History. Massive storm. The heaviest rain in years, set to drench california. This morning, fears of major loading in los angeles and san diego. And farther up the coast, the first big test of the repairs to that damaged dam. All systems go. Elon musks spacex team, preparing for a key launch. A mission after spectacular successes and failures that may be a huge step towards sending humans to mars. And marks manifesto. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg outlines running his company. Why it is fueling rumors that his eye is really set on running the country. Today, february 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and is a van savannah guthrie. Live, from studio 1a, in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everyone. Welcome to today. Happy to have Hallie Jackson back in, while savannah is on maternity leave. Nothing to talk about. Ready to hop on a train back down to d. C. We have ooh la lot to talk a. A former navy officer has rejected the president s offer to be his National Security adviser. But a lot of the talk is focused on the fireworks from mr. Trumps first solo News Conference. Our Political Team standing by. We have it all covered. Lets start at the white house, with nbcs Peter Alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. For somebody that followed President Trumps campaign, that News Conference was shocking and surprising. This was a rare glimpse into the mind of the president. The verbal equivalent of a tweet storm. And the morning, the president s team is hunting for a National Security adviser, as President Trumps choice, weighing call of duty to white house dysfunction, according to a senior u. S. Official, chose to take a pass. This morning, the white house is again looking for a National Security adviser, after the president s pick to replace Michael Flynn, vice admiral Robert Harward, declined the president s office. It comes after a freewheeling, at times, jawdropping, 77minute News Conference. Theres never been a presidency thats done so much in a such a short period of time. Reporter after announcing his second pick for labor secretary, alexander acosta, he dismissed the controversies engulfing his white house. This administration is running like a finetuned machine. Reporter while defending his decision to fire Michael Flynn for misleading the Vice President the thing is, he didnt tell our Vice President properly. Reporter mr. Trump aired a laundry list of grieve vanances. Im not a bad person. Reporter blaming leaks. The leaks are real. The news is fake because so much is fake. Reporter blaming the media. Tomorrow, they will say, donald trump rants and raves at the press. Youre dishonest people. Reporter and blaming his predecessor. I inherited a mess. Its a mess. Reporter by comparison, president obama inherited a bigger mess in 2009, facing the deepest recession since the great depression. The Unemployment Rate then, nearly 8 . Upon President Trumps arrival, 4. 8 . Another fact check on this false claim about the president s electoral victory. I guess it was the Biggest Electoral College win since ronald reagan. You said you had the biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan, with 304, 306. President obama got 365 in 2008. Im talking about republican. Obama, and george w. Bush, 426, when he won as president. Why should Americans Trust you. I was given that information. I was just margin. Why should Americans Trust you when they accuse the information of being fake when you provide information thats not accurate . Ive seen that information around. But it was a very substantial victory. Do you agree with that . Youre the president. Reporter more than three months after his upset victory, the president still appears obsessed with his past opponent. Does anybody really think that Hillary Clinton would be tougher on russia than donald trump . Nobody mentions that hillary received the questions to the debates. Can you imagine if i received the questions . It would be the electric chair. Reporter President Trump raising eyebrows again and again, reprimanding a reporter who asked about the administrations plans to combat antisemitism. Quiet, quiet, quiet. He lied about asking a straight, simple question. You know, welcome to the world of the media. Reporter an americas drug epidemic. Drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars. Reporter and when questioned about his agenda for inner cities and whether he would meet with the Congressional Black Caucus. Do you want to set up the meeting . Are they friends of yours. Set up the meeting. Reporter the white house later thought better of it and reached out to the Congressional Black Caucus itself. No date or time set for that meeting. A little back story here. Aides tell me yesterday morning, the president over the objections of top advisers, singlehandedly called for the News Conference. He announced it himself, putting the presidency in the hands of the person he trusts the most, himself. And early this morning, this tweet from the president , praising his own performance. He writes, thank you for all of the nice statements on the press conference yesterday. Rush limbaugh said one of the greatest ever. Fake media, not happy. Matt and hallie, back to you. Peter alexander at the white house. Thank you, peter. During the News Conference, President Trump tried to distance himself from concerns of his campaigns contacts with russia. But this morning, new questions are coming up about former security adviser Michael Flynn. Kristen welker has that part of the story. Reporter good morning to you. Russia is back in the spotlight this morning, with a new report about former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. And what he told the fbi. It was yet another flashpoint in yesterdays extraordinary News Conference. This morning, new scrutiny of u ousted National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. The Washington Post citing current and former officials. Reporting in a fbi interview, he denied discussing sanctions with the Russian Ambassador. The agents felt his answers were ambiguous but did not conclude he was lying to them. At this point, agents are not contemplating charges. In his marathon press conference, President Trump repeatedly coming under fire for flynn. Did you correct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the Russian Ambassador . No, i didnt. Reporter would you have fired him if the information hadnt leaked out . I fired him because of what he said to mike pence. I didnt direct him. But i wouldnt direct him, thats his job. Reporter the president deflecting broader questions about russia. Its all fake news. All fake news. Reporter and pushing back on reports members of his Campaign Staff had contact with russian intelligence. Youre not aware of contacts during the course of the election . How many times do i have to answer this question. I know you have to get up and ask a question. Russia is a ruse. I have nothing to do with russia, to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. Reporter the president didnt say whether he would react to a recent naval provocation, after a russian spy ship was spotted just 30 miles off of the east coast. The greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship thats 30 miles offshore right out of the water. Everyone in this country is going to say, its so great. Thats not great. Thats not great. Reporter the president also defending his business practices. I own nothing in russia. I have no loans in russia. I dont have deals in russia. Reporter its impossible to know if that statement is true. The president never released his tax returns. At a 2008 real estate conference, mr. Trumps son, donald trump jr. , says russians make up a pretty disproportionate about of a lot of our assets. Trump jr. Was saying, we see lot of money pouring in from russia. And mr. Trump says he has a relationship with russian president vladimir putin. I do have a relationship. And i can tell you that hes very interested in what were doing here today. I spoke to putin twice. He called me on the election. I told you this. And he called me on the inauguration. Reporter while russia was a major focus of thursdays News Conference, the president also set his sights on leaks. Were going to find the leakers. They will pay a big price for leaking. Reporter the president still, to some extent, blaming flynns ouster on the intelligence leaks. Saying he has directed the Justice Department to look into the leaks while he launches his own independent review. Hallie . Matt . Kristen, thank you very much. Lets bring in ari melber. He has todays factcheck. There was a lot of talk about russia at the press conference. One popular comment from the president caught your eye. What did he say . Whats the fact . Thats right. As we look at the press conference, a lot of different claims. The president repeatedly turned the conversation back to Hillary Clinton. I think for russia, Hillary Clinton gave them 20 of our uranium. That claim, we can tell you, is false. Clinton did not give away any american uranium. Russias Energy Agency bought a company that produces uranium. And that was during the period that she was secretary of state. Another subject, the leaks. Leaks versus fake news thing. One comment about leaks caught your attention. Give me the fact and the fiction. Theres different types of leaks. The president slamming disclosures of private calls with heads of state. I called, as you know, mexico. It was a very confidential classified call. I called mexico. I spoke to the president of mexico. Had a good call. All of a sudden, its out there for the world to see. Its supposed to be secret. How does the press get this information that is classified . How do they do it . You know why . It ees anprocess. The press should be ashamed of themselves. It is true this is a crime. Federal employees who leak that material to the public can get up to ten years in prison. It is not illegal for the press to cover the stories once theyre out. And the president has a point, leaks of secret diplomacy can complicate and undermine u. S. Foreign policy planning. While a lot of the leaks have basically shown us that can be interesting, they can be criminal and damaging to u. S. Policy. Thank you. Were joined by steve kornacki, mark halperin. We want to get to the News Conference and dissect that. Theres some key, issuerelated topics to discuss. We dont have a National Security adviser. Bob harward rejecting that offer. What does it say about the state of the administration, that somebody with broad bipartisan appeal, wouldnt come work for the white house. Anyone who works in National Security would see that as a dream job. The president and his team had the good sense to look for someone that qualified. He did some good recruiting early on. Yesterdays press conference, some of the other chaos, despite what the president says, is going to discourage people from taking jobs, particularly in National Security. Thats causing alarm on capitol hill. After the ninth Circuit Court of appeals upheld the freeze on the president s travel ban, he said, see you in court. Meaning the Supreme Court. No. A new executive order is coming this tuesday, that will be written in a way to avoid some of the herdurdles. This is a bit of pragmatism on the part of the white house. And the white house is looking into the administration saying, we want to have something tangible to show for the first few weeks. If you get an executive order that meets the courts requirements. If you go to the Supreme Court and you lose there, youve taken three steps back. This president and this white house are attuned to wins and losses. But theres also the substance. He needs to get things done, particularly on the core promises like immigration. Lets talk about the press conference. The first photograph in the New York Times lead story sums it up well. President trump and peter alluded to this, moved his surrogates aside on thursday, and assigned the rescue to the monthold presidency, to the only spokesman he trusts, himself. Every time there was turmoil or crisis, donald trump said, they cant handle it, i can. And the one big difference than the campaign and now. He views the campaign as the ultimate vindication. But what mark was talking about. When youre president , when you have to fill out an administration, you need big people, for key roles likes harward, for National Security adviser, they can say no to you. Its about getting something done as president. Thats a complication. This was 77 minutes. And was planned around that time, it sounds like, what were getting from reporting of Peter Alexander. Take us behind the scenes in that session, when President Trump came to his advisers and said, i want to talk to the media. Let trump be trump, has worked for him his whole life, including getting to the white house. Theres some saying, let trump be trump, does not work in every instance. He wanted to go out and be his own spokesperson because he looks around him and says, i can fix problems myself. Hes done it his whole career. This is a different set of circumstances, though. Is he listening to those people who say, maybe we shouldnt let trump be trump . Hes not like all president s, he thinks he knows best. And there are some people around him who are giving him advice. And he is largely ignoring it. He ignored it yesterday because he believes that when things go bad, he can fix it better than anyone who works for him. President obama had the same attitude which is, i got here. I did this. I know what works best. The attention point will come if it backfires. And the biggest thing about the press conference was, he was himself, no one on capitol hill that i talked to, liked the way he performed. Really quickly. If you were listening to that press conference in moscow or beijing or pyongyang or tehran, what do you take away from that . Ive never seen an american president talk like this before. And im not sure what the message is. And thats not good. Uncertainty is not good. You need to talk about jobs, the economy and security, not picking fights with people in the media. Not picking fights about the past. Not making factual errors that overwhelm any message on jobs, and the economy and security. Steve, mark, thank you both. Have a great weekend. Want to get to an alleged bomb plot. A florida man planned to set off explosives at several stores on the east coast, to tank the companys stock. 48yearold Mark Charles Barnett built at least ten explosive devices. And then offered somebody else 10,000 to put the bombs on store shelves. The other man went to police instead. Barnett thought the explosion would cause targets stock to drop, letting him buy cheap shares in the company. He faces up to ten years in prison. There were scary moments on the taxiway of phoenix airport. A Frontier Airlines flight clipped wings with a southwest flight that just arrived. A passenger took this photo of what appears to be damage to the left wing of the plane. He says the plane shook when the two jets collided. The airline helped customers catch up with other flights to denver. No one was injured. Dave price in for al this morning. What are you following . Were following big news in southern california. This is not good news. 24 Million People at risk, as we head through the next 24, 36 hours. This is the strongest storm weve seen this season. And in fact, it may be the strongest storm since 2004 or even back to 1995. Were watching for flooding and mudslides, a whole slew of things. This is part of a onetwo punch or two punches at once. Number one, we have the rain. And number two, strong winds. The winds will be stronger in san diego. The rain heavier in los angeles, where we could see gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour downtown. And san diego, upwards of 60 Miles Per Hour. This is just the beginning. Light rain this morning. Again, the heavier stuff rolls in today and continues through tomorrow. We could see significant amounts of rain. Lets look at the numbers right now. As we head through sunday, upwards of four inches of rain in los angeles. And again, in some areas of the foothills or the mountains, we could see close to ten inches of rain. It is certainly problematic for people out west, as we head into the weekend. Thats a look at our national this lovely lady has a typical Airline Credit card. So she only earns double miles on purchases she makes from that airline. Whatd you earn double miles on, please . Ugh. Thats unfortunate. Theres a better option. The capital one venture card. With venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day. Not just airline purchases. Seems like a nobrainer. Whats in your wallet . Lighter today. Temperatures warm to ha degrees in philadelphia p. Takes over this afternoon for the suburbs. Few scattered showers. Move out of Lehigh Valley. bright sunny skies. Nothing, but sunshine for delaware up to 46. Have a great day. Look at your weather picture, folks. Dave, thank you so much. Coming up, Mark Zuckerbergs vision for facebook. 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Not just to get up, but to rise. That breaking news in sky force 10. In mount laurel about a half hour ago. Crews removed a tractor trailer involving an accident this morning. Big rig crashed into an overpass. Taking people to the hospital. Now nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington following these lingering delays one lane getting by, right, jes . Exactly right. Southbound side of the new jersey turnpike. Approaching route 73 which is right around exit 4. The tractor trailer has cleared out of the way. Hasnt changed what the situation looks like with one lane getting by the southbound side. Exit around mount burlington holly. Avoid as you can see with sky force ten. One car at a time getting by. 295 is your alternate. Head to 95 this way. 7 27. 27 degrees outside. Lets get you updated on the forecast. First alert meteorologist bill henley. How does it look . Pretty nice outside. Sunshine. Still cold to start with this morning. Temperatures drop down to 20s overnight. 29 degrees in center city. Andorra 26. 25 in northeast philadelphia. Summer on the. Well see a lot of sunshine and a real warmup starts today. 45 degrees this afternoon. Look at the weekend. Temperatures into the 60s with sunshine saturday and sunday. Stays mild for most of next week. Another update in 25 minutes. Stay updated on the go with news and weather. Free nbc 10 app. All there. Today show continues in just a couple of minutes. Im tracey davidson. Thanks for watching and have a great day. We just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Were back, now, 7 30 on this friday morning. The 17th of february, 2017. People bundled up right now. But give them a day here in new york city. Were going to be bask in temperatures in the upper 50s or low 60s. That will be gorgeous. Its the middle of february. Im matt lauer. Alongside Hallie Jackson, who is filling in, while savannah is on maternity leave. President trumps pick to replace Michael Flynn as National Security adviser is turning down the offer. Robert harward says after 30 years in the military, he is ready to, quote, enjoy some personal time. Michael flynns resignation, one of the topics that President Trump covered during his first solo News Conference. He spent more than an hour on a wide range of issues, including the campaigns reported contacts with russia. Russia is fake news. I own nothing in russia. I have no loans in russia. I dont have any deals in russia. President trump dismissed portrayals of chaos in the white house, claiming his administration is running like a finetuned machine. And preparations are Getting Started for a powerful storm system in california. Forecasters say it could dump the heaviest rain in years on the southern part of the state. Los angeles can get about half a foot with damaging wind gusts, too. Also this morning, facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is making headlines after posting a new Mission Statement for his social network. Jo ling kent has that story. Reporter you see it in your news feed. Mark zuckerberg, posting about the social network, fake news and hints about his political ambitions. Amid rumors of political ambition and a fiery debate over fake news, facebook founder and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg, laying out his vision for the future, to 1. 86 billion users. The 32yearold executive wrote, progress now requires humanity coming together, not just as cities or nations. But also as a global community. He says after 13 years of connecting individuals, facebook is now shifting its focus to develop the social infrastructure that works for all of us. Zuckerberg published the statement thursday, as an update to his founders letter in 2012, the year facebook went public, setting it on the path to becoming one of the most valuable companies in the world. His new comments comes just weeks after donald trump rolled out his America First policy. From this day forward, its going to be only America First. America first. Zuckerberg did not mention trump by name and said he started to work on the statement before election day. One of the criticisms of facebook is it created filter bubbles, that you only hang out with people you like. Hes talking about creating a more global facebook. Reporter zuckerberg addressing fake news. We fight hoaxes the way we fight spam. But we have more work to do. He was moving closer to the idea that facebook is a media company, and it has responsibilities. Reporter on facebook, a wide range of reaction. Some positive, saying thank you for standing up for the global vision. Others pushing back. Saying youre good with computers. But your politics needs serious work. Some wonder if zuckerberg is a step closer to running for public office. Hes preparing himself for it. He has the wherewithal to do it. Hes enormously wealthy. Hes very popular. And people lake a business person in office. Its not out of the realm of possibility. I dont think hes doing it anytime soon. Reporter last month, zuckerberg said he had no plans to run for president. He is trying to meet people in 50 states this year. Hallie . Matt . I wonder what the vegas odds are. Sounds president ial. Lets talk about another wellknown billionaire. Tesla and spacex ceo, elon musk. Hes been dreaming of conquering space travel. This morning, a new rocket is prepped. And if the weather cooperates, musks team is going to take one step closer to mans travel to mars. Kerry sanders is on the launchpad at Kennedy Space center, with exclusive access to the behindthescenes on this mission. Youre right there. Perhaps closer than the rocket engineers. The falcon rocket is tilted down. Theyre doing one final check. But the countdown is under way. The plan is for this to lift off 10 01 on saturday morning. It is fitting that elon musks dream going to mars begins with a launch here. This is the same pad that was used by the Apollo Missions to go to the moon. This morning, spacex engineers say theyre highly confident. But it is Rocket Science after all. A tough reminder, last september, when one of the sp e spacex rockets blew up on the launchpad. But elon musk, a reallive tony stark, is undeterred. His team back at it this morning. The mission, to resupply the International Space station. But this weekends launch of a reusable rocket, one step closer to his grand idea to send humans to mars. Really fun. Going to have a great time. Reporter but elon musks dream getting to mars and colonizing the red planet, has a wrinkle. Food. I have to figure out a way to grow three years worth of food here. Reporter remember the movie the martian, matt damons character farms potatoes after being marooned there. It is not easy to grow things in space. Reporter fiction meets science. You are growing a potato on what would be mars. Just like the movie . Correct. Not just like the movie. But correct. Reporter plants create vital oxygen, so astronauts can breathe on a planet, which at its close st is 35 million mile from earths atmosphere. Are we really going to mars . Eventually, we are. I think we can get there in the 2030s. Reporter that would mean that if you have a newborn at home right now, by the time your child is in high school, theyll be launching a rocket here with astronauts to mars. Guys . Kerry, i have a feeling you would be doing a live shot from that ship, as well. Reporter i want to go for a ride. Thank you. Lets get a check of the weather from dave price. Dave is in for al. The chances you will be looking for an open golf course, would be 50 50. More than that. Were going to warm up, and break records, too. Were going to begin in the upper midwest and the western ohio valley. Look at this. Numbers in chicago. 31 degrees above the norm. Minneapolis, 37 degrees above the norm. And again, record breaking territory in both locations. Some of these records go back 100 years. Jackson, youre going to be up to 70 grees. Thdeat cold morning. Temperatures warm to 40 in philadelphia. Few scattered clouds takes over this afternoon. In new jersey 45 degrees inland and at the shore. Already seeing bright sunshine at the shore. Few scattered clouds this morning will move out of Lehigh Valley. Bright sunny skies. 41 degrees this afternoon. Nothing, but sunshine for delaware up to 46. Have a great day. Channels forecast app right there. On the weather channel, as well. Thanks, dave. 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The true crime documentary, making a murderer, transfixed millions of viewers and fueled the debate of the guilt or innocence of two killers. Dateline nbc looks at that. Andrea canning is here this morning. Reporter that series brought Steven Averys case worldwide attention. And now, theres Serious Movement in the efforts to free the two men. If you remember, avery had been wrobeen wrongfully convicted of rape and freed from prison, then, convicted of murdering a young photographer. Dateline has been following the story for more than a decade. Now, one of the key figures is speaking out for the first time. Steven avery, and his nephew are in prison in wisconsin for the 2005 murder of a young photographer. Many viewers of making a murderer, believe they are innocent. Now, they both may have new hope for freedom. In november, averys attorney, katherine zellner, received access to the evidence to perform new forensic test. In a statement, zellner told dateline, we will be able to demonstrate exactly how the evidence was planted in the early part of the investigation. Avery, she insists, was framed for a crime he did not commit. Ken kratz, who prosecuted the case, is pushing back with a new book. Avery. Do you believe theres any chance that steven avery will walk free one day . I dont. The case against steven avery is and was presented very, very well. Reporter tonight, colead investigator, tom fassbender, speaks to dateline in his First Television interview. He said they had it out for me. I never absolutely saw that. Never saw that from anyone. I can go on and on about the planting defense and how absurd it is. Fassbender and his partner have been accused of extracting a false confession from averys teenage nephew. Accused of feeding him information about the crime. Im going to ask you, who shot her in the head . He did. Why cant you tell us that . Because i couldnt think of it. Reporter his attorney. Those officers wanted that information in the worst way. And they got it in the worst way. But feeding it straight to brendan. Reporter what do you say to people who were yelling at their tvs because they didnt like the job that you did . Just that its easy to armchair quarterback. We didnt try to manipulate brendan. We tried to get at the truth. I dont believe it was a false confession. Are there parts he may not have done . I dont know. You know, i dont know. Reporter last august, a federal judge ruled that the confession was involuntary and overturned as conviction. His release from prison is pending an appeal by the state, which was argued in federal court this week. A decision in brendans case is expected in months. And averys Attorney Says she hopes to have her new test results in weeks. Ive been back and forth. Theres one detail youre going to hear tonight that changed the way i felt about this case entirely. Quite the tease. Im serious. All right. Lets tell people. 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Its tennis star and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, genie bouchard. They met on wednesday. The Brooklyn Nets basketball game. All thanks to that super bowl bet that he proposed on twitter. Well, we promised to keep an eye on it. Theres a development in the story. Lets get to it. As the couple was leaving the game, bouchard told reporters, this will be a second date. And judging by the photo, things are looking pretty good. Naturally, social media losing its collective mind. If that guy can get a second date with genie bouchard. Will she go on a second date . Yes or no . 54 say yes, shes going to do it. 46 say, its all talk. What do you think, matt . You have one of the great relationship barometers ive ever seen. What do you think about this . I think all of the hard work from genies part was done. She flew the kid in. Put him up. Why would she not take a second date . She has to. She said she would. And theyre adorable together, too. She can put him back on a plane. Thats it. 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At the shore also nice and sunny today. Temperatures climbing and light wind, tracey. Thanks. Weve been following this issue all morning on the burlington turnpike in. Removed a tractor trailer. Other the highway in mount laurel. Within the hour, truck smashed into overpass sending two people to the hospital. Backups for a little while now. Checkup on that now and elsewhere. Nbc traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. So good news to report that accident pretty much cleared out of the way. Might be still some cleanup and dewrbris on the road on the southbound side, but for the most part, the delays have thinned out. Just around exit 4. Heres the schuylkill. On the westbound side just around city avenue, we republican jammed right now. Approaching the king of prussia area. Backed up from this point forward at least from the boulevard up. Watching delays there. Exit 22 doing a bit better on this drive time here. A little slow on the eastbound side. Heres another traffic note if you plan to be in philadelphia today, be aware you might run into one of several planned demonstrations. Activists plan to join in a strike against the policies of the president. One scheduled event is a picket line at clark park. Theres also a lawyers strike and a black resistance mark at city hall and a bike strike at the art museum. Another update in 25 minutes. You can stay updated with nbc 10 app. Its 8 00 on today. And coming up, trump turmoil. The new pick for National Security adviser turns down the offer, just hours after the president s freewheeling News Conference. Theyre going to say donald trump rants and raves. Im not ranting and raving. Defending his administration. This administration is running like a finetuned machine. And blaming his predecessor. I inherited a measure. Its a mess. Were live at the white house. Plus, puppy love. Looking for mans best friend . Were going to help you find the perfect pet, as we meet adorable animals that you can adopt. And gender reveal. George clooneys mother accidentally spills the beans on the sexes of his and amals twins. Today, friday, february 17th, 2017. Celebrating 65 with today. This is from south carolina. Hi, from ohio. Happy 16 to me. Together were 199 years old. Were back, 8 00 on this friday morning. The 17th day of february. 2017. And its a little chilly in new york today. Dont worry. That will get a lot better. Let me introduce our cast of characters. We have Hallie Jackson here. While savannah continues on maternity leave. Dave price is here for al. Thank you for joining us, as well. Carson is here. And you are back monday. Monday, with mr. Craig melvin because you will be enjoying some golf time. A monday off. And check out next weeks lineup of special guest hosts. I will be here tuesday. Bryant gumbel will be here. Willie geist will be here wednesday. On thursday, lester holt will take his turn in savannahs chair. And friday, we will be with some guy named carson daly. An allstar lineup. Its guys week. Good man time for you two. What day of the week are you looking forward to most . Friday. Right answer. We got something for the ladies coming up. Maria culpo fresh from new york fashion week, an how you can get the hot new friends for less. Carson, you may be out on friday. Also, check out the orange room. Its gone to the dogs and a cat. Theyre all up for adoption. Were going to fill you in on that and advice for any of you who might be thinking about adding a furry friend to your family. A lot to get to. First, heres your news at 8 00. Im Peter Alexander here at the white house, where the president this morning is praising his performance in that News Conference yesterday. President trump tweeting this morning, thank you for all the nice statements on the press conference. Rush limbaugh said one of greatest ever. Fake media, not happy. Also, new this morning, white house aides confirm to me that mike dubke, the founder of cross roads media, will be White House Communications director. Ly . Love this. Im having a good time doing it. Reporter President Donald Trump unfiltered. The headlines will be, donald trump rants and raves. Reporter in his first solo News Conference, the president not holding back. Defending his performance during a frenetic four weeks in office. I inherited a mess. Its a mess. Reporter repeatedly accusing the media of distorting his record. I see stories of chaos. Chaos. Yet, it is the exact opposite. This administration is running like a finetuned machine. Reporter announcing he will sign a new executive order on immigration next week, while blaming federal judges for blocking the immrplementation o his original travel ban. We had a smooth roll out of the travel ban. Got a bad court. Reporter facing mounting questions about his administrations alleged ties to russia i have nothing to do with russia. I have no deals there. I have no nothing. Reporter the president insisted he had no contacts with russia during the campaign. But deflected questions about whether some of his advisers had. Youre not aware of contacts during the course of the election . How many times do i have to answer this question. Reporter mr. Trump, addressing the firing of his former National Security adviser, mike flynn, who misled Vice President pence about discussing sanctions with russia. He was just doing his job. The thing is, he didnt tell our Vice President properly. And then, he said he didnt remember. So, either way, it wasnt very satisfactory to me. Reporter later, pressed by kristen welker. Did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the Russian Ambassador, prior to your inauguration . I didnt. I didnt direct him but i would have directed him because thats his job. Reporter the president blaming flynns resignation on leaks. Ive actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks. Those are criminal leaks. Reporter vice admiral Robert Harward has declined to be trumps National Security adviser. And four months after his upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the president brought up his former rival. Nobody mentions that hillary received the questions to the debates. Hillary clinton did a reset. Reporter finally, a factcheck. The president boasting about his electoral win. Falsely claiming it is the biggest margin of victory since ronald reagan. Despite the fact that george w. Bush, clinton and obama, all exceeded him. Why should Americans Trust you when you accuse the information they receive of being fake when youre providing information that i was given that information. I was given actually, ive seen that information around. Reporter a little back story here. White house aides tell me that yesterday morning, the president in the oval office, over the objections of some of his top advisers, single handlely called for that News Conference. Called for it himself, putting his presidency in the hands of the person he trust s the most, himself. His aides are complimenting his performance. Kellyanne conway saying it was transparent and in command. Peter, thank you very much. Vice president mike pence, defense secretary jim mattis and Homeland Security secretary john kelly will be overseas. They are attending a conference in munich, germany. U. S. Allies will be looking for reassurance about the trump administrations commitment to european security. In the meantime, the president s new secretary of state, rex tillerson, is in bonn, germany, talking about the crisis in syria. Check out how this toddler in texas was spared a bump on the head, thanks to a very impressive catch all caught on camera. This little boy, on the counter, he tumbles down. 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Thats why choosy moms choose jif. 8 15, a good time for what is trending. I cant show david price. Lucky charms or oatmeal . Do row have a preference . Lucky charms. Need the crunch. Its only in canada. You can mix them together. Wait. The oatmeal is flavored like lucky charms . It has the consistency of oatmeal. It is sitting in milk. If this is in canada, this is a time to reconsider free trade. This is not good. Lucky charms in general we disagree about that. I love that. Marshmallows. Sugar pops, not so great. I can do captain crunch in the old days. I can do cinnamon cheerios. Otherwise, its too sweet. It tastes like oatmeal. We gave you ordinary oatmeal. Its plain oatmeal. Staeph in the newsroom is celebrating a birthday. Im passing around a card. Someone comes up to you. They have a card for someone having a birthday. How much time do you dedicate to that . Do you read what other people have written to know how much you should write . You look at the text. Okay, were writing one line. Two lines. Who writes more than two . You dont feel pressure . I dont. If the writing is big, i write big. If someone is writing a book, ill write something longer. Theres a reason for this. Theres a method. A guy presumibly named brendan, said im done guessing. And he made a stamp, that reads happy birthday, have a good one, brendan. Is this making you the worst person in the office . Dont sign my card if youre going to rubber stamp it. Take a second. Its your coworker. Put a little thought into it. Its embarrassing you put that much time into getting the stamp. Im with you. If you know the person, youre going to have your own card for the person, right . How many people in your office . Whose birthday is it . Brendans birthday. Can we talk about why dave price is in the snuggie. Im subbing. We asked you to ponder this question deep in your heart. Is the snuggie a piece of clothing or a blanket . Why should you care . This is a question worth millions of dollars. The snuggie is clothes. That means it should be taxed like clothes at a higher rate. But theres a Different Court on trade that has the final say that says the snuggie is a blanket. Lower tax. And the definitive answer, now, the snuggie is a blanket. Real news. I have worn it out. Its clothing. It has arms. Its a reverse robe. He put his arms into it like you would a robe. No different. Theres no sash. Is it a piece of clothing . Im wearing it and its fashion week in new york. Its clothing. What did the court say . I missed the story. It is a blanket. Really . Taxed at a lower rate. Guys, were going to start with this weekend, marking a special anniversary for the National Broadcasting company. Saluting 90 years of nbc with a special that is set to air this weekend. It will feature interviews and insight into nbc shows like David Hasselhoffs knight rider. I met William Daniels at the christmas party. He said, i play kit. I want to know who you are and how you are listening in. Im the voice of the microprocessor. We never did a scene together. Looks like we have a hit. And we clinked glasses and became friends from that moment on. Right . Nbcs 90th anniversary airs sunday night. George clooneys mother spilling the beans on the gender of the couples newly announced twins. The grandma saying its going to be one of each. A boy and a girl. George and amal have not told nina what names theyre considering. Thats probably a smart move. n sync fans have something to look forward to. Lance bass revealing, the band will be honored with a star on the walk of fame. Bass said, were going to be there for the ceremony. Theres not a date yet, because theyre terrible at planning things. Bass thinks it will happen in december. And will ferrell and amy poehler in a movie together. The house. It stars two dim witted parents who figure out theyre going to need alternative methods to pay for their babys division. It says we have 401,000. Jackpot. You missed it. That says you have a 401 k account. I have a way for you guys to make four years tuition in one month. Underground iscasino. The math, it seems to check out. Do the math, youre 40 years old, and you go to jail for 20 years. How old are you when you come out . 90. No. 100. The house will be out this summer. Thats your pop start. Carson, thank you very much. Anytime. Mr. Price, a look at the weather. Im wonder woman. Storms out west. Ct warm up in the midseion of sglood morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. The temperatures warm to 45 in philadelphia, and few scattered clouds this morning and sunshine takes over many suburbs at 42 and in new jersey 45 inland and at the shore, and seeing bright sunshine at the shore. And few scattered clouds in morning to the Lehigh Valley, and bright and sunny skies and 41 this afternoon. Nothing but sunshine in delaware and up to 46. Have a great day. Thats a quick look at your weather picture. Im going to pack this up now. Matt . Dave, thank you very much. This morning, we are wrapping up our special series where are they now talk show titans. And we do it with a guy thats worn a lot of different hats in front of the camera. For nearly 50 years Geraldo Rivera has stayed in the spotlight. What happened that night . Reporter a hardhitting journalist in his early years, he became a household name in 1986, when he unearthed al capones secret vault on primetime tv, only to find it empty. As it turns out, we havent found very much. Reporter the following year, geraldo landed his own daytime talk show. No topic too taboo. Geraldo had fat removed from his backside on live tv. And o an episode with neonazis turned violent on the set. And continued the show, despite being roughed up in the brawl. The racist skin heads have been cleared out of the building. Reporter after 11 years, r geraldo hung up his talk show hat to go back to news reporting. Good to see you. Good to see you. I was watching your face when you saw some of the clips. Its a trip down memory lane. With me, you can see the different length of my hair as an indicator of my mood. But very, very funny. I loved the talk show. It was innovative in its own way. Irreverent. It did some good stuff. And burlesque at times. Was that the Mission Statement . When you were doing the talk show, it was a crowded field. There were a lot of talk shows on the air at that point. Did you sit town and say, how can we make this edgier than the others . We had more of an urban flavor. And we did a lot in the inner cities. A lot with drugatickddicted pe. We were dr. Phil before dr. Phil. We tried to do some good things. We also did men in lace panties and the women who love them. We did that irreverent stuff. And you had fat extracted from your buttocks. We did and interviewed donald trump more than once. I want to put up a resume picture. Show the cover of Newsweek Magazine from 1988. You see that image. What goes through your mind . That same year, i was on the cover of playgirl magazine. I challenge anyone. Who had the twofor in the same year . The show is better than the reputation. We are defined in part by al capones vault on one side. And the brawl with the nazis the neonazis and the skin lines. The headline was trash tv, from the lurid to the loud, anything goes. When you saw that headline, when the magazine came out, did you take exception . Not particularly. I was really keen on exposing a growing hatred in the country. The neonazi, kkk they were always the bullies. So, i came to work that day, wearing my work boots. And i had war on my mind. I went there and at one point, i tell the guy, you know, you cant be a smartass with me the way you are with others. Dont push me. And the brawl broke out. We stood up to them. Got a lot of good vibes. The audience for the program was largely an intercity audience. And people really, they appreciated that someone challenged the hatemongers. We saw you interviewing donald trump. Youve known him for 40 years. Is it odd for you to watch him walking on and off of air force one and seeing him at the podium yesterday as the president of the United States . I was shocked. My wife and i, like Many American families, were divided over this. I love donald trump. I still feel he doesnt have an ounce of racism or evil or hatred in his body. I lament, as i see him and i was shocked to answer your question specifically, that he ever got elected. I did not think so. But the things hes done about mexicans and muslims and megan kelly a kelly and others. Weve made money in the stock market since he was elected. I give you the talk show back. And what would the first question you ask him be, as a friend . What would you ask him about what youve seen over the last almost month . Do you really believe is this really you thats speaking when you talk about the refugee ban . Thats not the guy i knew. Are you have you assumed a personality, an artifice, to appeal to the people who propelled you into office . What do you think his answer would be . This is me. Maybe you didnt know me as well as you thought you knew me. I was more liberal as a young man. And im more conservative as the president of the United States. I give him a b right now. Some of the people who watch my network, fox news, give him an aplusplus. Im delighted he picked alex akcosta acosta. The first latino. I would have appreciated a more diverse cabinet. But the guy i knew has the potential of being a great president. We have to root for his success. Hes always been nice. There was a shot of my family with him. So nice with my family. And so loving. I appreciate that. We feel the same about his family. That influences the way people feel about him. I appreciate the personal side of that. I appreciate you. One of the nicest people just about 8 30 this friday morning. Good morning. Im Tracy Davidson and lets get right over to meteorologist bill henley for your forecast for this friday morning. Good morning, tracy. We have u clouds out there at the Lehigh Valley. And cold out there with most areas in the 20s and especially the Lehigh Valley and some colder. Hope township is 19. And goodstown is 28, and 28 in nazareth and white hal and into the low 40s this afternoon. If you are headed out to hit the roads, we have first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. It is slow around jerard avenue and typical delay of 23 minutes. You see the slowdown right there, and it is still moving which is a good thing. Checking back in with the new jersey roads. The new jersey turnpike is cleared. We had a crash near southboundside of route 273, but it is cleared now. Thank you, jes is a. And now, police are looking for a gunman after a bar fight in north philadelphia ended. They say that the police shot the manager of the lounge after he took money and left. Later he died at the hospital. And after a car dragged an officer in germantown and sped away. The officer was making a traffic stop at 20th and spencer suffering cuts and bruises. Im Tracy Davidson and you can always stay up to date on the nbc 10 app for your news and weather. It is a free download. Thank you for watching. [ cheers and applause ] 7 30 on this friday morning. 17th of february, 2017. And were kicking off this friday with a great group of people out here on the plaza. A little chilly for them. Thanks for sticking around. We appreciate it. Sweet 16 over there. This is what we have later today, still. Fresh from new yorks fashion week, olivia culpo is here with alternative to her favorite runway trends. And how to get one of those animals. Were doing the opposite, veggies. Better for you roasted or raw . Matt will get a nutrition lesson. I can use a nutrition lesson. First, we want to mention Something Special weve been working on for a while now, along with former president george w. Bush. He is a prolific pinter. His latest artwork is in a soontobe released book, portraits of courage. On monday, february 27th, president bush will be here for an exclusive first interview about that. But before that, were going to release a series highlighting some of the Wounded Warriors in that book. The first video going online today. And you can find it at today. Com. Were excited about that. Incredible stuff. Dave, quick check of the weather. A little chilly today in the northeast. But all that is achanging. Lets look at whats happening around the country. First, we go west. Our big concerns are. One rolling through for southern california. And the second one is going to be a big concern in oroville and sections of northern and central california. First, the flood watch. 24 Million People at risk. The strongest storm this season. And possibly within the last decade. Flooding, mudslides and big issues. As we head through the weekend, the west coast, we get more of it. The next strong storm approaches. And watching the watershed area. You could get three to six more inches of rain in that direction. Then, as we head through the National Maps today, record high temperatures, for sections of the upper midwest and western ohio valley. It will be on the cool side into the northeast. But we are going to see some warmer weather headed in our direction, into the 60s before the weekend is done. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A cold winter morning, but a nice sunny day ahead. The wind withes will be lighter today and the temperatures warm to 45 in philadelphia and a few scattered clouds this morning as the sunshine takes over in the suburbs at 42 and for new jersey inland and at the shore, and seeing bright sunshine at the shore, and few scattered clouds this morning moving out of Lehigh Valley, and bright sunny skies. 41 this afternoon and nothing but sunshine for delaware up to 46. Have a great day. A shy 40th birthday to you. And a beautiful sweet 16 here in new york city. Thats a look at your weather. Hallie, inside to you. Dave, thanks so much. This morning on today style, talking about fashion week. It just wrapped up, with designers laying out fashion trends. Olivia culpo had a front seat action. Ten Fashion Shows . It was so much fun. I love going to the shows. I love talking about the trends and putting everything together. Like we did today. It will with a deja vu for you. We have our runway set up. Three looks from the catwalks. And youll show you how to look a Million Dollars without spending a Million Dollars. I want to get to the first dress from zimmerman. This is what we saw on the runway. Here is the look for less. Christina, come on out. Our crowd from the plaza cheering a bit. Tell us what were seeing. This is a cute dress. Here we have a complete translation of the zimmerman show. This is a victorian look. Another trend is extra long sleeves. We have extra long sleeves. And i also went with a tonal chromatic piece, as well. What does that mean . It means its not one tone. We have the cream here. And then, the beige and the white, of course. So, how do you feel . I love it. Yeah. Good. The dress, by the way, under 30. I know. Under 30. Its an incredible way to get the look for less. Unbelievable deal. And for the makeup, i went with a muted lip. And i love the simple cat eye and a sleek hairstyle. This can be the star, the embroidery on the top. I think its important to balance the face with the makeup and the look. I think its great. 30. I want to get to the next one. Thank you so much. The next look we saw. You can see the tons of color. Tons of layers. How you translated this to something you would wear every day. Allie, come on out. This outfit, not a direct recreation. Its not. But of course, when you see things on the runway, they are abstract. And that doesnt necessarily translate to everyday attire. I did take a take on that fiesta red. You have a bold color which is in right now. You have the overdone sleeve. A bit of an extension at the end. Its super long. And a little of a geometric obstruction with the top. We have the shoulder cutouts, very popular right now. And the silhouette, in general, is complimentary on anybody. We have the cinch waist, with in giant sweater. This is a dress you made into a top. Exactly. You have to have fun with fashion. And our beautiful ladies in red. How to you keep it from being matchy. We have the mono chromatic look again. You have to break it up. You can break it up or two with i. Thats one of the trends, to wear one color. The makes it. If the belt wasnt there, you couldnt see any waist. And it would be a giant sweater. You have a beautiful figure, we want to show it off. And i took it a step further, with the red lip. Were twinning. Stay twinning with olivia. We bring up the next look. This is the runway feel. And shocker, more mono chrome. Lets see the look for less. Amber, come on out. Amber looks smokin hot. This is identical to what we saw on the runway. And all for around 100. Exposed shoulder. Is that a trend were going to see more of . Thats a big trend. Were going to see obstructed blouses. A lot of geometric shapes going on. A lot of shoulder cutouts, as you see here. And i wanted to compliment the sleek look with a sleek hairstyle. And my inspiration behind the makeup was j. Lo. It feels j. Lo. She looks beautiful. How do you pull off the headtotoe white . Is there a trick . Find what works for your body. This looks so beautiful on you. And its different for everyone. You can add a belt. I think its beautiful with the shoulder cutout. Its elongating anything on anyones body when row have a bit of skin peeking out. Get the runway look by paying a lot less money. I cant believe it. This is four pieces. And all under 100. Amber, thank you. Olivia, thank you. You can see all of the looks and more at today. Com style. Check it out. Up in exwenext, clothes f nutrition. We should be eating our veggies. But are you sabotaging the benefits by making them the wrong way . Well talk about that. To that customability. Youve got a thousand different fabrics to pick from. Very customizable. You can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. We couldnt be any happier. 8 40, back with today food. You heard from a healthy diet includes fresh fruits and vegetables. Did you know that how you prepare them can impact the amount of nutrients you get from them. Wendy is here with a lot of great ways to get nutritional bang for your bite. Welcome back. Thanks, matt. Its more important how were eating it . Right. I want to share with everyone and with you in particular here, about how you can get the most nutritional bang for every bite. And it doesnt have to be fresh and raw. Its wintertime. We want to maximize it. But theres clever ways to get there. Talk about pairings. Getting things together to get the most out of it. This is about nutritional synergy. Avoca avocados is great for you. Kale is great for you. You put them together, its even more. This combination, avocado and leafy greens, like kale, increase s beta carotene, and lutine. Herbs and spices, as well . This is the kale salad. It looks great. Im going to taste it. Tell me about herbs and spices. This is another synergy. When you pair herbs and spices with a fatty meal. Research out of penn state shows you can reduce the triglycerides by 30 . This is putting the spaces on the table. When you combine them in marinades, it can produce the production of harmful compounds by 70 . What does it say that i look at this and i think i want one of the french fries. Now, you can have it, when you have an herb marinade. Carrots is good for you. Whether you cook them or eat them raw. Cook your carrots and cook them whole. When you cook the carrots, boosts. You get 25 more. If you cook them and cut them later. Cook them whole. And then, enjoy them. You go this way. Ill come around and meet you. Talk to me about apples. Why is it important to prepare them in an iron skillet. If youre looking for iron sources if your diet, you cook in a cast iron pan, certain foods will increase in iron content. 21 times. Eat a fresh apple for a great snack. A raw one. But cook it in a cast iron pan if you want more iron in your diet. Half of the recipes we do here contains garlic. Why is preparation so important . Theres a new york prove verb that a nickel will get you on the subway but garlic will get you a seat. Its true. Garlic has a lot of powerful properties. This is about letting it rest. If you chop and mince your garlic and let it rest, you maximize the potent compounds. Chopping them releases them like a jailbreak. That brings up a point. Is it possible to cook the nutrients out of something . Thats an excellent point. Some nutrients do diminish with cooking. Other ones increase, as we saw with the carrots. Were going to put this on the website. You can eat potatoes on a diet. Theres certain ways to do it. That gets you the most benefit. Wendy, thanks. For more ways to get the most out of your favorite foods, go to our website. Today. Com food. Up next, adorable animals that are up for adoption. Pay attention to this, please. First this, is today on nbc. Adopt a pet today is created with our sponsor petsmart. Join us in stores for National Adoption weekend, february 17th through 19th. Were back on this friday morning. A shot of our friend, charlie, doing so well. He gets lots of love and support. And that is why its important to find loving homes for other puppies like this 10weekold dayton. Just one of the dogs up for adoption from louies legacy animal rescue. I am in love. Good to hear that. These are litter mates. They dont look that much alike. Wait a second, dont great things come in threes . We do. We have to bring dano out. Come on out. He has the new puppy smell. This is dano. Talk to me about the dogs. What is the right home for these dogs . Theyre about 10 weeks old. Theyre dachshund mixes. Puppy are a joy to have in your home. But i want people to remember that when you bring a puppy into the home, it is a huge responsibility. It is a huge time commitment. Its not a toy. And they need lots and lots of walks. They need you to make sure that youre consistent about vet visits. Much more so than when you adopt an adult talk. Hallie, thank you very much. Carson has a much bigger pet on his leash there. Who is that . This is aaron. Aaron is two years old. Aaron is a pit bull. She was dropped off at the shelter because shes friendly with other dogs and people. They thought she was pregnant. And ends up she wasnt. She is a doll. She is a sweetheart. One of the benefits of you can see, shes a sweetheart, about choosing an adult dog, is that you never mind. Carson. Its a go pro moment. You look at the camera, right . Erin is so sweet. When you choose an adult dog you have erin. Look at the camera. Erin, come over here. You have a better sense of their temperament. You know what youre getting. Okay. And also often times, dogs in shelters that are adults are fully house trained or well on their way. Unlike a puppy. Carson, thank you. Cant wait to see you next year at westminster. Sheinelle, who do you have . Peewee. Peewee is a 4yearold chihuahua. Peewee was dropped off because peewee had a broken leg. When they did the surgery on the leg, they realized that peewee has a heart murmur. That makes peewee less adoptable. Are there challenges with adopting a dog with special needs . Yes. The responsibility is greater. But the love is equal to that. Sheinelle, so cute. My goodness. Somebody get peewee. By the way. Look at this. We have Christina Hendricks here. She has a pet. She is joining us for a little later in the morning. Hi, christina. Who is that . I have muffin. Muffin is 11 shih tzu. Muffin is adorable. Mu muffin is a senior dog. Its one of the situations where people go into the shelter and say, i want to see the puppies. But a dog like muffin, is great for a family who doesnt have young children. She is small and more fragile than a dog like erin. She is a chill, easygoing dog. If youre looking for a dog thats ready to go. Shes been cuddling with me. You look like a nice team. Im considering it. Christina, thank you very much. Well see you in a little while. Dave price, lets not forget the kit bs. Kittens. You thought you saw a putty cat. Shes 12 weeks old. Just a love. Shes a sweetheart. Keep in mind, when youre adopting a kitten, they are very, very active. And some rescue groups suggest you try to adopt two kittens at once. Its not a necessity. But while cats are sometimes easy keepers compared to dogs, when theyre kittens, they tend to have a lot of energy. All right. Andrea, thank you so much. You guys can come in. If thats okay. If they mix really well. Again, if youre interested in adopting any of these pets, theyre from louies legacy animal rescue. Find more information on today. Com. Should mention, there is another way you can give a pet a happy home. Head to petsmart. At petsmart, it is their National Adoption weekend. Want to get that mention out there, as well. Great idea. Coming up, as matt just mentioned, christina is here. Maybe muffin will hang out for the segment. Talk about your new movie. This is today on nbc. Fast, rhythmic drumming its coming soon to the poconos americas largest indoor waterpark. Kalahari resorts conventions book your african adventure now [ cheers and applause ] we are back, now, on this friday morning. Willie is joining us on the couch. What do you have coming up this weekend . If only the white house would give us something to talk about, we might have a show on sunday. A very busy week for President Trump. Also, my guest on sunday is the maestro of movie comedy, judd apatow. He has the 40yearold virgin, knocked up, and train wreck on his resume. If i had to put one judd apatow movie in the time capsule, which is it . I think it would be knocked up. Im pregnant. With emotion . We said, lets put everyone in it that we wish was a star. Lets put that jonah kid in it. Put seth in it. Get jason segel and bill haider is in that movie. Im most proud of the fact it was a great launchpad for a lot of people. Really fun conversation with judd. Well talk about his tv work with girls in its final season and the new hbo show, crashing, thats coming up this weekend. By the way, judd did a strong job cohosting the 9 00 hour. He did. Look who we have. Speaking of talent. Where is your puppy . I lost muffin. I have my eye on her every second. Im in love. By the way, christina plays a teacher with a little dark a big dark side in the movie fistfight. Was it fun . It was fun. It was fun to play a complete weirdo. Goofy. Get silly. Watch them fight for days on end. You know. Took eight days to shoot this fight. And watch ice cube and charlie day go at each other. Whats ice cube like when youre not working . Intimidating. Intimidating because hes so cool. And he has strong presence when he comes on set. Hes very sweet, though. And we had tracy morgan on the show this week. I dont know how you survived being on set with him. We didnt go to trailers between. We would sit there and listen to him tell stories. Youre like, im not going to miss a moment of this. Inevitably his shirt comes off in the stories, right . Doing his High School Coach routine. That, i did not see. Youve been busy, too. Youre in an adaptation of an Agatha Christie, right . I finished the Agatha Christie film in november. We shot that in england. Youre going to nbc break news. That breaking news is a house fire in kensington neighborhood in philadelphia. Sky force 10 was over the home on west mont ggomery avenue. Moments ago. But the firefighters have the blaze under control there. We will have updates on the air and the nbc 10 app. Right to the first alert meteorologist bill henley with the most accurate neighborhood forecast. Bill some a cold start this morning and the temperatures have started to warm up a little. By 29 in philadelphia and clouds over the city, and Lehigh Valley a little bit warmer, 30 with the clouds thinning out. Looking at the warmupment by 2 00 this afternoon, 39 into 40s for today, and lots of sunshine and lighter winds than the last few days. And then this weekend, the temperatures are going to go higher and a warming strend trend for saturday and sunday into next week. And a check on the roads with the first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Yes, watching the schuylkill on the westbound side and almost empty now, and a couple of the cars moving in both directions and most of the majors have cleared out in the morning rush hour and getting a start on the weekend maybe. This is lower merion on pennsylvania avenue to south bryn. And today, is actually a busy traveling day as it is the holiday weekend. And passengers should take plenty of time to check through screening. And today, there is a tomle wolf will be speaking out about abortion which will ban abortion at 20 weeks instead of 24 weeks which is the current law. Im vai sikahema, and we will have another update in 25 minutes, and of course, you can get the latest news and weather on the nbc 10 app. We will see you at the bottom of the hour. This morning on todays take, two sizzling stars. Kim catrall, and ryan egglo. And Christina Hendricks deals with some mad men in our new film. And its freebie friday. You have to watch, coming up now. From nbc news, this is todays take, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. I love the music. Good morning. Welcome to today on this freebie friday morning, february 17th, 2017. The beginning of a very long holiday weekend. Were listening to flo rida. We have kim cattrall and ryan eggold. Anything special planned for the long weekend . More dancing. Ideally. And songing. And possibly a little wine. Yes. Nothing wrong with that. And sleeping in wouldnt be too bad. Im looking forward to that. Sunday will be my first day off in a while. I want to let my body wake up when it wants to. You know what i mean . I know exactly what you mean. No smoothing alarm i can find on my iphone. Just silence. A lot of people can relate to the fact we feel like were juggling 8 billion things. But weve met our match with these two folks. So much going on. First of all, you have a special anniversary coming up. Did you know that this week marks 30 years since the release of mannequin. On valentines day. I did not know that. When the producers told me you were coming on, i was like, mannequin. And i was surprised i said mannequ mannequin before sex and the city. It was a fun thing that happened on that show because we filmed in a department store. You did . Yeah. It wasnt like a set . No. And on a shoestring budget. We would go to work when the store closed. And then, we would finish work when the store opened. Did you do nights the whole time . Absolutely. Nothing other than nights. Yeah. Talk about sleep. Yeah. Exactly. And the lack thereof. I think its funny, too. You did the mannequin challenge. You did . Can i see this . Its an instagram. I was shooting a commercial. And i thought what better time . There we all are. This is brilliant. Where are you . At the very end is me. And i almost dont keep it together. Out of all of the people doing the mannequin, i was the worse mannequin. Theres pat field from sex and the city doing the costumes. Wait for it. Theres, nick, my makeup artist. And there you are. Wait, there she goes. Oh. You blew it. I know. Totally blew it. How did you get your hair like that . A lot of hairspray. People got better at it. People were blinking and moving. Yes. And you had to wait for them to come. And also, that was a pose in mannequin i was in my 20s. I was way town on the ground. Youre not so far down. I love that. Youre pretty busy. Talk to us about, you just starred in witness for the prosecution. Thats an Agatha Christie. Acorn tv. It was made for bbc 1. I had never done an Agatha Christ christie. I always loved the books and the movies. So, this was a special. I play the murder victim. Lets take a look. I dont like old men, leonard. I like young men. I like their company. I like their skin. I like their muscles. Their musk. Their gleam. Their vigor, their left. And their spring. Timeout, why was i not in consideration for the gentleman being seduced . Youre so sweet. Youre not english, first of all. I can do the accent, right here, right now. That was very good. Is it . Pretty good. That looks awesome. It was really, really fun. The director was the guy that did the crown on netflix. Wonderful cast, toby jones. Really good actors. I was drawn to this character because she likes younger men. But a slightly different spin on it. I saw her as someone who, at this point in her life, was quite lonely. It wasnt about proving her sexuality or who she was and empowering way. She just really wanted to find someone to spend time with. Can understand that. I like the skin. Skin, extrareally quickly, was year of sensitive skin on hbo. That wasnt planned. Tell us about that quickly. This is a real passion project for me. It was, again, a bbc original project. And i got the rights to it. I took it to hbo canada. And weve done our second season. Its about a woman at a point in her life, asking a lot of questions. A lot of questions that kim was asking. Like what . Where do i go from here . The choices i made in my 20s. What are those going to be like in my 60s . And is this the man after 30 years of marriage that im still in love with . Theres a crossroads thats never been examined, especially with dark humor. This sensetive skin was a position project. Ryan, this is the whole thing. We are all juggling. Last night, on the blast lickl you were working on other issues. She probably knows something. Not losing her son seems real. But bradenton says i cant trust her. If i tell her im her son, i will never get the answers im looking for. Based on this, the only way you will is if you do. I want to know what was there to gain from me disappearing . And why was it so important that someone confessed to my murder . And whoever wrote this, what would they possibly want . So good. So dark. So shadowy. You are doing it. Behind the scenes, are you in the dark with the lighting behind you . Were in the dark. Our d. P. Shot that. He is making it interesting and funky like that. You have such heavy dialogue. I was in the school play, i would be nervous over one card. Or the church play. Hark. That would be enough for me. Maybe acting was not your forte. You should try running lines with my mom. What does she do . My mom is not an actor. Cant do the lines. You find someone to help you . Not my mom. She lives too far away. I do it with my boyfriend. I do it with my friends. Im constantly im trying to find out in the scene, what i want. Okay. And each line is sort of an opportunity to get what you want in the scene, from the other person. That makes it active. Its not just about memorization. Its like you have a mission in the scene. If youre busy, youre okay. Your boyfriend, does he get in character. Or is he like did he get to run the seduction scene. Did you practice the seduction scene with him . Do we know who the boyfriend is . Not to be nosey. Never kiss and tell. Im right here, kim. Right here. Were on tv. I tried. Youre welcome. One more thing, a piece of breaking news. Breaking news. Next week, ryan is kicking off a spinoff blacklist redemption. Im excited. A new world. Its going to be really fun. Were doing crazy stunts. And got a whole new Conspiracy Theory thats happening. Its good stuff. Do you do your own stunts . As much as they let me. Most of the time. Thats cool. Is it the same story line to a certain expenaltent . We set it up on the blacklist, as a jump point. And go down a new rabbit hole. In the future, they might weave the two together. Blacklist redemption next thursday, 10 00, 9 00 central after the blacklist. Speaking about you, kim, we heard about a potential spinoff. Theres many men in samanthas life. Theres lots of role farce lot of young men. Or middle aged men. Does that mean something is coming . Hold on, stand by. She said there are roles. She did. Thank you, ryan. I need to make a call to my agent. Ill be right back. I see him in the hot seat here. Theres been a lot of rumors. And theres always rumors. Dont fix it now. Dont backtrack. I dont want to disappoint anybody. All right. Its bubbling. Its been brewing and bubbling. And sex and the city 3. Brewing, bubbling, in the same caldron. More credits fr s frecrets f. We have are two serious actors. We are having you share some of the secrets. Were calling it secrets from the set. Can we have a low glgo or a d effect . You take one. And you take one. Throwing them at me. There you go. Theres the music. Its game showish. Do you have a secret . Come on down. Whats one thing you always request to have in your trailer . Hmm. I like to warm up. That could mean many things. I actually get very and you get very dehydrated under the lights. Lots of water. And maybe a little night cap on the way home. Thats probably a coffee or something. Okay. Well take that. Im into it. If you could guest star any tv show, what would it be . Because were talking about it, i have to say, i would like to play the guy in the new spinoff that kims maybe doing but not diastol doing. He negotiates, doesnt he . Fantastic. You guys talk through the commercial break. You bond. Just ahead, while they bond, will there be a second date . Will there be a second date . Genie bouchar goe listerine® kills 99 of bad breath germs. Will there be a second date . Genie bouchar goe this is 100 useful for a 100 fresh mouth. Just ask listerine® users. The very people we studied in the study of bold. 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In a fight scene, you cant swing what you rehearse or someone can get hurt. Someone can get hurt during a sex scene and a fight scene. Did you get hurt during a sex scene . I actually pulled my back out once, in a love scene. Really . Yeah. But i was doing a really good job. I cant every followup question in my head, the filter, its not coming out. Go ahead. To piggyback on that, whats the secret to a good onscreen kiss. I would say toothpaste. Scope. Scope is the secret. It is. And just before you get there, on the set, maybe knock on your leading man or woman and say, im a little nervous. And i just want to know how you feel about it. And maybe put some parameters of maybe like, no no pressure. Im not telling you to kiss. What would you do . It would look Something Like this. I think. I just met him. Didnt happen. I was this close. On tv. I tried to help you, man. I appreciate it. Here we go. Its a morning show. I always wondered about that, if it would be awkward. Youre acting. Its awkward. Its always awkward. Hello, nice to meet you. And you do a bedroom scene . Theres no foreplay in that situation. And peel are standing around. And theres a guy there. And is it work. I can only imagine. Exhausting. I want to get your take on this. Everybody is talk about this twitter bet. Dreams do come true. Genie bouchard. She agreed to go on a kate with a fan, 20yearold College Student john. This is after losing a super bowl bet to him on twitter. On wednesday a woman of her word. She lived up to her bet. And the two went to a Brooklyn Nets game together. Apparently the pair had a good enough time that she agreed to go on a second date. Take a look at this. Talking to tmz. Its quick. You guys think there will be a second date . For sure. Yeah. You think he would really go . Shes on this shes under the gun. The forsure was so quick. They look like theyre having fun. They do. And theyre adorable. The smiles look genuine. And that coat. And apparently he brought her a gift. He brought her a pair of tiffany earrings. Thats a commitment on a first date. Thats overkill in any book. Thats terrifying. Tiffany earrings. Flowers is nice. America, do you want to go on a date with ryan . Absolutely. We make the font nice and big. And flash it. After my failed attempt of picking up kim on tv, maybe i will get a date. Im sure sally in des moines would love a shot. Om looking good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A cold winter morning, but a nice sunny day ahead and the winds will be lighter today. And the temperatures are warming to 45 in philadelphia and a fewt scattered clouds this morning and sunshine takes over in the suburbs at 42 and in new jersey 45 inland and at the shore, and already seeing the bright sunshine at the shore, and few scattered clouds this morning moving out of the Lehigh Valley and bright and sunny skies at a 41 this afternoon and sunshine in delaware up to 46. Have a great day. 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We are seeing sunshine and a few clouds moving through the area, but we will wind one with mostly sunny skies. The temperatures are cold this morning and 31 in the rodgerscromartie and the suburbs and 29 in philadelphia and some suburbs and new jersey have warmed up nicely, and 32 in akville, and in princeton, it had dropped down to the teens. Low 40s this afternoon. Jessica boyington, it is friday and looks like traffic reflects it. Yeah, that is right. We are light, and that is another way to say it. Friday morning traffic is t typically one of the lighter days of the week. 76 we are watching in Gloucester City in new jersey right around market street. In delays, and this should be headed to philadelphia. And we have one disabled vehicle at lower moreland around grass hopper road. Back to you. And police are looking for a driver after he dragged an officer in germantown and sped away. He was making a traffic stop at 20th and spencer and dragged about 500 feet or so, and suffered cuts and bruises. The city of trenton has raised the legal age to buy cigarettes from 19 to 21. All but one city councilmember voted to approve the change. This ap will take effect next month and applies to ecigarettes. And bar nnum bailey broths circus will be be making the last performance monday. You can always get the latest news and weather on the nbc 10 app. Download it now. Im vai sikahema. She is a sixtime emmynominated star for her role as joan in her tv drama mad men. And Christina Hendricks is showing she can hang with the big boys again. Christina stars in the comedy fistfight with ice cube and charlie day. She plays miss monet, who does whatever it takes to take town another teacher. Take a look. I heard you challenged mr. Campbell to a fistfight. Why . A mans got to do what a mans got to do. Well, i disagree. Why is that . Your fist isnt going to solve the problem. You need a knife. I love it. Dont mess with christina. Can you show me how to do the knife thing . I practiced all morning in my trailer. I knew i was supposed to have a knife. And theyre like, its a butterfly knife. I dont know how to do that. I sat in my trailer, hour after hour. Thats much more difficult than a sex scene. I think so. And more dangerous. I know how to do the other one already. Yeah. Talk about your role in fistfight. We had ice cube here not too long ago. It seemed like this was something that everybody could dig into. Like an ensemble piece. We didnt go back to our trailers. We hung out. We were in a high school. You walk in and you get that feeling that you had when you were in high school. I was like, im a nerd immediately. You were never a nerd. I was. For sure. We would hang out in the music room and the gym between and listened to other people tracy morgan being hilarious. We hung out together. It was fun. It is so much fun shooting a comedy. We need comedies. Our director says, a lot of people want to laugh and punch someone. So, this is this is the perfect combination. A good, good film for that. Yeah. What was it like working with ice cube . He seems like a badass. How is that . Hes a badass. I will not lie that i was intimidated when he walked in the room. And he has a strong presence. And everyone is, like, just pays respect. And then, hes supernice and sweet and welcoming and cool. When hes here in the studio, you just dont mess with him. And he gives you that smile. Youre like, okay. Its okay. Hes a teddy bear underneath. Yeah. Talk about the film in general. Its the last day of school. And the seniors, theyre doing pranks. And then, what happens . You think it would be about kids fighting. Thats the take normally. This is a twisty i where ice cu plays a teacher. And charlie day plays a teacher. And they have a conflict. And the entire movie is charlie day scrambling, trying to get out of this horrific scenario that hes been put in. The setup of those two fighting is awesome. It took days . I think we shot the fight scene for eight days. From all of the different angles. And we had amazing background actors from atlanta. Enthusiastic and professional. They kept us all going. They were cool. Whats next . I was talking to these two, they have 8 billion apiece. Do you have 12 billion, as well . Ish. I just finished tin star with tim roth that i finished for sky atlantic. And off to the next. Nice. Cheers to you, christina. Can we cheers . I got water in my cup. Straight vodka. And fistfight is now in thut theaters. Theres nothing like trying something new. Especially when it comes to snacking. With the laughing cows nine flavorful varieties of creamy cheese, theres no end to what you can discover. And now, you can take our creamy cheese with no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors wherever you go. Introducing cheese dippers by the laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Pain from a headache can when make this. 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When i think of cobbler, i think of the dough. This isnt th at, right . Exactly. Its not. Once we mix that, were going to take that and pour it over youre doing good. Doing good. What a workout. Exactly. Were going to pour the dough over the top, which is great. Get that right in . Youre going fine. Were going to take that over the top. Is that just butter . Melted butter. Oh. And spread it around. We want the butter to get all the way through. Of course. Now, were sifting our cocoa and sugar. And we go with really hot water. Isnt that nice . Thats one cup of hot water. It will go into a 350degree p oven. And we will pull it out. Cherry ice cream because thats what i love. You put cherry ice cream. We have to get fruit in our diet. I like the size of this spoon. Oh, stop it. Im telling you. Who needs fruit in their cobbler. Thats life. Its good. If you like that, youre going to love that. Peanut butter banana pudding. Look at the ingredients. Its simple. Were not going to make a cuss starr custa custard. Were going to use a little bit of frozen whipped topping. Im supposed to be a chef. I should be making my own. I have three kids at home. A chef needs to cut corners, too. Why not . And add a little bit of sour dre cream. This is our pudding layer. And now, we have our softened butter. And were going to add Peanut Butter and our powdered sugar to that. Thats our moose layer. Were going to start here. Im going to let you Start Building these. We did the minimason jars. Or doing in a trifle. One layer at a time. And Peanut Butter cookies in the middle. With the bananas. Thank you so much. Should we try this one . Yes. Seriously. Where did ryan go . I was supposed to give ryan he was going to try it. Ryan . Get down to the Peanut Butter. Where is ryan . Ryan, where are you . There he is. What are you doing, ryan . He is wishing he is up here with the pudding. Look at him. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Its our producers birthday, adam miller. Stop. We need some candles. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. I love that. Yeah, man. Happy birthday. Thats sweet. Oh. Now, we get desserts. Yeah. Blow them out. Happy birthday, adam. Come on and get the last one. We have to do them all. Now, you cant tell me i have to move on because hes too busy. Exactly. To get the recipes, go to good morning im meteorologist bill henley. Cold, but sunny ahead. The temperatures warm to 45 in philadelphia and sunshine takes over this afternoon for the suburbs and 42 and in new jersey 45 inland and at the shore. Already seeing the bright sunshine at the shore. A few scattered clouds in the the morning will move out of the Lehigh Valley, and bright and sunny skies 41 this afternoon and sunshine in delaware up to 46. Have a great day. This is naughty. Im making this at home. Coming up, well make the most of your president s day ho holiday the movies and the sales, to entertainment for your kids. Entertainment for your kids. 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Because at hellmanns, were on the side of food. baby crying minutes old. A babys skin is never more delicate. What do hospitals use to wash and protect it . Johnsons® the number 1 choices in hospitals. Maybe almond breeze tastes because its the only almondmilk made with californiagrown blue diamond almonds. Of course, if you ask one of our almond growers. Theres no maybe about it. Almond breeze. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. We are kicking off a long holiday weekend. Lets make the most of it. First up, fun ideas to keep your kids busy, from meredith sinclair, the author of well played the ultimate guide to awakening your familys playful spirit. We have a lot to do. This is something i want to do with the kids. There is nothing more fun than bubble wrap. This is superfun. This is josh. You can do this activity. You paint your kids bubble wrapped feet. And lets stomp paint. Easy. Stomp painting. We love it. Put a tarp down on your floor. And let them go to town. I was going to ask you. You dont get it on the floor. Is that fun, josh . And you can put it on a rolling pin. Let them roll. This is what i love. Called play tape. It has a hot wheels theme. Henry, you can play with your cars. You make this bragreat. Kids can create their tracks. My boys love hot wheels. This is right on the ground. I have to tell you. I stopped getting them because of the tracks all over the place. Perfect. Amy is helping us create lincoln log cabins for president s day weekend. Learn a little something. We used a cartons. And shes going to put different pretzels. The logs, the windows and the doors. Really fun for kids. I want lunch. Eat your log cabin. This is a really fun activity. Ive used dining room table and some yarn to create a maze. And go find all of the 5s. Go find multiples of ten. Youre learning. I have kim and ryan, mom of the year down here. If i did this, i would be good for the rest of the year. What do you have upstairs . Hey, sheinelle. Were up here with fandango correspondent, chris witherspoon. Hes going to show us the hot movies to see this weekend. Good morning. Thanks for being here. Can we talk about this film lego batman . This is a great movie. Theres so many films you take to go see. Actually love to see we can go see it again this weekend. And 55. 6 million it brought in. And you sit back and say, who is that voice . Its a guessing game of who is talking right now. Such a great film. I think it will hold up strong. What else do you recommend . After that fifty shades darker. Thats for the adults. Thats a kids movie, i believe. Youre dangerous. This is for the adults. I think it was more emotional. So many more layers. And so many great drama scenes. If you stick around at the end credits, you will see a snippet of fifty shades freed. The countdown has began. Going to be a strong contender this weekend. This one is a great. Based on the broadway musical. Its a film from the broadway show. They filmed the show. Yes. The show was on the stage 2012. Took home two tony awards. Now, in theaters. Its a great way for families to see a broadway show at a fraction of the police. So much momentum and adrenaline all there in the theater. It sounds great. Thats awesome. We have to throw it back to sheinelle for a little shopping. Forget black friday. According to shop it to me, president s day weekend has better sales. We are here with the deals you need to look out for. Where do we shop first . First of all, mattresses. Theyre a great thing to buy because up to 65 off on overstock. Com, all sorts of mattresses. This is comfortpeddic by beauty rest. On sale for 520. And 60 off. You should change them every seven years . Its springtime. Get a new mattress. Rugs, a great way to change the look of a room. Furniture, check this out. Way fair. Com, up to 70 off. This bed, under 170. No. With the back board . Super fancy. How about tvs . 35 to 50 off. P. C. Richard is having up to 25 pro 25 off on the tvs. This 50inch tv is under 500. And best buy has great deals. Electronics, appliances, under 35 off. Over 35 off. And jcpenney trouble top stuff. The kurig and the knnutra bulle. Theyre trying to get rid of the old inventory and bring new stuff. Shop until you drop. Thanks to yvette for saving you money. Were back in a moment. But first, this is today on nbc. We just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Can we thank our new best friends, kim catrall and ryan eggold for being here. The new anchor team. I got it. See what this show does . You bond. Coming up on monday, tony good morning. Im vai sikahema and it is friday february 17th, over the bill henley with the accurate neighborhood forecast. Vai, lots of sunshine and the temperatures are warming up nusly. 3 nicely. 33 in the Lehigh Valley. And 20s in the philadelphia area, but it wont last long, because all of these temperatures will warm up into the 40s. Nice weekend forecast calling for 60s for most of the area saturday and everybody will be seeing 60s with sunshine sunday. Thank you, bill. Jessica boyington has a look at the road s s in the first alert traffic center. What are you seeing . Route 422 and no backups or delays here around trooper road. Rush hour cleared ahead of schedule on the friday. So we typically see lighterle volume. And the schuylkill with a nineminute trip. Slow on parts of 95, and you will get where you need to go. And 16 minutes from the vine. And now, shooting in vfw which happening in willingb county. And two people were shot, but we dont have all of the details. And fire in the kensingwood neighborhood. Fire broke out just after 8 30 this morn, and the firefighters quickly got the blaze under k control. Im vai sikahema and we will have have another uptait in 25 minutes, so you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. Now v a great day and we will go back to today show and have great day. From nbc news this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome. Its try day friday. Its february 17th. Were so happy youre here with us today. Hoda is on a well deserved vacation, so look who is here. Super model and swimsuit oh, my gosh extraordinaire christi brinkley, and that is walking in my sleeve with Andrew Mcmahon and the wilderness. How are you, christie . Its so much fun to be here. I dont think you have ever cohosted with us. No, never. Well, its your virgin opportunity. You know, here we