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To get his mojo back this weekend. Hes in danger of missing the cut after his disaster play at the masters last month. Will he be able to pull it together to stay in the tournament . And the sweetest celebration. Nfl player, devon still gets married. A wedding they werent sure they would be able to have after leah was diagnosed with cancer. Today, saturday, may 14, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im in for chanel jones, enjoying the morning off. Thanks for being here. How are you today . Trying to get this lump out of my throat. Our tea is here, by the way. I didnt realize i lost my voice until i got to work. When you get dressed, you dont talk to yourself. Yes. We are going get you through it. Thank you very much. Bear with me, we are going to get through it together. We want to get through the top story. The audio recording that surfaced from the 90s that sounds like donald trump as his camp denies he is the voice behind the call. The reporter on the other end says she has no doubt it was trump. Jac jacob rascon has more. Reporter trump pretended to be his own publicist, admitted it, apologize zed for it and now denying it as surrogates are making rounds telling everyone it is time to move on. The year was 1991, trump facing a barrage of press about his dworsz. Im sort of new here. Reporter People Magazine boasting about trumps personal life. Gets called by everybody in the book in terms of women. Reporter the reporter is sue who says trump admitted to her, it was a joke. Theres no doubt in my mind that he apologized to me and made it clear he was the man on the tape. Theres no doubt in my mind. Reporter the voice is familiar. I can tell you this. I can tell you this. You understand that. You understand that. Reporter john miller was the top trending tweet on twitter. Show us his birth certificate. Trump, himself, denies all of it. It was not me on the phone. It doesnt sound like me on the phone. Reporter his surrogates calling it a distraction. At some point, we have to start concentrating on whats important. The issues that face our country are monumental. Reporter they tell Cynthia Mcfadden it wasnt her speculating, it might have been trump. If i didnt give it to the Washington Post, who did . I think trump is behind letting this go. Why . Why does donald trump do anything that he does . Reporter she was not the source and the campaign didnt respond to specific questions about that, only saying the man on the tape is a bad impression, of mr. Trump. Jeff . Thanks. We are going to break this down with a republican strategist and Communications Director for paul ryan. Ari is msnbcs chief league correspondent. Good morning. Good morning. I want to start with you and the tape, a bizarre situation. We are heading into a general election. Is this the type of situation that swing voters start to care about . Well, doesnt seem to matter to his voters. What does it tell us new about him . We know he was a playboy in the 80s. Now we know he was his own publicist. He had the time to sideline doing that. Look, this is this is an unforced error for him. For me, whether or not it matters to voters, he didnt need to lie about it. He could have admitted what most people already knew that he was doing this in the 80s. You worked with paul ryan as Communications Director. This impacts the voters, does it impact paul ryan . Is he the guy that will dig his heels in over this . Not over this. Paul ryan has been put in a difficult spot as speaker of the house. Members of the house are for, against and still considering donald trump. To get behind him, he is buying the time and the space. They have to see how donald trump responds and campaigns. This doesnt help, honestly. Donald trump made a deal out of the fact he is selffunding his campaign. Two sources saying he will raise funds for the general and may pay himself back, ultimately. Do you think that will impact the voters . He made such a big deal out of it. The question is, do people see something he promoted as a centerpiece . He has the money, hell spend it. Now in the general election, we learn hes going to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Thats more than anything in the primaries that blows up the idea hes independent. At the end of the day, this, not unlike the spokesman thing which is more weird and stupid than important, are questions people look at and say, okay, donald trump seems different. Is he different good or different weird . That is important. You cannot run right now as being the same as a washington politician. Different can be good. Does it take away that aura if he works with the establishment . It can. If you look at the money, hes raising it from the same old crew, voters who thought they were going to get Something Different voters say the closer he gets to washington the more he looks Like Washington and works with washington. People have to know, can they believe what this person says. Quickly, i want to get both of your reactions to this. Wall street journal report that said the Clinton Global Initiative was helping to facilitate commitments that ultimately benefited a Public Company and they had ties to the clintons friends. Legally, a lot of folks say this doesnt cross the line but does it and is it a problem for the clintons . It can be. Based on the report, there is nothing against a law that they gave money to a for profit instead of nonprofit entity. They have done a ton of good work in africa and around the world. Nobody denies that. A lot of people celebrated it. The problem here and the question here, was this focus on good works or part of a larger branding to hand out deals or favors that never looked good . Trump is going to be able to make the place we have been saying for a long time, the Clinton Foundation has been a slush fund for his Campaign Operatives and the people knew for years they kick money over to their friends. This is an icky thing. This is not a big story, but when they come to light, you are going to hear more and more about it. Trump is going to make a big issue of it in the campaign. Thank you very much, appreciate it. One former republican president ial candidate is deciding whether he will attend this summer. Rubio is trying to stay in the spotlight in his hometown of florida. Gabe gutierrez caught up with him. What you have done is horrifying and unexcusable. Reporter off the campaign trail and on the attack. Touring a federally subsidized housing unit calling for reform as the department of housing and urban development. We need to find out how prevalent this is. Reporter two months after his president ial bid ended, a poll finds 42 of florida voters approve of his performance, the lowest level since he was elected in 2010. I was in a president ial campaign. Its like a boxer that goes into a ring, you may win or lose rksz but you are going to have a swollen eye. Reporter he is not sure if he is going to attend the party conventi convention. I lean toward going reporter knocking down being trumps running mate. Im not going to be a lobbyist. Theres other things. Reporter as for the apartment complex, they are working on the inspection process. We were appalled at the conditions and work closely with the residents and their association to improve conditions. Reporter a spokesperson for the complex says the owners have already made repairs and 2 Million Dollars in improvements. She questions why rubio was paying attention to the troubled property now. We wish the senator had invested his time. Im not running for anything. Im finishing my term and doing my job. Shifting away from politics, heart stopping moments earlier this week when a plane full of skydivers crashed into the ground. The whole thing was caught on camera from a skydivers helmet. Amazingly, everyone escaped unscathed. Reporter panic, fear, harrowing moments then impablct. To a thunderous crash. The world is now upside down, bodies everywhere, a moment to think. And time to get out. Everybody out reporter finally, daylight. Everyone accounted for. 17 skydivers and their pilot prepared for the ultimate rush, almost paying the ultimate price when their plane crashed in a california vineyard. It took off from the airport at 2 00 in the afternoon thursday. This exclusive video just released. Investigators say the plane had engine problems immediately and never got that far off the ground. This survivor was on board. Boom we are on the ground, upside down, everything is dark. People are yelling, get out, get out, get out. Reporter not just harrowing from the sky, as it hit the ground, it barrelled into her pickup truck. I saw the plane coming down. I told me husband, that plane is going to hit us. It clipped our back end. Reporter only the pilot suffered a bloody nose. Not exactly the rush they were looking for, these thrill seekers happy to be on the ground. Steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. Commuters here on the new york tappen zee bridge, you can see the big rig tipping over narrowly missing drivers as it smashes into the median. Police say the truck broke an axel before it flipped. Amazing think, no major injuries but it tied up bridge traffic. Terrifying moments at sea to tell you about. The coast guard is missing for a cruise line passenger. The 33yearold was reported to have gone overboard in the gulf of mexico. She was on liberty when Surveillance Video shows she may have fallen. President obama and the first lady hosted a dinner for leaders of five nordic nations. He talked about a popular norwegian show. It wouldnt include entertainment that was too crazy. He didnt want things to get out of hand. One of the most moments as an nfl star gets his wish. Devon still got married, dancing with his new wife asha. Leah was battling cancer. The 6yearold was there in good health as flower girl and dance partner. If that doesnt give you chills, i dont know what does. Dil lylan is here with a chef the weather. We have a cool front that is going to cool things off significantly. Temperatures 30 degrees below average. Here is the rain with the cold front. It continues to move eastward. Here is the front right here. Ahead of it, pockets of heavy rain. Not going to see severe, widespread storms today. The snow filling in through the Upper Peninsula of michigan where we could see a dusting on the grassy surfaces. This would be where temperatures are going to tumble behind it. Enough so that lakeeffect snow could kick in off lake erie and lake ontario. New york to norfolk, virginia. Isolated, severe storms, wind gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour and small hail. Its not going to be a severe outbreak of storms. Keep an eye to the sky. This area of low pressure is going to drag down the colder air. We have freeze warnings and frost advisories through the Northern Plains and upper midwest. 38 in detroit, 36 in pittsburgh tomorrow morn in good saturday morning. Im meteorologist karen thomas with a look at your neighborhood forecast. Dry for now, but we are tracking a cold front that is expected to be pushing through later today. So sun to start today. Clouds move in midday. And then were looking for showers, possibly even a thunderstorm later on this afternoon. High temperatures mainly in the lower to mid 70s across the board. Looking for a High Temperature of about 72 degrees in philadelphia. Have the umbrellas later on. And thats your latest forecast. How you turn this Chicken Scratch into a forecast. My brain can somehow do it. It works. By the way, golfer, Jordan Spieth trying to make the cup at the players championship. Because of a rain delay on friday, he has to finish his second round. Hes in danger of being bounced from the tournament. This is the first one hes played in since the masters. Here is blake mccoy. Reporter Jordan Spieth looking to get on track at the players championship. The 22yearold golf fee nom starting 13 shots off the lead. A rocky performance friday. Sort of lost magic. Reporter its his first tournament golf since the stunning meltdown at the masters, blowing a fiveshot lead in the final round. Then in this awkward moment, having to present champion danny willis with the green jacket he came so close to winning for a second year in a row. It was difficult to go through that experience right afterward, feeling like i should i have control of it. Reporter he shook off that loss with a trip to the babaham, documenting the trip on social media. Giving the vacation its own hashtag. The others offering playbyplay commentarying and ribbing spieth about his masters disaster as only friends can do. What happened, jordan. Jordan spieth is the same, genuine, grounded, humble person he was five years ago in victory or defeat. He is going to be just fine. Hes 22 years old. He has to bank a few bad experiences for him to keep everything in perspective. Reporter while spieth is recovering to regain his footing, those who know him say his feet remain firmly planted on the ground. For today, blake mccoy, nbc news. Things are tough for Jordan Spieth right now. One golfer has a smile, will wilcox. Take a look. Interesting punt. Boom. Thats right, a hole in one on the 17th. Perhaps the most famous hole in golf is the first ace since 2002. That has to feel good. Amazing. Incredible moment. You can stay on top of all the action. Maybe another hole in one at the players championship on nbc. Coverage begins today at 2 00 eastern. Now, a story that will make you believe in miracles, truly. A florida woman says two decades of prayers have been answered after she went in for surgery and left with the results not only a doctor can explain. We have the story. Its the perfect day for a drive. Oh, you want to come with me . Woohoo. Reporter Marian Franco is prepping for her drivers license. Everything comes back nice and easy. I have to keep my hands on the wheel. Theres a lot of people she needs to see. All my family i havent seen in all these years. Reporter this time, she wont have her glasses on. In 1993, i was in a bad, bad car accident. Reporter the nurse, on her way to work needed medical help, spinal surgery, words from her doctor landed like a death sentence. He said you have a stroke. Reporter her world went dark. I couldnt see anything. Reporter police and god lifted her up. So you cant see, so what . Get up and get moving and do the stuff and i did. Reporter for 23 years she was a blind woman who drew, painted and jumped from planes. A fall that could happen to anyone some high and some low. Reporter reinjured her spine. No one could imagine how she would wake up. My miracle patient. She amazed me. Reporter the goal was to realign her spine. Coming out from ananesthesia, ts was her view. To look out and see st. Lucy river and a great big beautiful white sailboat going down reporter her niece will never forget the first words out of her mouth. Doctor, guess what, i can see yes, i can see. Reporter he offers one theory, an artery, possibly kinked during the crash. When we realigned it, we could have reestablished blood flow. Reporter it could have brought dormant things back to life. Thank you for this beautiful miracle. I feel like im in my 20s. Im ready to go. In my heart, god was going to let me have my eyesight back, i knew it that is just incredible. She couldnt see for 23 years. Imagine that moment waking up. She is a spitfire. I could listen to her talk all day. You have to imagine that spirit helped her get through that. Unbelievable. We are all inspired now. Still to come, well catch up on the weekend news, the serious and the funny including ellens battle with matt and al. Always fun. Ryan gossling talks about his family and the battle between his 2yearold and another kid. First, this is today on nbc. Still to come, saving big bucks on your next vacation. A former hotel general manager has the secret. A new jersey family with hundreds of millions of reasons to smile. Well introduce you to the power good morning. Im rosemary connors. Its a few minutes before 7 30. Man, weve got the sunshine today lets check the forecast with meteorologist karen thomas. Looking good out there. Youll need the shades this morning. Plenty of sunshine to start out our saturday with temperatures mainly in the 50s, lower 50s. A little cooler in the burbs at 50 degrees. Sunshine and the live looks around the delaware valley. Looking pretty nice to start out our saturday. Radar has us dry for now. As we pull back, we go ahead and see where the rain is. Here is a cold front. Its moving very quickly west to east, and so we can anticipate clouds thickening as this front makes its way closer to us midday and then later in the afternoon we are looking for rain coming out of the system, potentially even some thunderstorms later on. Rosemary. Enjoy the sun while it lasts. Thanks, karen. We have some new information this morning about Railroad Spikes that were thrown off a philadelphia overpass and hit the traffic below. Take a look at this photo. It shows one of those Railroad Spikes lodged in a windshield. We learned that the spikes damaged four cars on University Avenue last night. A passenger who got glass in his eye refused medical treatment. Other than that, no serious injuries. Police arrested a man in his 20s. He is charged with aggravated assault and related crimes. Today the dad vail regatta is off and rowing again on the Schuylkill River. Looking live at boat house row. Full day of racing got under way within the last half hour or so. The dad vail is the largest collegiate rowing event in the country. Today Villanova University will be handing out some more diplomas. Individual schools at the university hold ceremonies throughout the day. The school held its main Commencement Ceremony yesterday. It was moved indoors because of the rain. Basketball hall of famer and nova alumnus gave the address. Thats it for now. Back to the today show. See you in another 25 minutes for a local update. 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Were ed and miriam, and were proud to be new jersey educators. We are back on this saturday morning, may 14, 2016 with drake. Drake is hosting snl tonight. Coming up, we are going to have fun with some of his lyrics where you cant tell if its a Hallmark Card or not. Outside studio 1a, a beautiful crowd. Thanks for coming, guys. They are fired up. Here is a look at whats making headlines. The reporter who took a call from a man who says shes Donald Trumps spokesman is sure it was trump himself. He admitted later it was a joke. Later, he denies he made that phone call. The secretary of Homeland Security calls for patience if you are flying the next couple months. They addressed the long security lines taking some passengers up to an hour and a half to get through. Tsa is working to get through Additional Resources to get through it. The Current Situation is in Aviation Security imperative. Harrowing moments for a group of massachusetts teenagers inside this limo when it caught fire on the way to prom. It crashed into a tree and the fire broke out. Officials think engine problems may have cause zed the limo to crash in the first place. The download and recap on the biggest headlines. Love this part of saturday. Donald trump and paul ryan, homes and lives were devastated by tornadoes. And we celebrate 100 years of National Parks. Those are some of the stories that caught our attention. A high stakes meeting in washington between donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan trying to mend fences. I think we agree on a lot of things. We are planting seeds to get unified. In a whacky election, audio obtained by the Washington Post capturing a 1991 conversation between people and a man claiming to be Donald Trumps publicist. Denying it on today. Are you aware the tape isnt you . Doesnt sound like me. A shocking knife attack in massachusetts, four stabbed, three dead, including the attacker. 28yearold arthur derosa. He crashed his car, then broke into a home where he stabbed a mother and daughter. He drove to Silver City Mall ramming his honda into a macys, before entering a restaurant and stabbing two more people. Severe weather ripped across the midwest and the south this week. Western kentucky is cleaning up after two tornadoes touched down. Loud noises. Reporter oklahomas governor declaring a state of emergency in 15 counties. For jaime ramirez, the search for her lost pet was frantic, now the har ch realization that her home is gone. Devastating. Reporter woody allen under scrutiny after his son who works for nbc wrote a scathing essay about his father and how sexual assaults were covered in the media. It helped create a culture of impunity and silence. Allen was accused of sexually assaulting his sister when she was a little girl. He denied the accusation. To celebrate 100 years of National Park service, the today show hit the road showing the trees of california. The best of maine. We did the lobster crab. Reporter and the deserts of new mexico discovering nature. Look at this stone, picks it up and realizes, oh my gosh, thats a turd. A new desert mineral. Matt couldnt catch a break. Lets see the rest. Getting al in on all the action. After rocking out her new single on the tonight show, megan trainer. She took it in stride as jimmy fallon joined her in solidarity. Has that happened to you . No but how classy of Jimmie Fallon to do that. We record a little open. Im doing my dance move and i just fell up the stairs. Really . You fell up the stairs . I fell up the stairs. At acadia National Park, what was the best part of that . The best part wasnt tandem bike riding. Chanel was in the front. When she is at the wheel of a tandem bike she will admit she was the weak link. We both put down i think three pounds of lobster. Not bad. Thats aggressive. Good. Now enough the forecast . Yeah. Im going to be careful walking. I tripped up the stairs in my sneakers. We have some thunderstorms that are possible through northern texas near amarillo. We could see the storms continue over the next several days, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, the possibility we could end up with flooding. We moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico. We have the dip in the jet stream thats going to dig in thats going to trigger the storms as we get through the beginning of the workweek. We have a Severe Threat especially through oklahoma, texas, arkansas as we get into monday and tuesday and the possibility of, perhaps three to four inches of rain with isolated higher amounts, that could lead to flash flooding. The ground is saturated from rain. Thats an area we will watch. Meantime, this cold front is cooling things off. 40s and 50s across the midwest. Scattered showers and storms, but nothing too severe. Ee could s good saturday morning. I am meteorologist karen thomas with a look at your neighborhood forecast. Dry for now, but we are tracking a cold front that is expected to push through later today. Sun to start today. Clouds move in midday, and then we are looking for showers, possibly even a thunderstorm later on this afternoon. High temperatures mainly in the lower to mid 70s across the board. Were looking for a High Temperature of about 72 degrees in philadelphia. Have the umbrellas later on. Thats your latest forecast. Thanks s thanks so much. Just ahead, thinking of cancelling plans . How you can do it without ticking people off. We have that. Up next, with Summer Vacation around the corner, how to upgrade your hotel room and have the best stay possible. We have why do some cash back cards keep throwing obstacles at you . First they limit where you earn bonus cash back. Then those places change every few months . I think ill pass. 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If you are planning on heading out of town in memorial day weekend or later in the summer, we have the insiders guide to get the most out of it. Anthony is a former Hotel Manager and host of hotel impossible. Great to see you. I have been covering the president ial campaign, so i live in hotels right now. I was excited about this segment. Tell us what should people do before they book their hotel to get off on the right track, a good path to a good hotel stay . People forget theres a telephone. People go online. Call the hotel directly. Do your research online, go to third party travel agents, social media. Find out what the rates are, call the hotel and make a connection. People forget to do that. They want to help people. I think they appreciate that, right . Getting engaged on that level . Absolutely they appreciate it. You know, when you have checkins, 100 at a time. When one person calls, you can spend two or three minutes talking to them before they book. Thats what we do. As you know, people are always looking for upgrades, right . What is the best way to get a good upgrade . I know that it matters what time you actually ask for it, which i found fascinating. It matters a lot. Make sure everybody is getting what they need. Really, you dont really settle down in a hotel until after 1 00. 1 00 to 3 00 is when everybody who is checked out is checking out. Everybody who wanted a special adjoining room, that is set. Between 1 00 and 3 00, i know what i have left. If you want an upgrade, thats the best time to ask for it. What if you are arriving really late. I often arrive at midnight. Are there upgrades at that hour . You can back me on this. That is the best time to get an upgrade. Good, okay. Like when you get to an airplane, first class, if they are not sold, they upgrade you. You can get it at 11 00 at night because most people are checked in. That is actually a secret i have been holding ton to for a long time. Lelts talk about the perks. People like to take the shampoo and lotion. Are there ways to get these perks beyond toiletries . Theres a box about that big in the housekeeping department. Its called the cell phone charge box. If you are looking for a cell phone charger, that is the place to go. Go to the front desk. We have 1,200 of them and we wat to give them away. Games, we have all kind of games. Give us a call. I know a lot of people think about Concierge Services at four and fivestar hotels. You made the point, a lot of ho hotels have these services and they are underused. What do you say about that . At a threestar hotel, when we go to rural areas, they live there, they live in the area. Hes going to tell me the best place to get a beer or best place to get a steak. They are not concierges, but they live there. Its a small town and know everything going on in that town. They know what night to go. Bob is working tonight, tell bob im there. Use the front desk as a concierge. A lot of people, as you know, go to hotels because they are celebrating a special occasion. A lot of times they dont share that with the hotel. How important is it to share, hey, we are celebrating . I brought my daughter to boston. I told the hotel, im there for the university. They had cookies made with the logo, Boston University on it. It blew me away they took a moment to take care of us. My daughter loved it. Final thoughts for the summer . The summer is the time where you really want to use the general manager as your travel agent. I know that sounds weird, but make connections with the general manager. The general manager is your number one travel agent because we know everybody. If i work in, say, holiday inn, i travel with holiday inn with my career. I may work in spain or america. All of a sudden, i know every place to go. The secret is, know the general manager, use him as your travel agent. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. My pleasure. 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Hallmark. If i had a twin, i would choose you. Im going drake. Im going drake because i dont understand it. Very good. You be you, ill be me, you well be us. Hallmark. Yes, all right. Better late than never, but never late is better. Hallmark. Really . Im going drake. Would late be on a Hallmark Card . Yes. This is a specialty card in a marriage section. Here is another one. Im really too young to be feeling this old. Im going drake again with that one, i think. Drake. Yeah okay. You could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice. You can have my heart or we could share it like the last slice. Im going drake. Hallmark, a specialty card. You got itd. I dont know who won that. The line outside to see drake is very long. It is long. A good night to sit outside. We all win. We are all winners. Still to come, Julia Roberts is footloose and fancy free. Why she made this statement at the cannes film festival. First, this is today welcome back, everyone. Dylan has something special. You mentioned you fell this morning, walking up the stairs. Guess what . We found tape. Check it out. There it is. Shes like dance. Then oh, my word. Im not cool, i cant dance. Sure enough. By the way, dylan is moving apartments this week and your husband, who is showing us all how to be a good husband wrote this sweet message on the box for you. Moving is so stressful. At one point we were losing our minds. He wrote this message. When we packed this box, we smiled. I love dill. Its one of those moments we laughed. Then when i unpacked it, yeah, that did make me smile. Still to come on today, new life for theres a place for vacationers who seek more than just a little time off. The ones who choose to go big or stay home. Come with me now. Where every amazing, despicable, wizarding adventure reveals moments that are truly epic. This place is made for those who do more than just vacation. Whoa go with me now its made for those who vacation like they mean it. 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As we get there, radar has us dry for now. Really not too many clouds to speak of. However, as we pull back, we are watching a cold front coming through later on today. Clouds, rain, possible thunderstorm later. Rosemary. Thanks, karen. The dad vail regatta has tweaked their schedule today to make sure they can get in all the races before the afternoon storms hit us. Here is a live look at the Schuylkill River and boat house row. Racing got under way within the last hour. As i mentioned, the schedule has been tightened so that all the competition will be finished by 2 30 or so this afternoon because of the weather. The dad vail regatta is the largest collegiate rowing event in the country. New from overnight, three men being questioned after a shooting outside a philadelphia bar. The shooting left one person in critical condition. Gun fire erupted on erie avenue in nicetown around 2 00 this morning. Police tell us the victim was an innocent bystander who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Investigators are now trying to sort out who actually shot the victim. Some traffic trouble in the northeast. Two cars collided along the southbound lanes of roosevelt at cotman avenue around 6 30 this morning. One car flipped on its roof. The road is still blocked at this hour. One person went to the hospital. Well keep you on the traffic incident. Now back to the today show. [ soft music ] e. T. Phone home. When you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. Change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. Good morning. Not backing down. Donald trump standing strong against claims trump was pretending to be a spokesperson by the name of john miller during a call in the 90s. The reporter who took the call said trump admitted hit was him. How will this impact him . Climbing mt. Everest. The daring trek to the top of the world as climbers document the climb on social Media Outlets like snapchat and instagram giving us a chance to follow along on the way to the top. Two staples of the season, grilling and eating. We have a take on to go. A deal for every price point getting ready for the next barbecue, saturday, may 14, 2016. Celebrating 32 years of marriage with the today show. 32, we have been married 50 years. Its my anniversary, but my husband is sleeping at the hotel. How papa gigi. On the today show. A very good morning to you. Welcome back to today on this saturday morning. We have a fantastic crowd outside Rockefeller Plaza on this gorgeous day. We are going to head outside to say hello to them. Im jeff rossen, dylan dreyer by my side. We have our tea for jeff. This is my second cup of tea. By the way, i was trying to figure out how not to drink yours, look at the lipstick. Can we get a shot of that . Thats the sign, do not drink. This is mine and that is hers. Lets get to the news as jeff is milking his tea. Lets get to the latest on the race for president. Its taking an interesting turn with the new audio recording that surfaced from the 90s, claiming to be Donald Trumps spokesperson. Trump and his camp say its not him. The woman who took the call say it is. Jacob is outside trump tower. What is the latest . Reporter good morning. On the trail, donald trump likes to bring up stuff about hillary clinton. Telling people it is a distraction. This, at a time when he is trying to unify the party. The reporter who took the initial call says that a man named john miller pretended to be trumps publicist. Trump later admitted to her, he and miller were the same person, it was a bad joke, saying he was very sorry about it. Theres no doubt in my mind, he apologized to me and that he made it clear to me, he was the man on the tape. Reporter but now, trump denies it all on the today show. His Campaign Says it was a bad impression and surrogates are out on the trail telling people to move on. This comes at a time when establish republicans are getting behind trump, but some, including House Speaker, paul ryan, are still deciding. Jacob, thank you. History in the making with a change of command that norad air force general, now the first woman to lead the First American Aerospace Command and taking charge of the command in colorado. It makes her the first woman to lead the top tier combat command. A terrifying incident outside an elementary school. A 70yearold driver hit a parked car, then jumped the curb. An 11monthold in a stroller was beneath the car. Amazingly, no life threatening injuries. An update on the controversy that pinned vanessa hudgens. She carved a heart with her name. That is against the law. She paid a 1,000 fine that will remove the heart of stone. All in the family for the lucky winners for the largest power ball jackpot. The eight members of the new jersey family bought 6 worth of tickets to win, get this, the 429 million prize. Amazing. 70yearold mom says the number came to one of them in a dream. Wish we had dreams like that. That dream has come true for her and her seven children that will take home the lump sum winnings of 25 million each. Not bad. 6 was a good investment. Not bad. Whats happening in the weather . It is going to be cold. Today is gorgeous across the northeast. We have this area of low pressure that is going to sag down, dropping in another polar plunge. Its the last thing you want to hear as we get into the middle of may. Its going to feel like early april. We have freeze warnings across the Northern Plains. In minneapolis, a frost advisory. Green bay and temperatures are going to be chilly. St. Louis, 44 degrees, 40 in cincinnati, 36 in detroit. Temperatures tomorrow, ten to 15 degrees below average. High temperatures not making it out of the 50s in chicago. Buffalo stuck in the 40s. Baltimore, maryland, 39, thats 17 degrees below arnlg. Monday, detroit in the 30s. New york city about 43 degrees. Without much rebound through the afternoon. Its this cold front that is going to trigger light showers in texas and thunderstorms through the northeast today. Nothing too severe. Dont be surprised if the good saturday morning. I am meteorologist karen thomas with a look at your neighborhood forecast. Dry for now, but we are tracking a cold front that is expected to push through later today. Sun to start today. Clouds move in midday, and then we are looking for showers, possibly even a thunderstorm later on this afternoon. High temperatures mainly in the lower to mid 70s across the board. Were looking for a High Temperature of about 72 degrees in philadelphia. Have the umbrellas later on. Forecast. S your latest forecast. Thank you so much. Now, an incredible story as we get a rare first look at an island in the pacific that tv cameras have never been allowed to before. Harry smith and his crew, the first tv journalist to see the tiny piece of land. What they saw may save some of the planets most important natural wonders. A spectacular marine wilderness. Intentionally protected to provide an example of life without human interference. Remarkable in no small part because this place was flattened during world war ii to make room for 2,000 troops. This is a place with life on land, in the sea, in the air. There are thousands of birds nesting here. Baby sharks swimming at aur doorstep, you know, tripping over crabs. Reporter the nature conse e conservancy maintains a post here. Most of the time, the only inhabitants, a Skeleton Crew of four. There are few places in the world to study coral reef and minimize human impact. Reporter with zoologist eric conklin as our guide, we checked out the reefs. 172 species of coral. Most of the coral was in great shape, but there were spots of concern. This is healthy. Not like on the Great Barrier reef. Reporter they bleach when water temperature is warmer than normal. If Global Temperatures continue to rise, it will make it difficult for the reefs to rebound. I think whats happening is an s. O. S. Signal for the planet. Reporter s. O. S. . Whats happening the coral screaming, we have to do something. Reporter as the reefs go, so go the oceans, oceans that feed us, oceans that help us breathe. This is so peaceful. Reporter amazeing what with happen when with a little help, nature can heal itself. For today, harry smith, nbc news. Beautiful. Who knew harry smith could scuba dive like that. Great assignment. You can see more of the report as the new series, on assignment tomorrow night 7 00 6 00 central. Still to come, breathing new life into old, iconic phone i use whats already inside me to reach my goals. 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Ed ed di took it a step further. Why save it . Its outdated . This is about britain. This is what its about. His business, the Red Kiosk Company buys them and rents them. He plans to sell his homemade salad. Like storage and no running water. Even so, he says his coffee shop is a hit. We have 22 customers already within two weeks, actually. The coffee is good. Reporter can you really make coffee in an old phone booth . Only one way to find out. Delicious. Thank you. Reporter thank you. Good coffee. About 100 of these are being turned into businesses. Coming soon, guys, a phone booth with a monitor, scanner, printer, why fie awifi and ele. Im sure i can write a script in here. I think the guy who set up the coffee shop wins it. That looks like good coffee. Kelly, thanks, great stuff. Coming up, lots of songs in contention for the song of the summer. Why is one that is almost 20 years old on the list . Ryan gossling opens up about fatherhood and playing with his young daughter on the playground. First, this is today on nbc. Back on a saturday morning. It is time to trend. Our favorite time of the day. Love trending. We want to talk about the words that make you go eeww. There are words people dont like. Theres a recent New York Times article that asked readers to submit the words that make them go eww. We have a list of some of the words. C v crevice, probe, flesh, and gargle. That makes you think of gargling. Moist. I dont like that word. Women dont like that word. I think the ointment one, for whatever reason, negative aversion. Its one of the things you cant explain. Next up, the weekend. Some of you may find yourself in this position later today, if you have plans scheduled for later. What if this happens . All of a sudden, it hits you, you want to back out. One new york has come up with the secret to backing out of plans with grace. First, send signals early, if you see a potential conflict. Let the friend know it may not happen. Next, this is an important one. Be honest. If you forget about the get together, tell them it slipped your mind. Offer to reschedule, not the oh, lets do it again sometime. Give an actual date and put it in your calendar so you wont run into it again. Do you have that problem . I do. If you go through with the plans, you come home and go, im so glad i did that. Backing out is never when you make the plan, it sounds fun. I know. Finally, believe it or not, its that time of the year when we think about the songs of summer. If we look at history, six of the songs on billboard were at least before april. With that said, here is the long list of songs vying for the honor of song of the summer, 2016. The early favorite of justin bieber. Does anything look out of the ordinary to you . Ghost town came out 20 years ago. Its experiencing a resurgence. Its a new runningman challenge. Going viral. A 20yearold song could be the song of summer of 2016. We have a quick correction. Our drink, and hallmark game. You could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice, we mistakenly said it was hallmark, but it was the great drake that had that. I should have known because i was wrong the whole time and thought i got that right. Now pop start. When he did the unthinkable, the rapper shaves the beard his fans have come to know and love. On thursday, he was on the tonight show. He went home, shaved his face, posted this pic to social media and twitter went into a who allowed this to happen . Its the sentiment everywhere on twitter. Drake said he did it for his double duty sins as host and musical guest on saturday night live tonight. It will grow back. Moving on to ryan gossling, if you missed it, he and eva mendez welcomed their second daughter. The father of two stopped by to promote the nice guys. The conversation took a turn. 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So sun for now, but we are expecting rain out of this system as it quickly makes its way into our area later today. We could have some gusty thunderstorms with that and we expect the winds to pick up along with the cold front. Rosemary. Thanks, karen. New information on a story we first told you about last night at 11 00. Railroad spikes that were thrown off a philadelphia overpass and hit some traffic below. Look at this photo. It shows one of the Railroad Spikes lodged in a windshield. The spikes damaged four cars on University Avenue last night. A man got glass in his eye but refused medical treatment. That was the one injury reported. Police have arrested a man in his 20s. He is now charged with aggravated assault and related crimes. Big weekend at the monster mile. Its race weekend at Dover International speedway. Fans ended up watching practice yesterday. Its the kent county oval. They got an upclose look in the garage area and noticed the jet dry trucks that helped to sop up the rain water from the track. The fans are just hoping that the trucks wont be needed today or tomorrow. The highlight of race weekend at dover comes tomorrow with the nascar aaa 400. Thats it for now. Im rosemary connors. Well see you back here at 9 00 for a full hour of news. Have a good one. A look at the crowd we have. We are back this saturday, may 14, 2016. It is a beautiful morning on Rockefeller Plaza. We have a great crowd spending time with us. Thanks to everyone for coming out including a group of women who are turning 50 years old this year. We want to say happy birthday to all of them. It is pretty incredible that they are here celebrating. Lots to come this half hour, including one of the world east most expensive foods out of italy, france and spain. You love truffles, right . They are turning up in tennessee. Then summer is almost here. That means Everyone Wants to do backyard barbecuing. If you havent yet bought a grill, we will show you how to do that without busting a budget. We have chef samuelson. Meat balls that will leave your mouth watering. Very important, we want to give a shoutout to dylan. Theres a profile of her in weather wise magazine. I have been reading it since i became a meteorologist. Its really special. I thought you were going to say since you were 7 years old. I picture 7yearold dylan reading it m. It is a great magazine. The vogue of meet yolteorolm. Thats awesome. Now, a risky climb. Tackling mt. Everest. It is the first time anyone attempted to track, since deadly avalanches closed down the mountain. This time its being documented on social media. Reporter adrian and corey are aiming for everest. Morning, hows it going . Going pretty good here. We are going to go walk up hill now. Reporter for the first time, taking us along on snapchat for stunning moments beautiful. Reporter and the lest glamorous. Corey has to poop. Reporter climbing, without oxygen up a dangerous mountain. Sherpa was the first to the top summiting on wednesday. Sunday, the First Western team. Last years devastating earthquake in nepal killed 22 on the mountain. The year before, 15 sherpa guides were buried in an avalanche. 46 kids without fathers, widows. Who cares for them . Reporter the son of the first sherpa to summit mt. Everest. He says the climbing industry and paying clients need to do more. To go as far as death will take them. The sherpas are the ones who risk their lives to put them up there. Reporter some arent just climbing for themselves. The american soldier lost a leg in iraq ten years ago. On everest to raise awareness for veterans battling ptsd. They are raising money for people affected by the earthquake. A cause to push them to the top of the world. Everest reporter for today, nbc news, london. Just incredible. Anyone who climbs mt. Everest, im in awe. I wouldnt even think about it. Sorry. Those are my words of wisdom for you. Lets get another check of the weather. Its gorgeous here. It is absolutely gorgeous. Its not going to last. Colder temperatures are working in coming in the form of a cold front bringing scattered showers, pockets of rain in buffalo and eastern ohio. The cold front is going to bring it in later this evening. The storms could produce wind gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Behind it, thats what you will notice the most. The High Pressure keeps the sunshine around. Temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below average. Highs in the 40s and 50s. We could see a couple inches of good saturday morning. I am meteorologist karen thomas with a look at your neighborhood forecast. Dry for now, but we are tracking a cold front that is expected to push through later today. Sun to start today. Clouds move in midday, and then we are looking for showers, possibly even a thunderstorm later on this afternoon. 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We raise and breed it. This is an italian water dog. Now days it is known for its ability to locate truffles. Meet bruno, rola and julianna. This is the dog trainer at the 9,000 acre blackberry farm. He teaches the canines to sniff for truffles. The Tennessee Hills hoping to cultivate one of the most expensive foods in the world. Like mushrooms, truffle is also a fungus. They are grown entirely underground. Rare to find, they have been nicknamed last diamond. They are very expensive. Anywhere from 1,000 to over 3,000 a pound. When people hear the word truffle, they think special, expensive, fancy. All these things are true about them. Reporter a simple process fetching up to 100 for a few shavings. Close to 70 species exist. In the culinary world, black and white are the most revered for their fragrance and taste. White truffles almost always raw. The part they are excited about is the aroma. It has anner thi, nuttiness, acidity to it. History dating back to egyptian times. They thought it gave Eternal Health to the body and soul. It was a favorite among mobility. Roughly 200 orchards across the country have taken on the challenge to grow them, less than 5 have been successful. Its difficult for them to do. Growing a truffle is not like growing tomato. Soil and composition making them hard to grow. If we can get it off the ground in this country, you wouldnt have to go to a fivestar restaurant to open up a great deal of culinary experience that is not there now. I would be thrilled to be able to bring our chef a kilo of truffles one day. Thats my goal. That would make my day. I think it would be bad if the dogs actually got a taes of the truffle, then when they found them, started eating them. You wouldnt have truffles left. Im hungry now. Pasta with the truffle. A little bottle of truffle oil and add that to pasta. Or a burger. That is a good secret. We are going stay on the food theme because its saturday and we are hungry. Barbecue season is here. We are going to show you grills for every budget. First, this is today on nbc. Wheres the tffle . Ru welcome back. This morning in todays consumer the weather is perfect to fire up the grill. If you havent bought a barbecue for the season, we have you covered. John from hgtvs most desperate kitchen is going to show us grills for whatever amount you want to spend. We have a dozen grills. We are going to start with the cheapest. Not the cheapest, but inexpensive option. Think about you have charcoal or you have gas. Charcoal is nice, you get the smokeyness, you get that flavor of the charcoal, then you have gas that is cleaner and faster. So, those are the two options. Lets get into the gas option. You have the walmart char broil, four burner. This is the beginning model, under 200 with a side burner. This seems good to me. This is if you are a beginner, starting out barbecue, this is where you want to go. Not if you are a barbecuing expert like you. Then you get into the weber genesis. This is the iconic, been around since the 80s, stainless steel, going to last you several years under 700. Whats important with the stainless steel is how it holds up on the outside. Great point. Let me show you this. When you get into the coyote, now this is true, stainless steel, all the way through. We all have been there because sometimes, on the inside, its not stainless steel grates and actually rots from the inside out so you burn out. Now, with the coyote 28inch, you can have some of your charcoal in the bottom. Interesting. I dont know if you can see that. There is charcoal under here instead of the regular gas. You get the best of both worlds. You can go with gas or the dropin kit for charcoal. This is for veggies and vifish. Very smart. This is cool. Check this out. Slides out. Thats the most annoying thing. Which way is off, which way is on. Slides in and out. Nice and easy. Close it off, boom. Your favorite is here. My favorite which looks cool, by the way. This is the smoker. I mean, its in black. Its great. Everyone wants smoked meats now. Charcoal and wood, you can smoke, you can do pizza on this. High heat up to 800 degrees. Unbelievable. You can how long would you smoke a meat for . A couple hours. Think about smoking it for hours on end. You are getting that smokeyness that comes with the truffle. Why is it so popular from a steak at home . When you smoke a meat and you have that char broil and that wood, you can get variations. Where you have that smokeyness seep into the meat and taste it on every bite. Its not your normal gas that is cooking it. Thats why you want to go with the high heat. What are you doing later today . Want to come over . Well grill. Lets do it. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Finally, a brandnew season of americas most expert kitchen begins in july. Lets head inside to kristin. Hey, guys. Jeff, our fans of the day have taken over the orange room. Hey guys. Hey is this great or what . I want to introduce two of them. Can stance and percy. Tell me, you own a hair salon in ferguson . Yes, maam. How is it doing . How is the community doing . Great. Everything is coming together. We are doing okay. Percy, i understand you want to be a broadcaster . Yes, i want to lead anchors at Christian Brothers high school. I have one more year if somebody is hiring. Are you having fun in new york . Yeah we are loving having you here. Thank you so much. Still to come on today, chef Marcus Samuelson with delicious meatballs you can take on the go. First, after these messages. All her aches and pains. And i said come to class, lets start walking together and i said and i bet you money youll be able to do that senior walk. That day i said ok its me and you girl, me and you i said if you need to stop, theres a bench well just hang out in the shade. She said absolutely not we are going to finish this race and we were the last ones in, but you know what . We finished the race. 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We are going to take advantage of your cooking expertise and we are making meat balls. Chicken dark meat and pork. Why do you like that combo together . We need the fat. Its good fat. Im seeing here corn bread. Its just cornbread crumbles. Regular milk . Yeah, regular milk. Its taking care of leftovers. We are going to add parmesan cheese. Why does soaking it work better . You get ready. By theway, are you eating . Eat. Then, smell this. Ooh. This is from new jersey. I have never heard from it. This is from ethiopia, my birth country. Is it easy to find . You can add smoked paprika or chile powder. Normally, i get in here with my hands. This is not your regular meatball. Im going to grill them. Does that cook them all the way through . Not all the way through, its for flavor. Then put them in the tomato sauce. Then this. Its like a spring onion. Tastes like a scallion, but it is perfect in season right now. If you go to all the harlem restaurants, this is on the menu now. Im super excited about this weekend. Its just, you know, last year we did it. Fantastic. Cooking classes, good food. I want to go and its right uptown. So you now took this i chop them up and put them in here. Put in the meat balls and let them simmer in the tomato sauce. Smell that. Smells amazing. Smells good, right . Let it simmer 20 minutes or so. And they cook all the way through . They cook all the way through. I love how you serve it. What kind of bread is that . Grilled cornbread. The cornbread in the meatballs. We are not going to waste anything. The combination of the sweet and the savory is amazing. It looks like cottage cheese. It is cottage cheese. I have never seen cottage cheese and meat balls. A little sour with the tangy, like the parmesan cheese. Salt. Wow, it is really good. Im like, you are making it look so pretty. I dont need it pretty. Tell us, while i eat this noodles with fresh peas. All of this and more will be there. I will see you there. Good stuff. Thank you for being here. Good luck next weekend. If you want to see the full recipe, today. Com food for more. That does it for this saturday morning. Im going to let him eat. We are going to wrap up the show tomorrow on today. Willie gets rare access to the men and women and the headlines. What is the process and how do they come up with all of them . This is why you should never bring pasta to a first date. Have a great day, everybody. Have a great saturday, guys. Yum. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. Just ahead on nbc10 news today, rowers take to the water as the crowds line up along the schuylkill to watch the dad vail regatta. In the last few hours of this annual event, it will truly be a race against the clock this afternoon. Well fill you in. Karen. Bright sunshine for the dad vail. Later this afternoon, the forecast will be changing. Ill have all of the weather details coming up. And a fake google maps car has some crying foul against the Philadelphia Police department. Well explain why. Also, did donald trump pretend to be his own publicist, spreading stories about his dating life . Coming up, the decadesold recording at the center of the controversy. Those stories and much more coming up next on nbc10 news today at 9 00. Right now on nbc10 news today, the Schuylkill River plays host to the largest collegiate rowing competition in the country. In a live report well tell you about the plan to make sure all of the races at the annual dad vail event get under way before the wet weather rolls in. I looked at my windshield. My whole windshield is cracked. Police tell us this damage was no accident. Railroad spikes thrown at passing traffic. Investigators say they know who is responsible. Trump on tape . The presumptive gop nominee denies that he pretended to be his own publicist spreading stories. The decadesold recording straight ahead. Good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Its just before 9 00 on this saturday. I am rosemary connors. Thanks for being with us. Meteorologist karen thomas is tracking some sunny skies this morning. Looking good out there, karen. Absolutely, rosemary. Can you believe it . Just waking up this morning, looking out the window and saying, ah, more sunshine were in for sun right now. 64 degrees in philadelphia. We do have bright, sunny skies in the burbs as well as new jersey. A bit of cloud cover in the Lehigh Valley but the sun is breaking through, the fog has lifted. Not looking too badly there. Check out delaware. The delaware beaches looking just glorious. 64 degrees right there and clear skies. Get outside and enjoy the dry weather and the clear skies. Radar showing that we are dry right now. As we go wider, though, boom we see the cold front. So you can see the rain stretching all the way from toronto all the way down through the ohio valley. We have some heavy rain embedded in the system. Its a cold front moving very quickly west to east. So what we can expect are clouds