended up in what is sure to become a highlywatched holiday video. For the wrong reasons. Get ready to smile. Hodas surprise for a bride on her big day. Seconds before she said i do. Well have you reaching for the save your coffee from the artificial stuff. Switch to truvia. Great tasting, zerocalorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. Only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. It penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. Dont tough it out, knock it out, fast. Abreva. Therbottle of tropicana pure oranges squepremium. O each and absolutely no space for added sugar, water, or preservatives. Tropicana. We put the good in morning. This is more than just a town. This is our home. And Small Business saturday. Is more than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here. Can help keep our town growing. On Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the town, the home we love. On november 28th, shop small. Hours of reconditioning. Ived sorry, we know that was a bit. Invasive. But, if we didnt hoist you up in the air and poke around a little, we wouldnt be carmax. We expect a lot from our cars and we need to make sure that youll make the grade. You have to admit, youre looking awfully nice. Oh just relax. Its gonna be a long time before anybody peeks at your undercarriage again. And for this wonderful hetime of year. That brings us all together. Where all it takes to become part of the family is to sit down, give thanks, and share a beautiful meal together. Share the wonder of the season and a meal youll be thankful for. Walmart. Were back. Its 8 12. Time for trending. Carson is back. All is right with the world. No question about it. We have weird hours. We all wake up early, like 4 00 in the morning. On weekends, show of hands, who wakes up about the same time . No. You do . I do. I cant shake it. I do, too. Within an hour. Me, too. Im comatose on the weekends. A new study highlighting the risks of constantly changing when you sleep and when you wake up. Example, if you wake up early for work and then sleep in on the weekends, researcher call it social jet lag. They found links to bad things, like increased risk of diabetes and Heart Disease, bad cl cholesterol levels and a larger waistline. If you wake up 6 00 monday through friday, try to on saturday and sundays. Kids are the equalizer. Theyll keep you on a schedule. We get up at a stupid early hour. We get up at 3 00. Within reason. We have all this stuff on the table now. Ill explain why. This morning, Time Magazine is out for its best inventions of 2015. Cool things on the list. Among them is the hoverboard scooter. This is a hot holiday gift. Several brands on the market. This is the phunkee duck. Sells for 1500. Wow. You cant use them in new york. Thats right. Some states banned them. They look fun. Super fun. Theyre a little dangerous though. I was going to say. Its not easy. If you dont like that, heres some other intentions. A pair of nike sneakers that can be tied with one hand. Like in back to the future. Isnt it velcro . It has a lace system. How much are those . Probably expensive. Probably. Here is a product that is reinventing pasta. It is called bonza. Made from chick peas instead of wheat. Double the protein and fewer cash carbs. This is made and invented by the husband of one of our best producers, lexi rudolf. Were not paid to say this. Its really good. I have tons of banza in my house. It is good and fewer carbs. It is really good. Not march madness, but it is this bracket thats the talk of the interet. A blog called mommy shorts help a chubby baby cheekoff, the facial cheeks. Elliott versus kors. Elliott versus callie. Elliott. Elliott might take it off. The winner, the second baby elliott. But might she face, or he face is it a he . Yeah. Face a challenge from our very own . Versus her mom. Me on the left. Hence the black and white photo. Yeah. Those cheeks have thinned out a little bit. A little. Val eve versus elliott would great. You couldnt even see the neck. Elliott has us all beat. Now to carly simon putting an end to musics guessing game. Who is vain . The new today show holiday song and video, courtesy of leann rimes. Remember this . I do. Well start with carly simon. Shes revealing one of musics biggest miysteriemysteries, abo song youre so vain, about a selfabsorbed lover. Who is it about . James taylor, mick jagger . She reveals the songs second verse is all about warren beatty. She joked he probably thinks the whole song is about him. Carly will join us in studio on wednesday. Love it. Moving on to the next item of business. Right there, michael phelps. Congratulations. Hes about to become a father. The most decorated olympian and his fiance announced instagram with that photo. Expecting a baby boy. Interesting article on him in sports illustrated. Hell be interesting to watch in rio. Why . He is back in shape, in a big way. Wow. Great to see. Finally, grammy winner leann rimes wrote a special holiday song just for us here at today. Its called today is christmas. Heres your first and hopefully not the last look of the video, due to the special backup singers. Roll the tape. Today, today is christmas. Come on sing along, everybody. I like that. Its like a bad sitcom. Look at willie. Jingle, jangle matt lauer wanted a solo. He got it. Natalie played a practical joke and made me do a solo. Is that the story youre going with . Finally, he got him. Meanwhile, the song is like an earworm. Catchy. I had just gotten it out of my head. Leann rimes looks amazing. Thatll be confirmed when you watch the entire video. Of course she does. Great singer. If youre not singing jingle, jangle, all day, youre not trying. We put up the video at the website. Leannes new album is today is christmas. Shell be here december 1st to perform that. She needs her backup dancers. You stay for the caboose with leann rimes. Theres your pop start. Mr. Roker, check of the weather. Thats whats going on thats your latest weather. Matt . Time for day two of our special series, make your today. Todays holiday crash. Hodas holiday crash. Hodas crash. Whatever it is. Shes surprising fans as they celebrate milestones. Shes shocking people. Its awesome. This is fun. Watch what happens when i tiptoe into a wedding and give one deserving minneapolis bride a day beyond her wildest dreams. Reporter misty has planned every detail of her wedding day. But nothing about her day will go down as planned. We are going to blow her mind. But first, why have i spent all day sneaking around a minneapolis embassy sweuites fo misty . If you know somebody getting married or celebrating an anniversary. A while back, this groom wrote us about his fiance. Shes the most caring person ive met. Takes care of everybody like theyre her best friend. Reporter as a family therapist, misty gives services for the mentally ill and homeless, quietly helping those in need. She always has time for everybody, and im so lucky to be the one she has the most time for. Begin ordination now. Reporter to help chris give back to the woman who gives him everything, i become certified to perform a wedding. Chris wont be the only person meeting misty at the alter. Act like you really are she gets so excited when she talks about hoda. Like, oh, hoda is coming on. She doesnt get like that with anybody else. Reporter chris tells misty he hired a camera crew for her wedding gift, to document the day. This is chris surprise for me. Really . Reporter she has no clue they really work for us. As they film her getting ready what are we doing . Im upstairs in her honeymoon suite. So fun. Most of mistys besties are on hand to share the day. One friend, rebecca, couldnt swing the trip from california, or so misty thinks. Memorandum um is the word. See you in a few minutes. Reporter it is two hours until wedding bells. As chris gets the first glimpse of his bride. Oh, good. Reporter i coordinate all the lastminute details. Misty, i take you to be my reporter from practicing with their pastor. Well have you guys standing here in the corner. Reporter to hidinge inghidi we know theres a friend she hasnt seen in a while. Check. Last, shes a huge fan of music. Triple check, check, check. Reporter as the ceremony begins, im not sure who is more nervous, me, misty or chris. I dont want to make misty cry, but these are going to be the wildest tears of joy. Fingers crossed, she doesnt faint. I hear my cue. Chris invited someone you adore to be a part of this ceremony. Okay. What . Hi, misty. Oh, my gosh thank you so much for coming. Misty, i fell like i know so much about you. One night when you were asleep, chris wrote us about you. Wow. Chris asked me if i would help officiate your wedding. Wow, oh, my gosh. Is it okay . Yeah, definitely. Reporter after a moment, we collect ourselves and focus on why were here today. Then those magic words. I now pronounce you husband and wife. You can kiss the bride, chris. [ applause ] reporter our first surprise goes off without a hitch, but we have a few more things in store. I love it thats your reception room. Ben jerrys . I love ice cream so much. Your wonderful nowhusband came up with your own flavor. I think you have a friend, a friend of yours who couldnt come. What was her name . Rebecca. Rebecca. Ahh oh, my gosh, i love you. I would like to announce for the first time, chris and misty. Come on out. [ applause ] okay. We know how much you guys love music, right . Yes. Love. I heard a rumor you were going to go to a concert this weekend. Yes. We knew you couldnt go to the concert. Yeah. So we decided, we would bring the concert to you. Bride and groom, we have the goo goo dolls. [ applause ] did you know about that . No. Id give up forever to touch you misty . Yeah . I love you so much that i will do everything in my power to make your life as unbelievable as it possibly can be. I always wanted this to happen to me. I always wanted to be on tv, and i wanted it to be me. It is me. Its me yeah. Misty, i want to give you events. I want to give you moments. For the rest of your life. Wow. Aww. Theres a few more surprises you didnt see. One, we got to give them a honeymoon. Theyre heading to the secrets resort good morning. Im tracy davidson. You will need the umbrella today. Lets get details from meteorologist bill henley. The first light rain is starting to move into philadelphia. You can see a few rain drops on the lens, the camera looking at the lincoln financial field. Dry for the game this weekend but today a steady rain. Just starting to move into the area. Radar shows the light rain extends into new jersey and delaware. And its going to be with us for most of the day. Fortunately its warm. 63 degrees right now. Stay in the 60s with rainy conditions through this afternoon. Lets see if the rain is impacting your ride to work. Jessica . Slow speeds right now on the blue route so southbound more specifically but in different places especially right here around 320 on the southbound side you can see really a slow go and bumper to bumper northbound as well. Take a look at these drive times. Were seeing slow speeds on the blue route from schuykill to 95. Doing better on 95 but westbound on schuykill for an accident scene. Today Carly Fiorina will be in philadelphia to deliver the keynote address at the keystone conference on business and policy being held at the university of pennsylvania. Also today the new meter up parking app goes live in philadelphia. Follow the instructions to pay for parking and when you are meter is about to run out you get alert and reload from your phone wherever you are. Another update in 25 minutes. You can always get updates at the nbc 10 app. Now back to the today show. If i got locked away, lost it all today, tell me honestly, would you still love me the same were back, 8 30 now on a thursday morning. Its the 19th day of november, 2015. Mil mild in midtown manhattan, but the lain rain is on the way. Thanksgiving is almost here. Its the beginning officially of the holidays. Dr. Oz is going to help us keep our Holiday Cheer in check. This is more of a table of whatnot to do. Well talk to dr. Oz about that. Ill join the segment, even if im not supposed to. Also, Eddie Redmayne is getting oscar buzz again, this time for his movie the danish girl. So good in that movie. Plus, my conversation with Khloe Kardashian as she opens up about lamar, her relationship with caitlyn and how shes lost almost 40 pounds. Check out the kitchen. Katie lee is here with a twist on Sweet Potatoes, just in time for your thanksgiving table. Oh looks like marshmallows. Speaking of sweets, the today food team on the hunt for the countrys best cookie to showcase in our today food holiday cookie swap. Cast your vote for your states most delectable treat. Today. Com food. Dont forget to join the today food club. By the way, siri, your beautiful siri, wont share her rookie recipe with me. Why . I dont know. She wont share it with me. She has the best possible Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Ill steal it tonight. Great. Al, lets get a check of the weather. Tomorrow, windy conditions, snow spreading across the plains into illinois. Sunshine here in the east and west. Rain in new england. On saturday, weve got more snow in the great lakes. Sunny skies up and down the east coast. On sunday, sunday, rain in the northeast and upstate new york, could be snow. Rain down in florida. Western two thirds looking good. How about your thanksgiving outlook . Youll make the plans. First off, on wednesday, eastern half of the country looks good. On thanksgiving day itself, watching the parade, from texas to the plains, were looking at wet weather, snow through the northern plains. Sunny on the east and west coast. On friday, your travel day, well, its looking a little on the snowy said as you make your way through the upper mississippi and lower miss good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Rainy day ahead. Wet and windy but mild with temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. It doesnt last. Tomorrow the rain south of here. Sunshine is back but a chilly breeze blowing. Make things even colder on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday we could see a few showers but dry for the eagles game. Cold wind blowing. Then it gets colder monday and tuesday mornings, temperatures below freezing. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. Happy birthday, 70 years old. You look fantastic. Thank you very much. Happy birthday. Lets go back inside to matt. Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne is back on the big screen, getting an awful lot of attention for a role in the danish girl, based on a true story. Redmayne plays a prominent artist in the 1920s who is transitioning into a woman named lili. My husband, can you get him . I cant. I need to talk to my husband. I need to hold my husband. I need him. Cant you just get him . Can you at least try . Im sorry. Eddie redmayne, welcome back. Good to see you. Lovely to see you. How have you been . Good. Wonderful. Spencer tracy, tom hanks, Eddie Redmayne. Do you know what the names may have in common . Whats that . Ill get to that later. Well let it simmer. This is an embarrassment of riches. Some actors go an entire career without getting one to die for juicy role, and you come off of playing Stephen Hawking to this role. Im a lucky man. The extraordinary thing was is i was first offered this part by tom hooper, when i was making another film. He gave me this script and said nothing about it. He said, just have a read. I read this amazing, beautiful love story. Unfortunately, it took several years to get made, but it was im glad you say that. This is a love story. At its base, this is, first and foremost, a love story. Itll get a lot of attention for some of the other elements of the love story. Real person back in the 1920s. This is a complicated character. Tell me about lili. Lili was born as an artist. She was living at a time in which there were no predecessors. There were no examples or vocabulary with which she could understand what she was going through. When she was living as a man, she was an artist. Her paintings were sort of restrictive and intense and small. Versus gerda, her partners work, which was flamboyant, strong and vibrant. Really, it was about i always saw the paintings as a route in. It was as if she needed to shed some of that restriction to find who she was. I was thinking about you accepting your Academy Award last year, standing on the stage, knowing that you were in the process of bringing this other role to the screen. You must have been thinking to yourself, this is this glorious moment, and ive got another one. Ive got another one coming up that could land me back on a stage like this. I think whenever you what you said in the beginning, of the privilege of playing interesting people, our dream is to our dream, firstly, is employment. Paying the bills. Exactly. That doesnt always happen. Seriously. Then to get to play interesting people. Ive had my by playing Stephen Hawking, i thought i had my lot. The idea i got to play lili was a gift. When i was preparing to play lili, i met many women from the Trans Community who were generous and kind. Almost everyone would start the conversation going, there is no question i wont answer. The transparency and the need to educate me was, by opening their hearts, was amazing. I open the interview unfairly by saying spencer tracy, tom hanks and Eddie Redmayne. What they would have in common, the three names, is those would be the only three people who ever won best acting oscars back to back. Oh, my god. Sorry about that. It is something a lot of people are talking about already. Well, this film has been 15 years in the making. Our producer and writer have been lots of different directors and actors. Nicole kidman was attached to it at one point. The fact that i am the person who was there when the film got its financing and got made was a gift. The fact its now making it to the big screen for us, all of us involved, because its a passion project, it means a great deal. If there is any good buzz, encourage people to see it. Thatd be great. To say youre on a roll would be an understatement. Thanks so much. Good to see you. You, too. The danish girl is in theaters in new york and Los Angeles November 27th. Nationwide on christmas day. Dr. Oz is helping us avoid stress with the holidays coming were pack at 8 40. The Holiday Season is almost here. Sometimes stressing. Well help you out with us. Dr. Mehmeh oz is here. This is timely, goes for the whole year. First, talk about how much we should be drinking optimally, the maximum amount, for women and men. Youre the women, over here. Im the guys over here. Men can drink about 14 drinks a week. It actually might still be healthy for you. Women get half of that. You dont metabolize the alcohol and it goes into your bloodstream. The maximum in a day is four shots for a man and three for the woman. If you get more, its binge drinking. Three a day. Seven a week. My wineglass might be more full. Regular beer, you get 12 ounces. Malt beers, because they have more alcohol content, eight. Wine is five ounces. Its not a bottle of wine. A serving size is five ounces. Hard alcohol is an ounce and a half. You can have, for women, seven of these in a week. Men, 14 of these in a week. Its a reasonable amount to have. If you do more than, for a women, three in a day, im concerned. Thats about health. But there are issues of addiction, obviously, that are raised. People think of alcoholism and then think of social drinking. There can be this middle ground you talk about, problem drinking. Looking at problem drinking, 26 million americans. Huge number. How do you know if its a problem drinker . If youre worried about your drinking, youre a problem drinker. If youre a problem drinker, you have to make the lines of communication stay open. Tonight is iconic and which is why were doing the show today. Were asking everybody in america, the player players in addiction, which is the number one cause of accidental death in our country. We have a conversation this evening. We want the parents to talk to the young people. The Adult Children they have. Ask the question, how are you coping with life and are you using alcohol or drugs to do that . Heres the favor. Everyone is going to post a picture of an empty plate, simple to do, signifying the meal is not about the food, its about the conversation. You want people to talk about addiction. It doesnt have to be these dramatic cases. If youre worried about it, its a conversation worth having. With the holidays, you have to talk to each other about it. The federal government is involved, celebrities, medical groups, faithbased organizations. The society we have has always been held together because we bond together and talk about stuff that matters. Lets not ignore that. We have a minute. Lets do the take aways here. Important issues. First off, you have to make sure you ask the host, whats in the drink . The punch. Right. Truly a problem because you dont know how much alcohol is in there. It changes how many you can have in an evening. You want to alternate alcohol with water. Avoid the hangovers in the morning. Hangovers are primely because your brain is shrivelled up like a walnut in the cocoon head of yours and the brain is bouncing around. Doesnt sound or feel good. Mixing alcohol with water allows you to slow down, which is why its impactful. Youre at parties to shake hands. Keep one empty all the time. The other can slowly drink. If youre not sure, write it down. Then youll know for sure. Writingmassi i mess kwer towaier toward th the night. Will you take a picture with me at the end of the break . Absolutely. Coming up next, Khloe Kardashian opening up to natalie about her relationship with Caitlyn Jenner and lamar odoms recovery. First, this is today on nbc. We are back at 8 46. Between the emergence of Caitlyn Jenner and the near death of lamar odom, this has been an emotional roller coaster for the kardashian family. Natalie talked about this with Khloe Kardashian. Has been a year for her. She was preparing to go on the road to promote her new book, ready to start a new chapter in her life, when he learned odom had been found unconscious. That is where we started our conversation. Announcer now at 11 00, breaking news. Lamar odom is fighting for his life. Former nba star lamar odom found unconscious at a nevada brothel. ChlKhloe Kardashian rushing to bedside. Did you think, he might die . They told me he had four hours. It was a horrible call to get. Getting to the hospital and knowing hes in a coma, having to run these tests and make medical decisions, i its terrifying. You have to make risk and reward decisions. Theres an 80 chance if we do the operation, he might pass away, but also, if we dont do it, theres a 90 chance hell pass away. Just having to make these executive decisions is really hard, i think, on anybody. It was definitely probably one of the most emotionally stressful times ever in my life. Reporter for two weeks, khloe stayed by lamars side at a las vegas hospital before doctors moved him to los angeles to start his long road to recovery. How is he doing . Hes okay. Every day is different. The great thing is, hes off of medical machines that will keep him alive. Whats the longterm prognosis for him . He is learning how to walk again and learning how, like, cognitive therapy and Speech Therapy. They think within a year and a half to two years, he might, you know, mentally, he might be fully recovered. They dont know. Reporter this all comes at what was supposed to be an exciting time for khloe, with the release of her new book, strong looks better naked, the story of her transformation to a healthier, happier life. A journey that started three years ago when she was struggling in a failing marriage. You really talk about shedding the pounds is about shedding some of the emotional baggage that you were carrying around, as well. Right. For me, when i started going to the gym, it wasnt about, oh, im going to get skinny and i was to lose this weight. It was, i was having a hard time in my marriage, so i started going to the gym for really a stress reliever. Reporter when shes not at the gym, khloe is active and avoids mindless eating. The result, a 40pound weight loss, along with an increase in muscle mass. How often are you working out . What do you like to do . Well, typically, i work out five days a week. Its my healthy obsession. Reporter earlier this week, as khloe was making her physical transformation, she and the rest of her family were confronted with an unexpected emotional challenge. Were you planning on not being bruce any time soon . Thats possible, yeah. When he did finally say it to us, we did feel like we were the last to know and we find out on camera for the first time. I think like your emotions are real and raw, and i cant apologize for them. Im not lying, khloe. You were until we got it out of you. Did you handle it, do you think, the worst of your siblings . Probably vocally, verbally. Im so honest, im just so like aggressive with the way i talk. Im always the one to be the bad guy, which im also okay with. Probably i took it the hardest. Let me see your purse. Youre close to caitlyn now . Now that ive separated the two and we all know and understand whats going on, i love seeing how happy caitlyn is. Seeing how this is where her soul really feels like this is her best person. I love that. I love you. While khloe remains close with caitlyn, the status of her relationship with lamar odom is scrutinized since she rescinded their divorce paperwork. In our next hour, khloe tells me why she made the decision. She also reveals the simple changes she made to her diet to help transform her body. She looks incredible. Shes that much stronger emotionally, as well. Amazing she was there during the first tough couple days. Coming up next, well take a turn and talk about saving time and money on your thanksgiving feast. Katie lee has delicious ideas. Matt will help her in the kitchen. First, this is announcer meals and deals on today is brought to you by walmart. Stop by a store or visit us at walmart. Com to share wonder every day. Back at 8 53 with todays food, creating the ultimate thanksgiving. Its a week away so were stretching your budget with Sweet Potatoes. Katie lee is cohost of the kitchen. Good to see you. You, too. Theyre economical. Yes, they are. Right now, there is a local store that has them for 49 cents a pound. Cant beat that. Buy them in bulk if you store them in a cool, dry place. Theyll keep for a long time. Whats the name of the dish . Sweet potato casserole, thanksgiving classic. Tried and true. Its brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecan, butter and cream. Youll take the Sweet Potatoes, cube them and cook them a little bit. What you want to do is put them in a pot with cold water, bring them to a water and reduce to a simmer. If you put poe ptatoes in the boiling water, the outside cooks but the inside doesnt. Got it. Ive got some milk, heavy cream and butter here. Were going to put that right in and mash them. All right. Just like that. Mash them or use the blender like this . Isnt it going to get all over the place . No. Youre all right. Yes, it is. Maybe a little. Lets pretend weve mashed our potatoes. We need those. Ill do it a little. Thats why were wearing the aprons. Mash those potatoes up. You want these warm because itll incorporate into your potatoes more. Look what youve done. We made a nice little mess. You have pregreased this. Now, this should be nice, creamy and mashed. What were going to do is make a little topping. If you want to make this in advance, this can go into the freezer at this point. Then you thaw it before you make the topping. What do we have here . This topping is cold butter, salt, brown sugar, flour and pecan. You can substitute other nuts if youd like. Mix it together. Well put it on top of the casserole. If youre not a nut person, you can leave this topping off and just do marshmallows. This is what it looks like when it comes out of the oven. How long does it cook . 25, 30 minutes at 350 degrees until theyre golden brown. This is my favorite part. Leftover Sweet Potatoes. This is super easy. Simplest pancake recipe. Eggs and leftover Sweet Potato Casserole. From the blender to the hot griddle. Take a look downstairs. Theyre digging in as we speak. I love the pancakes. Great idea. Healthy, too. Cottage cheese. Really healthy. How was the casserole . Huge hit. You can take your casserole topping and put it on top of the pancakes, too. Double duty. Yeah. Crumble it on top. Little maple syrup. Smells great. Katie lee, thank you very much. Happy thanksgiving. You can catch the recipes and 30 days of budget meal ideas and sign up for our foo. Good thursday morning. Im tracy davidson. Lets get your first alert forecasting from meteorologist bill henley. Were tracking some rain being light rain to start with. You can see it on the lens and the view from cape may, lafayette hotel, a little bit of rain there. Philadelphia getting some light rain too but the temperature has moved up. Its now 64 degrees. 14 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. Look at the rain. Just some light rain so far. We do see heavier downpours. More likely to be coming through this afternoon and early this evening. 64 degrees in a staying in the 60s through the day. A recall alert to tell you about. Wegmans is recalling its italian classic Butternut Squash ravioli. If you have it take it back to the store for a refund. Happening right now if youre heading to the Philadelphia International this is what youll see. Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants and cabin cleaners are fighting for more money. The strike is supposed to last today but everything so far is running smoothly. Also happening today uber will do more than to get you from paint a to point b. People in philadelphia can use the service to help protect them from the flu. From 11 00 to 3 00 you can call uber to gate flu shot. For 10 a nurse will come to your house. Have a great day. This morning on todays take, Khloe Kardashian opens up about lamar, caitlyn and her famous family. Then a new movie thats getting a lot of award season buzz. Well cut the calories from your favorite thanksgiving dishes in our 16 to 16 challenge. All that and more coming up 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. Welcome to today. Its thursday morning, november 19th, 2015. Im willie along with al, natalie and tamron. We begin again this morning in paris with major news about the alleged leader of the attacks last friday. Keir simmons is there in paris for us. Whats the latest . Good morning. Abdelhamid abaaoud, this guy was a ruthless terrorist, a poster boy for isis. Hed post pictures of himself online with dead bodies in syria. He took a 13yearold relative, allegedly, with him to syria. He is the mastermind behind, the linchpin behind the series of terrorist attacks, including the massacre here in paris. It took the french authorities until today to confirm they had killed him. They had to use fingerprints to be sure because of the scale of that fire fight in the third floor apartment yesterday in the saintdenis area of paris. 5,000 rounds were fired. Its clear abaaoud did everything he could to try to not be taken alive. We know that he had bragged in the past about being able to get to europe, willie. Hes said in the isis magazine earlier this year, my name and picture was all over the news. Still, i was able to stay in the homeland and plan attacks against them, then leave safely. What is really, really going to worry the security and Intelligence Services, willie, is that if he did manage to do that in the past, it looks as if he managed to do it again, despite being a wanted man. How did this man travel to the capital of france and launch this attack, despite the fact it was known he was an isis fanatic and murderer . More questions in this investigation. Keir, thank you very much. New video from daily mail. Com. Video from cameras inside one of the cafes that was targeted in fridays attack. Its a difficult piece of video to watch. We dont show you the worst of it, but you get the idea. Isis also has released a nearly fiveminute long propaganda video that shows images of times square. They were not recent images. Theyve been used in previous videos. Bill de blasio saying no credible or specific threats to new york. Macys say extensive security will be in place for the parade. Millions of people will be watching around the world. Youll see more security around that parade a week from today. As keir brought up the point, whats become an ongoing concern here in this country and abroad, as well, is the syrian refugee crisis. Also, because he mentioned that abaaoud, the mastermind, had gotten into paris as a known mastermind of these kinds of attacks from syria, he had gotten into paris. New nbc news surveymonkey poll shows 56 of the American Public disapprove of allowing more Syrian Refugees here into this country. One of the terrorists, as we have known and talked about since friday, had a syrian passport on them, which has sparked a lot of the backlash t it and the number of governors refusing syrian refuge refugees into their state has grown. Were hearing more and more about how this alleged attack was carried out and learning more about the details. There is a photo that has surfaced, as well. This is isis publishing in their own propaganda magazine. A soda can and a detonator. They claim its this kind of device, this homemade bomb, that took down that russian plane last month, killing 224 people. Its impossible to validate the photo, but it appears its a soda can, as tom costello reported earlier, that was cut in half, packed with plastic explosives, and put back together again. All Security Experts say, looking at that, those are the components, the detonator and the triggering mechanism, that would be components that could be capable of being a bomb. Experts here at home say the tsa checkpoints, explosive detection systems, could have caught a similar device. You check your bags, scan them through. The scanners at the parairports would be able to detect explosives. However, what they cant detect, one of the big security gaps, if this is a soda can, the real concern is, people internally working at the airports, catering on those carts. If Something Like that could get through the system, thats the real concern now. I always say, when i come out of the baggage claim area, nobody is checking bags. You see people come up drivers coming in to get rides. They come right into airports and nobody is checking who these people are as theyre coming in to get their pickups. They could easily place something on a carousel. Thats always, for me, been an eyeopener. Looking at the last point of entrance or exit from the airport is right there, the baggage claim area. It scares me every night. Security experts all say you can do everything exactly right. The terrorist only needs to get it right one time. Exactly. Thats what weve seen in paris, sadly, on friday, multiple times. They were able to. I hate to use the word, get it right, but thats what they did. It takes one. When you see the can, the catering and other avenues, going back to jeffs report, they had a box cutter, producer from nbc, got on a box cutter, knife. While the tsa says it would have been detected, its not 100 . We saw that yesterday in jeff rossens report. You see the cargo areas, also the catering, people who work at the airport. The missing we had the report last week on the number of employees whose badges are missing, 1,000, floating around somewhere for an individual to do dubious things with. How rudimentary these can be. If this brought down a plane. Its a soda can. 9 11 was box cutters. Doesnt take a lot to bring a plane down. All it takes is having that device right near sort of the fuselage area. Once you create a crack in an airplane, the whole thing goes. Man. Were going to change gears right now. This is interesting. We always like hearing about homes that are for sale, unique homes. Theres a privately owned underground bunker that just hit the market in georgia. How much, al . 17. 5 million. Wow willing to negotiate . Not much of a view there, right . Its not a room, its a view. Listed by harry norman realtors. Built 45 feet underground on more than 20 acres. Underground, so you cant see it. It was built in 1969. Renovated a couple years ago. Modern kitchen. 12 bedrooms, 12 baths. Heres the selling point, can withstand a 20 Kiloton Nuclear blast. Three foot thick walls. The Family Living underground and comes back up with brendan frazier. Right. Blast from the past. Not bio dome but its like that. Similar. Underground. Zombies are coming after us, i know where im going. 17 million. We all chip in, you know, get a bunch of people. In georgia, right . Its where they filmed walking dead. If the zombies are coming. Something to bring a smile to your face. Jimmy fallon has the whisper challenge. The guest says something to them and they have to guess what youre saying. They have on headphones with blasting music. One couple tried it with their parents. They had some i dont want to give away too much. Just look at it. Watch. Hyper. Im pregnant. Keep saying it. Keep saying it. Youre going to be yeah, youre going to be grandparents. Keep saying it. Youre going to be a grandparent. Shorts . Shorts . Youre going to be a grandparent. Do you want me to what . You are going to. To. Be. Be. You are going to be you are going to be an be a. And what . You are going to be a im going to behave . Grandfather. Im a father . Grandfather. Great father. Grandfather. Grandfather yes. Im going to be a grandfather yes. Im going to be a grandfather . Im going to be a grandfather . Im going to be a grandfather . Were going to be grandparents she got it right off the bat. She knew. She was letting him have his fun. Adorable. Great. If you havent seen that, theyre pumping music in their ears and trying to read the lips. Amazing. Very nice. I love it. Al, how about a look at the weather . We have a storm system thats going to be very interesting to watch. Coming in from the pacific northwest. As it does, its going to be meeting a lot of cold air comes out of canada. As it does, we are going to watch this system make its way across the plains starting tomorrow, on into saturday and sunday. Its a fastmoving storm. Very clipperlike. Well be watching this. This will be the first significant snow through the midwest and plains. We already have winter storm watches for milwaukee, des moines, rockford, illinois. Look at the snowfall amounts. Out west, upwards of one to two feet. As you go to omaha, cedar rapids, west of chicago, some areas could pick up a foot of snow. Were going to be watching this very good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Rainy day ahead. Wet and windy but mild with temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. It doesnt last. Tomorrow the rain south of here. Sunshine is back but a chilly breeze blowing. Make things even colder on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday we could see a few showers but dry for the eagles game. Cold wind blowing. Then it gets colder monday and tuesday mornings, temperatures below freezing. Jy have a great day. That is your latest weather. Thank you very much, al. Coming up, one of the alltime greats is here. Harvey is in a new movie about growing old and finding youth. Well sit down with harvey after the first fridge with a keurig brewing system. Only in the ge cafe series. Made for everyday and extra special days. Get up to 40 off select major appliances. 396 and more. Now at lowes. First i wash. Then i apply it to my wet skin. It moisturizes with no sticky feel. I quickly rinse off. And im ready to go. Nivea inshower body lotion in the body lotion aisle. Guest pc does what . through the door pc does amazingly thin designs. Pc does what no pc has done before. Does yours . Clonew clorox scrub singles are, yopreloaded with cleanerss. To scrub away stuckon messes and even get into tough corners. It cleaned all this. Good job, mom. Great job, mom. Real scrubbing. For your real life. Time in the service. Community college. It matters. 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He plays an agent director on vacation played by his bud, michael caine. Good to see you. Thank you, al. Just before we started, you were talking about growing up in brooklyn and stealing pigeons. Is there a i cant get arrested now, right . No, youre safe. This film is interesting because its basically kind of an ode to aging and what it means to get older. Not necessarily worse, it gets better, in a sense. Well, i feel strongly about some of these wonderful themes that was written about in the movie. Not so much for me about aging, as about the mind and if you want to have a youthful mind, you can have it until the end of your days. Represented by the five writers, the five young writers helping nucle mick to write his final script and final an ending to his story. Thats a mythological search to find the end of your story. So you got to work right alongside with michael caine, playing his best friend. His characters best friend. Friends for 60 years. How did you guys go about building that bond . Well, michael and i had a back story. Him being a cockney and me being from brooklyn. He served in the british army. I served in the american marines. We sort of had a language of our own. We shouldnt share either with you or colorful language. Cursing involved. How do you do it, harvey . How do you stay young . Not just physically, but of mind, as well. Whats your secret . Well, ill speak fast here. Theres this middle eastern poet that has been a guardian light for me. Her name was lala. She asked four questions. One was, what can you offer to god . She answered, the only offering you can make is your increasing awareness. Thats been my guiding light. Beautiful. Always try to increase awareness. Thats beautiful. Amazing. We have just a few more seconds but we wanted to get to questions. Whats your favorite word . [ laughter ]. One probably comes to mind right now. He got it. Oh, gosh. Brooklyns think alike. What turns you on creatively . 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Fans of the hunger games can mark the x on their calendar. The day has come for the last installment of the franchise, mockingjay, part 1. Patina miller plays commander pa paylor. Its up to her to inspire troops to overtake the capital. Let us be for a cause ask not a spectacle. If we succeed, let it be for all of panem and forever. Good to see you. I was thinking when i saw that scene, who were you channelling . Did you watch great speeches . Thats the moment that youre inspiring. Well, you know, i think of great speeches, Martin Luther king. Obviously, that guy could hold down a crowd. My mother is a minister, and i group up around preachers and ministers and people like that. To hear them speak and see them sort of command a stage, and to have people listen to them, i channelled that. I was off the heels of another lead, and i took all those influences into it. Is this only your second movie . Well, yes. My second film. I went straight into the biggest franchise ever, doing my first film. Unbelievable. Help llo, pressure. For hunger games fans, shes a huge broadway star. Won the tony for best actress in a musical a couple years ago. Yeah. Thats you. Amazing. You started on stage and won the tony for pippen. That had to be a surreal moment. Pippen for people goes back, people remember it from such a young age. To be able to bring it back and put my own spin on it. The cast is female. To have the opportunity as a woman to take on an iconic role was a big, old challenge, but i was up for it. Amazing. From broad kaway to film, i havo ask about this little fact we read about. You met your husband online . Yes. I love that. Was it on purpose, like match . It was eharmony. Sweet. It works. Do they use you in an ad . No. He was the first guy i met. Is that your dog or his dog . What . In the picture. Met the dog online. Amazing. First person you met online. Yeah. It worked. Its like he wow. 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Look at the clouds and wind. A mild morning. The radar shows the light rain thats with us so far. Some steadier rainfall expected as we go into the afternoon and through it all it stays warm. Right now 64 degrees in philadelphia. Happening today home depot and other companies are hosting a job fair for veterans in south philadelphia. That job fair runs from 11 00 to 3 00 this afternoon at lincoln financial field. Home depot is trying to make it easier for military Service Members to find a career in their company. Camden county Police Officers will continue their coffee with a cup program at mcdonalds on Federal Street from 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. Its a chance for people to sit down with overseas. Republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina will be in philadelphia. Shes delivering the keynote address at the keystone conference on business and policy. Being held at the university of pennsylvania. And if you park in philadelphia, at least certain parts of philadelphia you can now pay through the meter up app. It will allow you to pay for parking straight from your smartphone starting today. Theres four areas in the city being tested right now. Its a six month pilot program. They will see how it works and if it works well they will expand to it the entire city. Im chris cato well be back with another update in 25 minutes. Get the latest news and weather through the nbc 10 news app. Now we go back to the today show. Have a great thursday. Taking a look at the headlines. Just in time for the busy Holiday Travel season, thousands of airport workers went on strike wednesday night at some of the busiest hubs in the country, including here in new york, boston, chicago and philadelphia. Union leaders say the trike is expected to last through today. Workers are seeking a minimum wage of 15 an hour and the right to join a union. The airlines say they dont expect travelers will be impacted. A state judge in San Francisco ordered a woman to honor an agreement she signed with her husband while they were married to destroy five frozen embryos if they got divorced. The exhusband says he is worried, in part, that his former wife could use any children resulting from the embryos to take financial advantage of him. The woman, a 46yearold cancer survivor, argues that the embryos are her last chance to have biological children because the cancer made it risky for her to become pregnant. More evidence this morning about how changing sleep schedules may affect your health. Researchers from the university of pittsburgh monitor the activity of 450 adults one week. Those whose sleep schedules that were different on workdays versus free days were more likely to have diabetes and poor cholesterol. This is a day when smokers are encouraged to kick the habit. A combination of headcation med counseling with help. The Health Benefits begin immediately. 12 hours after quitting, the Carbon Monoxide level drops to normal. Two weeks later, lung function increases. After one year of quitting, the excess risk of coronary Heart Disease is cut in half. An lelectric eel is the sta in japan. The current it produces is just enough to light up a christmas tree. Electric eels capable of generating brief bursts of currents measuring more than 800 volts. They release especially strong volts when being fed. How about that . Let get a check of the weather now. Al, stay away from the electric eels. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by soma boutiques and soma. Com. Endu indulge in gor dougeous gifts t holiday. We have snow across the plains. Sunshine in the east and out west and through the gulf coast. Moving into saturday, that snow makes its way into the central great lakes. Were looking at sunshine along the eastern sea board. Wet weather in florida and texas. Beautiful out west. Then sunday, sunday, leftover snow and rain in northern new england. Lots of sunshine elsewhere. Your thanksgiving travel outlook now looking like this. On tuesday, we are looking at basically this is wednesday, i should say. Snow out in the plains. Lots of sunshine in the east with rain in texas. On thanksgiving day, a little snow snowy in the plains and wet weather for the gulf coast to th good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Rainy day ahead. Wet and windy but mild with temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. It doesnt last. Tomorrow the rain is out of here. Sunshine is back but a chilly breeze blowing. Make things even colder on saturday. Saturday night into early sunday we could see a few showers but dry for the eagles game. Cold wind blowing. Then it gets colder monday and tuesday mornings, temperatures below freezing. Have a great day. That is your latest weather. Thank you so much, al. Now to our 16 to 16 series, where we have challenged three viewers and you at home to get into shape by the new year. With the big thanksgiving feast a week away now, mary jean, rochelle and ken are understandably worried about ruining the diets. Joy bauer is here to help. Good morning, everyone. Hap happy early thanksgiving. Joy, want to give us an update on how theyre doing . Mary jean lost an additional one pound. Shes down a total of 25. 5 pounds. Wow. Incredible. Unbelievable. Rochelle lost three pounds this week. Last week, she stayed the same. She certainly has caught up this week. Down three pounds for a total of 19 pounds. All right. Wow. Good job. Ken has lost another two pounds this week. Youre down a total of 24 pounds. Thats amazing. Unbelievable. Every time you come in, you can really see it. You look great. I hope you feel good, too. We do. Chiselling out. Great. Lets talk about how this is going to work. One item on the plate is healthy holiday, one thats fatty feast. What ive done is first, ill say that thanksgiving is thanksgiving. I dont think anybody needs to be counting calories. Because we love our precious sides, i took a stab at lightening up some of the very favorites. Each one of our participants has one of the favorite sides in front of them. They have a fattening version and my lightened up version. Well start with you, mary jean. Youll taste both. Youre going to tell us by placing the cards in front, which you think is the fattening feast and which is my joy food version called healthy holiday. This is Sweet Potato Casserole. Theyre both really good. This one is really good. But i think this is the healthier one. Too sweet. Youre exactly right. Let me first say that traditional Sweet Potato Casserole is, for a cup, 350 calories. My version is only 160 for a full cup. Heres what i did. I got a little sneaky. I took half Sweet Potatoes and mashed it with half karatcarrot. I didnt add any sweetening so i drove down the calories and carbs. Its still deliciously sweet. Marshmallows on top. Bright orange. Not a big difference . No. This is actually too sweet. This is absolutely delicious. Mix the carrots in. Thats the lesson. Theyre great. Next up we have pumpkin pie. Take two tastes. The original is 300 calories per slice. My healthy one is only 188. Which do you think is the held th healthy. I think this one. I like this better. Maybe i can roll half as much crust . I need my crust. Theres a thin Graham Cracker crust. For the same calories, you can use your traditional crust. I took a Graham Cracker crust. Its really good. I reduced the sugar significantly. Instead of what it calls for, the condemned evaporated milk, i used a light unsweetened almond vanilla mill zbk. Love the cream spinach. The fattening one, 240 valley calories. Mine is only 110. Its really tasty. I think its healthy. He mixed it up whoa, you rock this tastes he thought my healthy one was the fattening version. No kidding. Its so much creamier. 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Were nowhere in the clear. I was like, you told me he was going to die a few days ago. Reporter today, odom is in a los angeles hospital where khloe says hes breathing on his own, going through Speech Therapy and learning how to walk again. Youve rescinded the Divorce Proceedings for now. Why . I was expediting the divorce prior. Im still separated with him, but im just not expediting them anymore. Theres no reason for it. Also, just in his will, im always the medical adviser. He had no one else to make these decisions for him. Reporter it was the stress surrounding her failing marriage that kick started khloe on a threeyear path to a healthier lifestyle. A journey she chronicles in her new book, strong looks better naked. Three years ago, khloe started going to the gym to relieve stress and, soon, it became her favorite part of the day. Do you go every day . I try to go five days a week. If i dont go, i feel like my day isnt as fluid as it should be. When you work out and start your day in a healthy routine, you kind of keep the routine for the rest of the day. Reporter that routine includes hikes with her sisters and the family dog. I will do any workout. Ill try new things at least once. I love boxing. I circuit train with my trainer. Reporter once khloe had a exercise routine in place, she turned to her eating habits. Cutting out dairy, cutting out ice tea and no carbs after dark. You dont diet, its sort of watching the things that you take in . Yeah. I was a juice drinker. Cutting that out was huge. The nondairy thing was major for me. I still need my sweets sometimes. Me, too. Reporter those simple changes paid off. With khloe losing 40 pounds. While adding muscle mass. Thoughi i showing off her new body in the season premiere of keeping up with the kardashians. Khloe says the changes are more than skin deep, building a stronger emotional core, helping her handle a roller coaster year that started with a stunning announcement from her stepfat r stepfather. We were never told he was going to fully transition and become a woman. Reporter and ended with her husbands brush with death. What has life in this past year taught you about yourself . Well, its taught me, you could never guess whats going to happen tomorrow. Its taught me how strong i really am. Also, how great and supportive of a family i have. I dont know how id live my life without my family. I have the best support system in the world. Get in here for a hug. Okay. While the turbulent year took another turn for khloe, she announced she postponing book signings because of illness. Shes on bedrest until further notice. We do wish her well. Coming up next, crafts to keep the kids entertained and out of the kitchen on thanksgiving, after this all the hard work. Time in the service. 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You didnt expect this did you . No i didnt. The nissan altima. Theres a fun side to every drive. Nissan. Innovation that excites. Got your uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews coming over next week. If you need ideas to keep the little ones entertained, we have you covered. Parents magazine lifestyle director is here with cutis in the house. Theyre doing thanksgiving crafts to keep busy. Good morning to you. Good to see you. Thanks for having me. Its wonderful to have you. During the break, we had a meltdown. Guess what . Caroline is happy because these crafts are so good, it kept her from crying. Proof. Proof in the craft. I can help you. Were going to talk about gis e giseles craft. Starts with a two inch wide band of wood veneer. Decorate it with whatever, feathers, circles. Then the kids can have them for dinner time. Hi, nathan. Nathan and blake are working on cut and glue crafts. Nathan that has the fall wreath, adding paper leaves to the craft. Start with a card board circle. When theyre assembled, they look like this. Great for kids to work on together as a group. Cut out a bunch of things and let them go to town. Here, we have a pretty classic thanksgiving craft. We have thanksgiving turkeys made from hand prints. The hand print. You trace the childs hand, cut them out and use those for the turkey feathers. As you can see, blake is adding on googly eyes and otherturkeys the hand print has stood the test of time. Pearrsonalized crafts. This is an interesting technique. You are drawing on coffee filters with a washable marker. Then spritz them with water so the colors start to run and look like feathers. Tiedye. Kpalexactly. Then the pipe cleaners have been wrapped around the pencil to give them that shape. Mom and dad dont have coffee filters. All out. This is a super quick craft. Walnut shells. The parent is going to crack them. Diana is putting playdoe inside. You make it out of a tooth stick. You can put it at everyones place setting at the table. Sweet caroline. Working on a weaving craft. For this, the mom or dad is going to cover a piece of paper in yellow duct tape, both sides. Cut out a corn cob shape. Mom . Caroline is going to weave these papers into to get the corn effect. I like this. This is a distraction. We have to focus . I dont think i can do that. I dont think so either. We good . Feeling extra crafty, you can add the husks on at the end. Phenomenal kids. Nicely done. Great job, guys. These guys are super crafters. We are ready to take them . Awesome. Thanks. Laura, thank you. Back in a moment. In the today on nbc. Are you trying to escape from us . Hello. Its cooper town, baby. We have seth rogue p en im chris cato. Rain is falling for some of you. Lets find out where. Were seeing late rain in philadelphia and at the shore. Cape may seeing light rainfall right now. Clouds are over center city and the temperatures are going to be Holding Steady in the 60s, not climbing another degree or two. 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