Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im savannah and we have willie in for matt this morning. Well talk to donald trump in a couple minutes. Hes taking fire from a sitting president and two former president s in this campaign. Not to mention all his rivals. A lot to talk about in politics, fresh polls, as well. Our top story, the major showdown between the federal government and apple. This after apple declined to give access to encrypted content on San Bernardino shooters syed farooks iphone. Apple is asked to help the fbi get the data. Steve patterson has more. Officials say this may be the key as to who suspects were doing at the time of the shooting. They say they need the key to the phone in order to make progress. Reporter a federal judge to help the fbi unlock the iphone of San Bernardino mass shooter syed farook. Apple said they needed reasonable technical assistance. Authorities are trying to fill in the 18 missing minutes of the killers actions after the shooting. The 18 minutes is critical. Reporter the fbi wants to know if anything on the phone can fill in the gap and if there are any other clues to the plot that left 14 people dead and 22 wounded. Just last week, fbi director james comey told the senate panel, getting into farooks phone is key. We have one of the killers phones that we havent been able to open. Its been over two months and were working on it. Reporter overnight, tim cook released a statement saying its cooperated with the fbi on the case but will fight the order. Saying that the United States government demanded apple take an unprecedented step which its far beyond the legal case at hand. Cook has been an opponent of opening phones to the government. Telling 60 minutes, it would make us all vulnerable. On your smartphone today, your iphone, theres likely health information, theres financial information, and you should have the ability to protect it. And the only way we know how to do that is to encrypt it. Why is that . Because if there is a way to get in, then somebody will find a way in. I want to be clear. What the government is actually worried about is this builtin Security Software that could auto delete all the data on the phone when they try to crack it. Like when you get locked out and put in the incorrect password in too many times. If you compare your iphone to the house, the feds arent asking apple to open the door, just turn off the security alarm. Lets turn to msnbcs chief legal correspondent. Good morning. There are technical and legal questions. This isnt the typical case where the federal government gets a warrant and says, turn over this data or this phone. The judge is basically telling apple, come up with a way to unlock this information. To get this data. Morning. As you say, what the judge is asking for is not only to get the material, which apple says it doesnt have because its well encrypted, but rather to help the feds get in and decrypt or depassword the whole thing so they can get it. The expertise. Theyre school for helpasking for help, not just content. Tim cook says if we do it once, we put at risk all our customers. Is that true . To the extent that this becomes the method. This becomes the socalled backdoor. What apple always said is, look, we have. We built really good security products, which people love for a wide variety of reasons. One of them is they know their stuff is safe and secure and private. We dont want to get in the business of creating a key that anyone can use. A hacker, a criminal or a terrorist. I talked to Law Enforcement sources about this. For years, its been a priority, to the top of the fbi. This morning, were seeing the highest escalation of it. You have a court order in the important. Apple is saying, even in this case, theyre not backing down. Itll be interesting to see where they go from here. Apple is going to fight it all the way. This could go to the high court. Ari, thank you. Now to the race for the white house. As the republican president ial candidates fight for votes in South Carolina ahead of from the front runner donald trump in a moment. We begin with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. Donald trump has proven himself largely immune to attacks. But the latest criticism comes from president obama. President obama singling out the party front runner. Saying the American People are sensible, and saying that hes confident that being president is a serious job. He has done such a lousy job as president. Reporter donald trump pouncing on president obama in the front runners now famous fashion. Youre lucky i didnt run last time when romney ran because you would have been a oneterm president. Reporter defending himself after the president waded into the republican race, dismissing the former apprentice hosts chances. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its hard. Reporter here in south into a bible belt brawl. Ted holds up the bible and lies about so many things. Reporter trump fighting back after ted cruz released a video, warning voters that trump is playing games with the issue of abortion. A candidate that cant protect the right to life. Cant be trusted to protect any of our other godgiven rights either. Reporter jeb bush is relying on a thirdplace finish to propel him forward. Is South Carolina the last stand for jeb bush . No, its not. Were in it for the long haul. Reporter bush, who just replaced his glasses with contacts for the first time, believes americans need to take a closer look at trumps record. Hes got a failed business record. More bankruptcies. He talks about how great he is in business when, in fact, he ripped off shareholders. Reporter later, comparing trump to a parking ingbarking dog. You have to keep talking through it. Its not a skill set i ever envisioned being necessary to aspire to the presidency of the United States. But ive gotten better at it. Rah rah, rah. Reporter adding new ammunition to the trail. A handgun captioned, america. It spun around parodies online. In South Carolina, theres a strong history of getting it right. Correctly picking the future republican nomine, all by once since 1980. This morning, donald trump in the latest poll, up 38 points. Trailing behind him, ted cruz with 22. Marco rubio in third. Trump lost almost ten points of support from before last weekends debate to after it. Savannah . Peter alexander, thank you. Lets turn to donald trump now, who is on the phone. Good morning. Good to talk to you. Good morning. I dont know if its a sitting president , a democrat, and the former president , republican, republican bush, both kind of going after you this week. Let me reiterate what president obama said. He said, its not a talk show or reality, its not promotion, marketing, not a matter of pandering and getting yourself on the news, its serious. Do you think this is a hurdle for you, a liability . The fact you were a reality show host, do you think youre having to prove you truly are serious . Unlike jeb bush, who is really you look at what this guy its a sad thing, how hes done. Unlike what he said, i built an incredible business worth billions of dollars. Ive won virtually every battle ive ever been in in business. Its what people want. They see it. The reality show, that was one thing i did, which became one of the as you know because it was on nbc became one of the most successful shows on television. Nba was brksnbc was begging me to continue to do it. Frankly, my record in business has been phenomenal. Ive built a Great Company and had tremendous success in what im doing now. We have bigger crowds than bernie sanders, by the way. He has second. We have a message. The message is basically that we have the worst president in the history of the United States, and hes done a terrible job. We have a mess in our country, between 19 trillion in debt and all of the other problems. We cant beat isis. We have a border thats like swiss cheese, as i said before. You know, were a terribly run country, and we have a president that doesnt know what hes doing. He can make the statement and, of course, im obviously his worst night pair ifmare if i go in, but people are tired, angry and fed up. Its willie, good morning. Morning. During the debate, People Democratic debate because of the positions you took criticizing george w. Bush on the iraq war and 9 11, even planned parenthood. There are conservatives who are suspicious that youre a progressive in ways, having held those positions in the past. Did you give them more reason to be suspicious with what you said on saturday . Every poll said i won the debate. If you look at time magazine, their poll said i won the debate. Im prolife. I have a great record of being a conservative. Im also a common sense conservative, willie, as we discussed before. We have to do things with common sense. Certainly, im the most conservative person there is on the border and on security, on the military, on taking care of our vets who are being taken care of horribly. Im the most conservative person there is. Were going to end obamacare, which is a total and complete disease. Disaster. Well replace it with something common core is an example. Were going to go to local education. I think i said most of these things. Frankly, most people said i won the debate. Donald, fair enough. Your positions on george w. Bush, you would agree, are minority positions inside the Republican Party . Well, look, we should not have gone into iraq. He was the president. He took us into iraq. When you look at the migration, look at all of the problems in the middle east, it all started by going into iraq. Im honest, whether its republican or not republican, i say common sense, but im honest. He made a horrible decision when we went into iraq. Can i ask you one question about ted cruz . Youve been saying for a while now that you have a question as to whether hes eligible under the constitution to run for president because of his birth in canada. You talk about a lawsuit. I guess my question to you is an old expression, why not put your money where your mouth is . If you think there is an issue there, why not go ahead and sue important issue that needs to be clarified . Well, i may do that. He was born in canada. He lived there for three to four years. He was there for a long time. Until 15 months ago, he was a citizen of canada, joint with us. Youre saying you wont sue if he apologizes for the attack ads. No, i say i may do it. I may be doing him a favor. The democrats are going to sue him on that issue. Many laywyers say you have to be born on the soil. Have you had your lawyers draw up the paperwork . Well look at it. Ted cruz holds up the bible and then he lies. Hes lied about me having to do with the second amendment. Im the strongest person on the stage on the second amendment. He said, donald trump doesnt like the second amendment. Im the strongest person on the stage on many things. He says, donald trump isnt pro life. He said, ben carson is out of the race in iowa. He said, ben carson has left the race. Had he not done that, i probably would have won, number one, but more importantly, ben carson was treated horribly by what this guy did. After the election ended, he called up ben carson to apologize. What good does that do . I dont think ben carson accepted the apology, and he shouldnt. Fed ted cruz is a dishonest guy. A highly respected man said ted cruz is one of the most dishonest men hes ever seen or dealt with. Yet, he talks about evangelical. Thats why im leading in the evangelical vote. They see he is a dishonest person. You have a lot to say and we appreciate your time. Unfortunately, were out of time, but thank you for being here. Thank you very much. By the way, mr. Trump has a town hall tonight in charleston. Starts at 8 00 eastern. Democratic side, hillary targeting minority voters who will be critical in nevada and South Carolina. Nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker is in chicago for us. Secretary clinton will hold a get out the vote rally later today. She and senator sanders are locked in a fierce fight for africanamerican support. Reporter with an eye on South Carolina, secretary clinton went to harlem tuesday, making her strongest pitch yet to africanamerican voters. These are not only problems of economic inequality. These are problems of racial inequality. Reporter despite a nagging cough. Too much to say. Reporter clinton energized the crowd, talking about education and taking a swipe at sanders, suggesting hes late to the conversation. Time and say the right thing and think thats enough. Reporter again, casting him as a single issue candidate. We arent a single issue country. We face a complex set of economic, social and political challenges. Reporter at a rally in atlanta, close to 5,000, sanders didnt engage clinton. Instead, sticking to his script, proposing changes to the criminal justice system, speaking out about the death of unarmed black men. We are going to end the horrors that we have seen of unarmed africanamericans being shot and killed by police officers. Reporter a new poll shows clinton with a convincing lead in South Carolina. 56 to 38 , fuelled in large part by minority support. Sanders is working to broaden his appeal. Earlier tuesday, campaigned with erica garner, whose father died officer put him in a chokehold. Sanders brush aside bill clintons comments, saying his supporters are similar to tea partiers. I think some of the things president clinton has been saying are unfortunate. We shouldnt be making silly remarks. Now, a new poll just out this morning shows there is a virtual dead heat in nevada. Secretary clinton gets 48 . Senator sanders gets 47 . Its difficult to get accurate polling in nevada, but political analysts are in broad agreement, it is a close race there with just three days before the caucuses. Willie and savannah . Tightening up. Thanks so much. Now to the debate over replacing justice antonin scalia. President obama waging into the Republican Opposition against him, naming scalias successor. Andrea mitchell has the latest on that. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. President obama is forcefully rejecting republican calls to Justice Scalias replacement. Even as a handful of republican senators are breaking with their leaders and saying the obama nominee should at least get a fair hearing. The constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. Reporter in california tuesday, president obama arguing he will nominate someone for the high court. Despite calls by Republican Leaders that the pick be left to his suckcesssuccessor. Historically, this has not been viewed as a question. Theres no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. Thats not in the constitutional text. Reporter even some republicans criticize what appeared to be a rush to the political barricade so soon after Justice Scalias death. This was a misstep. First off, that is not the first thing you say within hours of the passing of someone like Justice Scalia. To pick someone indisputably qualified. But with battle lines drawn, hearing . The republican senator in charge of any confirmation hearing, Chuck Grassley told iowa radio i would wait until the nominee is made before i would make any decisions. Reporter later, senator grassley seemed to backtrack, telling nbc news hes not open to a confirmation. Remembrances for Justice Scalia this week. A cloth draped in his honor. Hell return one last time, lying in repose at the courts great hall, with a service set at the basilica at the National Shrine in washington. Law enforcement officials and the owner of the texas ranch where he died are completely ruling out foul play. Saying a pillow found in his bed was above his head, not over his face, as some reports initially the scalia vacancy is already a big issue for the 2016 candidates. With each side seeing an opportunity to determine the outcome of major issues like abortion and immigration, depending on who gains the majority in the close 54 decisions. Thank you so much. A rare moment for pope francis on tuesday during his fiveday trip to mexico. The pope became visibly irritated when overly eager people tugged on his sleeve from behind a barrier, causing him to fall into a man in a wheelchair. Pope francis said in spanish, dont be selfish. The pontiff stepped back and waved to people a few more minutes before leaving. Today, hell hold a large outdoor mass. He also plans to speak to inmates at a prison and visit the u. S. mexico border. Last night was the Kennel Club Dog show. But we have our winner. C. J. thats right. A german short haired pointer from california was best in show. The 3yearold beat out more than 2,700 other dogs to win the nations most prestigious dog competition. Lucy finished second. Congratulations to c. J. The New York Times said the tension was thick in the air, and so was the smell of wet dog. It was a rainy day. Enjoy your cheerios. Whats going on, al . Look what happened in florida. Tornadoes touching down. Could have been an f3 tornado there. Then you go to the north. Rochester, new york, a massive snowstorm bringing really all kinds of traffic to a standstill. A real mess there. In the next half hour, were going to talk about a big change in our temperatures for a big were going to get to your sfx cell phone vibrates. Yeah . sigh youre okay. Hes okay, he made it jason. What do you mean . We were very bad boys. Alexa whats in the news . Alexa heres the news, alecbaldwin and Jason Schwartzman were seen mooning paparazzi. Baldwin threw his shoe at photographers before making arun for it. My poor cashmere socks. Alexa, will you order another pair of brescianis. Reordering bresciani socks. Okay listen. Can you send some lawyers or something . moaning . Alec . Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percentance of thats your latest weather. Al, thanks. Coming up, thrown in jail loans . Well hear from one man who said behind bars. Im ben thompson. Breaking news right now from northwest charlotte, where crews are on the scene of a barn fire. It broke out just before 7 00 in the 3800 block of oakdale road. Long creek fire Officials Say most of the animals are out of the stable, and the flames are under control. Were working to find out what sparked the fire. A reminder avery, watagua and ashe county schools are all closed today. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. A chance of rain the morning. Hen achance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percentance of owers. Is the upper 40s. Crash on independence causing delays. One at briar creek and another at conference dr. Up next on the today show tipping the scales. That feeling. You know the one. That grandslam, acedthepresentation feeling. A moment worthy of celebration. Now multiply that. Youre everyones hero in the champions ap ofll championships its that feeling. Multiplied. Introducing the new multiplier scratchoffs. A chance to win. And a chance to multiply your winnings. 7 30 now. Its wednesday morning, 17th of february, 2016. Hello, crowd. Everybody out there bundled up, looking happy. Well step outside to say hello in a couple minutes. Back inside stud owestudio 1a. Apple saying the funprecedented step threatens security of its customers. Ahead of saturdays primary, the republican candidates court voters in South Carolina where donald trump is maintaining a solid lead in the newest polls. Prompted president obama to weigh in, saying he thinking trump will never become president. Eagles of death metal made an emotional return to the stage in paris, who were playing at the bataclan theater during the terrorist attacks. There was heavy security before people entered last night. The governments allegedly stunning way of seeking replace of employment. One borrower had to learn the hard way when his old 1500 student loan turned into time behind bars. Reporter the federal government isnt kidding around. They want you to pay back your student loans. They will shrink themselves down to 2 inches high and hide in your pocket and take the money back, one dime at a time. Reporter worse, as one borrower tells it. Waist, and placed in a cell. Reporter like many americans, paul owes from 29 years ago, when Ronald Reagan was president. He didnt expect u. S. Marshals to come to his home in houston with an arrest warrant. With the interest on the 1500, its now 5700. Reporter he thinks this could have been handled better. Send a summons, a certified letter. Not the marshals. Reporter the marshals say they tried that for three years, including notices taped to his door. He said he received one postcard which he thought was bogus and didnt respond. We spoke to him on the phone in 2013 at which time he said he wouldnt appear in court and theyd have to get him. Reporter when they went to his home last week with the warrant he yelled from inside, i have a gun. Reporter thats when they retreated, called for backup and returned with their gear. Different. Bit. Reporter after a brief time in custody, he was booked for disobeying a court order and released. Were you afraid . Totally. I couldnt believe it. Reporter the Court Ordered uncle sam. I need to pay that on increments starting in april. You can do that . Not really, but not to go to jail reporter hell also have to pay nearly 1300 to the u. S. Marshall service, the bill to do their job. People shouldnt be afraid the u. S. Marshals are going to kick the door down. This was an extreme case. Reporter and a tough lesson. Authorities saying they arent making a practice of this. It was an extreme case. He didnt answer the summons. I just made a payment on my student loans, just to be safe. Lets get a check of the weather, al. Ready for the warm weather . Yeah big ridge of high pressure. Jet stream up to the north. Temperatures for today. 55 in casper. Wichita wichita, 68. Dallas, 74. Tomorrow, record highs in the rockies, the plains. Temperatures 25 to 35 degrees above normal. Friday, it goes from the rockies all the way to cleveland, 51. Birmingham, 69. Ten degrees above average in new orleans. Saturday, detroit, youre 15 degrees above average at 51 degrees. Oklahoma city, 25 degrees above average with a high of 80 degrees. Thats whats going on aro. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs al, thanks. Coming up, a mans wallet is lost and then found with a of the content. Dont miss that amazing story. Would you help a stranger keep a secret . Jeff rossen with a hidden camer skincare now becomes skinactive. New Garnier Skinactive introducing clearly brighter. A new active moisturizer to brighten dull skin. Packed with antioxidant vitamin c, e and lha. Clearly brighter does more than moisturize, it actively smoothes, boosts radiance and protects with spf 15. Clinically proven. See brighter skin in just one week. 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Reporter but this woman is on a diet. My boyfriend is in the back he cant know im eating this cake. Reporter will the shoppers keep her secret . Baby, what are you doing . Reporter when even she is busted by her judgey boyfriend. Our hidden cameras are in place at grassroots Natural Market in morristown, new jersey. Zoom in on that woman there. Reporter were watching every bite. Im on a diet. Keep a lookout for my boyfriend. Okay. Reporter the woman stands guard. Oh, my. Were on a diet together. Hed kill me. Throw away the rest of it. Cake. Shes making a beeline for the garbage, to throw away the evidence. Did she have a bite . I didnt see anything. I think its makeup. Hi. Jeff rossen from nbc news. How are you . Good. How are you . This is a social experiment. Sometimes, you have to have a little bit of a cheat so you can stay on a longterm plan. You helped her cheat . I did. Girl power. Girl power. Go, yeah. Reporter turns out, that girl power is strong. This next woman also watches her eat the cake and lies to protect her. Is she eating cake . No. Reporter shes about to go further. Were good friends from way back. Play that again. Were good friends from way back. Reporter theyre complete strangers. Is that yours . Yeah. Look at me, i eat a lot of cake. Seriously . Yeah. Reporter the women are sticking together. How will the men react . My boyfriend is coming, take it reporter she stuck him with the cake. What will he do when the boyfriend confronts him. Man to man, was she eating cake . You can tell me. Yes, she was . Reporter the nod confirms everything. The next man tells on her, too. Thats a yes . Reporter when we think all the men are tattlers and the women her protecters, along comes this guy. About to give us the Biggest Surprise of the day. Im breaking my diet. Im not supposed to. Reporter hes enjoying his free sample and doesnt mind sharing. Youre going to feed me . Dont tell anyone. I wont. My boyfriend is in the back. Hes going to freak. He aint gonna know nothing. You wont say anything . I wear to god. Reporter he feeds her more. Down that quick. Once i start, i cant stop. Reporter hes laughing now, but not for long. They got the beets you like. Oh what is going on . This is his. Reporter shes pointing the finger at him. Will he keep her secret. Its mine. Its yours . Yeah. Why is she holding your i didnt have room to put it sir, did i have anything . No. Reporter he wont budge. I saw her i swear to god. She was just holding it. Im a gluten. Im greedy. I have to meet this guy. You were nice to her. I was. You took the blame, two pieces of cake. I had to help a damsel in distress. Were all in this together. We are. Love that guy. Oh we wonder how youd react. Weve been doing these facebook chats all week. Im doing another one when i walk off the set here. I can answer your comments and questions live. Go to facebook. Com rossen reports. What do you think . That guy, i like that guy. 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We want to prioritize the Emotional Wellbeing of the students for long academic success. Plus, game on. What an idea that your doctor might write you out a prescription to play a video game. Well see it in the next couple years. Could a video game help us stay sharp . An inside look at new technology reversing the effects of aging on the brain. Two hot to handle . Ryan reynolds goes one on one with hugh jackman, asking what everybody wants to know. Do you ever age . Today, wednesday, february 17th, 2016. Good morning, buffalo we just got engaged. Aloha from hawaii. Celebrating 50 years. Everybody wants to ride happy 42nd birthday in louisiana whew its 8 00 on today, wednesday, february 17th. Plaza this morning. We have a nice family here. A lot of folks out on the plaza. What did you see . Thats a guy in a dog suit, i think. I think its a real dog. Good looking dog. Look at him. It is . Awesome. Coming up, can you have your burger and eat healthy, too . Siri daly, the better half of this man here, has a delicious burger. Lets get a check of the top stories. Good morning. Apple says it will fight a judges order over the phone of San Bernardino shooter syed farook. Investigators have been unable to access data from farooks phone more than two months after the shooting that left 14 people dead. On tuesday, a federal judge ordered apple to help the fbi hack into farooks encrypted iphone. Apples ceo tim cook opposes step, which he says has imple hand. President obama is vowing to pick an indisputably qualified nominee for the Supreme Court to replace the late antonin scalia. The president s comments follow calls from some republicans who want the replacement left up to the next president. The president rejects those calls, saying republicans are reading something into the constitution that isnt there. A followup on a story we told you about last year, about a florida woman who livestreamed a night of partying and her drive home drunk. People who watched whitney on periscope called 911 to report her. Now, in a plea deal, shes not getting jail time but she gets 12 months probation, 150 Hours Community service, sixmonth suspended drivers license, and she cannot visit any bars. The cost of Prescription Drugs keeps going up in the u. S. , even for generic drugs. A new Company Wants to shake up costs down. Details from olivia sterns. Reporter a nurse outside chicago struggle to pay for her 400 Prescription Drug bill. Taking cymbalta and high cholesterol medications and blood pressure. She was searching for coupons. When i got to the pharmacy with the coupon, theyd run the code and it wasnt real. Reporter then she stumbled upon blink health. Drugs are marked down by as much as 95 . Almost everyone takes medications at some point in their life. Most people are overpaying. Reporter blink was founded by brothers matthew and jeffrey, to bypass insurance companies. 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Natalie, thank you. Making headlines this morning. The duchess of cambridge turning Kensington Palace into her home office for a cause near and dear to her heart. Kelly cobiella is there. Good morning. We all know how private Prince William and the duchess of Cambridge Kate are. Today, theyve thrown open the doors to their palace. There is a newsroom in there behind me. Theyve invited in a team from the Huffington Post. Theyre talking about childs Mental Health issues. Anxiety, depression, bullying and the importance of early prevention. Kate has put on her journalist cap, writing and acting as an editor. Reporter the duchess of cambridge turned guest editor, running the Huffington Posts uk for the day. With reporters and bloggers in her Kensington Palace home, to highlight a cause close to her heart. How long does it take to change and update . Kate gets personal, writing that she and Prince William hope to encourage george and charlotte to speak about their feelings and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older. Sharing your feelings is not necessarily a royal tradition. It began to change with princess diana. Now, another bold step from kate. She is a person who is known globally, and were a firm known globally. When the two come together, it can be very powerful. Reporter the duchess says the Mental Health of our children should be just as important as their physical health. I knew that i was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood. I always knew i was loved, valued and listened to. But, of course, many children arent so lucky. Reporter even kids younger than 5 could be suffering in silence, she says. Imagine if everyone was able to be listened to, needs to be respected and needs to be loved. We could make such a huge difference for an entire generation. Reporter Huffington PostResearch Shows 1 3 of parents worry theyll look like bad mothers and fathers if their child has a Mental Health problem. By writing and talking about it, the duchess is hoping to change that. And another big name involved in the campaign today. First Lady Michelle obama, who has written a blog about Mental Health issues, and veterans. The idea is to go global with this. Already, the Young Minds Matter is trending in the uk and in the u. S. This morning. Guys, the work in this very fancy newsroom will continue throughout the afternoon. Much. Coming up in trending, a man loses his wallet, gets it back, but with a message from one be an honest a candid person. Plus, he wants the white house. Instead, he gets full house. How jimmy fallon introduced donald trump to the tanners. And a Virtual World that could soon become a gamechanging reality. 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I like that. 27 said family roots. 13 , inspired by celebrity or historical figure. The survey also asked about this idea of name stealing. You call dibs on a name and none of your friends or family can use the name. Oh, yeah. You agree, like you say lets say you dont have kids but say, i like the name, kim, and your cousin cant name their kids that . Definitely. Youre on the record. You have to claim your turf. Interesting. We wanted to name Nick Benjamin after her dad, but her sister had claimed benjamin. I think families claim it. I know friends who live in different parts of the country who are upset that their friend across the country named their kid the same thing. If youre across the country, its fine. Theres a 200 mile limit. Is that what it is . I had violet and then Jennifer Garner and ben affleck stole it. 57 say its not cool if you 43 name stealing isnt a thing. Its not. By the way, most people say they like traditional names over trendy ones. We love the name i always loved madison. Siri went to college with madison and said, oh, no. Marley, and i was like, bob marley. Knocking off names left and right. We like strong names. It was a challenge. Strike. I got a great new york story for you guys. Meet riley. He lost his wallet early at a concert and it contained 100 in cash, credit cards and his drivers license. The story has a happy ending, sort of. His wallet arrived in the mail. Here came the letter along with it from the man who found it. Quote, i found your wallet and drivers license and address. Heres your credit cards and other important stuff. But, the man adds this, i kept the metro card for the subway because, well, the fare is 2. 75 now. And the wallet, because its cool. Enjoy the rest of your day. Anonymous. Oh, my gosh. This is a new york story. Only in new york. He returned i appreciate the honesty. He was honest about why he was using the money. The drivers license is the hardest thing to replace. I know. I love how he signed it, t to. Was a grammy legend turned away from an afterparty . One of the most iconic musicians of all time, winner of grammy awards, but its not enough to get sir Paul Mccartney into a grammys afterparty. He was reportedly turned away from a hollywood nightclub not once but twice. Vip do we got to get . He was telling inging the musician, beck, who he was with, we need another hit. Heres the catch, that party, hosted by rapper tyga. On twitter, tyga denied he was behind the snub. He said he didnt know mccartney was out there and the nightclub is saying Paul Mccartney was in party. Mccartney any party. Oh, sir tyga. Next to Ryan Reynolds and his new job, apparently, entertainment reporter. He interviews hugh jackman about eddie the eagle. Do you do all your own acting . The sex scenes, i do them. Thats where the craft is. My next question is from a blake york. He writes, hugh, i tried calling you on the phone and you didnt answer. Hotel this afternoon. I dont have much time because ryan is having a mani pedi from 3 to 3 00 to 4 00. Im getting a mani pedi. Thats weird. Ryans wife is blake lively. Not a he but a she. Funny. Next, jimmy fallensonfallons take on fuller house. He had something to fill the role of michelle tanner, donald trump. I had to stay in the race. Otherwise, the clinton would be in the white house again. I mean, who wants to see something from the 90s come back in 2016 . In the end, the whole family came together to sing the shows theme song. Thats your pop start for today, guys. Thank you, sir. Now lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Lets show you what we have going on. Weve got a big system making its way into the pacific showers, stretching from seattle all the way to los angeles. News. The front has moved off the eastern seaboard so things have calmed down. Chilly around the upper great lakes but look how hot. 90s into Southern California and 80s through texas. 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This week, weve taken you to ecuador and iceland in our search for the secrets of living longer and living more healthy lives. Today, our journey takes us to an imaginary world that may help our aging brains act young again. Where are we . This is in another world. Here are your targets. I have to respond to the red creatures, to catch them. Reporter it may look and sound like something we nag our kids to stop playing. Keep it up. Reporter but a top neuro neuroscientist says this is not just a game. He believes one day, it could be more powerful than any drug in helping aging brains act young again. What an idea, that your doctor might write you out a prescription to play a video game. I think well see it in the next couple years. The next couple years . I do. Games are already a big industry. Last month, lumosity paid a 2 million settlement to the federal trade commission for suggesting their games could stave off memory loss, dementia and alzheimers. Claims the fdc said the company could not back up with science. But the company says itthe rigger of their research, though theyve discontinued that marketing language. At the university of california san francisco, this doctor says he wants to leave no doubt that his games really work. He took five years to develop one game called neuro racer. He and his team tested it on dozens of people between 60 and 85 years old. Looking for your ability to resist distractions. Reporter like this 67yearold, ann stewart. Forgetting things or leaving them behind, come back in the house three times for the same thing. Its not a good sign of aging well. Reporter after they played for a month, the doctor saw something incredible. We found that they improved their ability to multitask beyond the level of even 20yearolds who played it a single visit. I dont sit around worrying about losing my mind. Reporter the Scientific Community heralded the work as a game changer. Its not snake oil. Reporter in his book smarter, dan investigated the science of building brainpower. Not junk science. Theres serious work going on. It finds that doing these kinds of brain games can sometimes, in some people, be really helpful. Brain . Definitely hope. Reporter dont rush to the app store yet because the game is not on the market. Hes putting them through more tests. We want to do the research to really bring confidence, to members of the field and the public, that when it arrives in their hands, they know its going to do what we say its going to do. Games, including one called body brain trainer. Mixing Brain Training with a gym workout. He says after three months, tests showed his 47yearold 20yearold. Medicine has worked so hard and has done a great job at making us live longer, but living longer without living better is just missing the main what do we do . Reporter as for my aging brain youre doing well. I dont know if you play a lot of games. Ive never played a game before. Im a natural. Reporter someday, it may be what the doctor ordered. I feel smarter already. Perfect. Okay. I love the noises. It was fun. What can i say . The doctor hopes to market the games toths ss to the public when he completes his studies. The fda is evaluating one of his he hopes the games will be approved for alzheimers and dementia, as well, one day. Angry birds doesnt count . I dont think so. It looks like mario cart. Then we tell our kids, dont do that. Anyway, it was fun and we tried to get it so you all could play. Too top secret to let the today show anchors play with. Remind me not to get with you in a car when youre behind the wheel. Playing that game. The technology is exciting. Thank you. Coming up tomorrow, the five things you need to know about living longer. Good series. Thank you. Lets head upstairs to carson and siri. On the topic of living longer, healthier lives, heres my lovely wife, cooking up a storm. We have a take on an american classic of burger and fries, but these arentrutabaga. Thatll be coming up. Aim ben thompson. Right now, crews are cleaning up a mess in Iredell County after a log truck overturned on i77. It happened around 4 30 this morning statesville near North Carolina 901. The road is now clear, and traffic is moving, but there are still logs in the median, so watch out . Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Coming up on the designer making waves this new york fashion week, at just ten years old then were back with another update in thirty morning, everybody. Its 8 30. Wednesday, february 17th, 2016. Great to have you along with us. Nice day out here on our plaza. We have the gang all here, except for matt, who is enjoying some time off this week. The weather has warmed up nicely. By the time we get to the end of the week, youll be saturday, itll be 55. Amazing. Coming up, from reading headlines to making them, a local tv news anchor opens up for the first time about the mistake that ended her career. And how hitting rock bottom provided the foundation to rebuilding her life. Plus, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the evillest of them all . The huntsman wont be in theaters for month but we have a sneak peek of the starstudded cast and their twisted characters. All right. Were serving up burgers the healthy way. Siri daly has ingredients that could add years to your life. Thats a good burger. Its wrangler wednesday. To celebrate, wrangler is live right now on todays facebook hes excited. You can get a behind the scenes tour of our studio. 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Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the thats your latest weather. Thank you very much, roker. Special message for engaged couples. If you love my big fat greek wedding and it reminded you of your family, weve partnered with my big fat greek wedding 2 for a chance to win your dream wedding. Share your love story and maybe well choose you for our big fat today wedding. Go to today. Com weddings for all the rules and regulations. Apply before february 26th. Good luck. Savannah . Carson, thank you. Now to a story that raises the question, should one mistake define your life . Its a story of a local tv news anchor in tuscan, arizona. Its a woman i worked with for years. Four years ago, the former anchor made a terrible splitsecond decision. After feeling the pressures of aging in a career that put the premium on youth and beauty. She has never spoken out about this experience in a tv interview until now. Reporter for 35 years, martha was the queen of tuscan, arizona. Special connection to the arizona. Reporter respected, trusted, beloved. I experienced this firsthand, working with her at local career. Did you love being a news i actually love the responsibility of informing people. For me, it was kind of a job that i felt like i was born to do. When youre in the public eye, people expect you to always be a certain way. How did you manage that . One of the things that i was known for when i was on the air is for my big smile and my hardy laugh. I did that every day. I put that on every day, even when i wasnt laughing or smiling inside. I knew that that was my job. Reporter the wear and tear of a career in the public eye took its toll, and martha was fearful of losing the job she loved. Theres a shelf life for anchor women in our business. I remember saying to myself, im never going to stick around that long so i can start to be depreciated. Im going to leave before they start edging me out. I didnt. I didnt do it, and i wish i so that brings us to february 2012. Mmhmm. Tell me about that day, what happened . I had been very depressed about what was going on at work, so i went to the mall, i bought a pair of shoes, shopped around, got stuff, and then i took a blouse, i took a top. I walked out. The store guard came after me and said, did you know that you have that in your bag . At that point, i guess i could have said, oh, my god, do i . I meant to pay for it. I bought the other things but it slipped my mind. I said, yes, i do know its there. He said, were you going to pay for it . I said, no. I dont think i was. And there began my nightmare. Reporter and it was. Immediately, news reports of marthas shoplifting incident was everywhere. The following monday, she was why do you think that you acted out in that way . It doesnt seem your character. No. At all. I think that i just wanted to stop the madness. I wanted to stop my unhappiness. I didnt know how to do it myself. I think i knew deep down in my heart that if i shoplifted something, you know, just like any other crime, you would lose your job. So instead of saying goodbye to kvoa and having a lovely farewell and doing it the right way, thats the way i did it. I will regret that till the day i die. Reporter martha fell into a deep depression, not leaving her home for months. Not even getting off her couch. Depression is this heaviness, this feeling like hopelessness. Like, theres no solution to your problem. All. Id you feel suicidal . I thought about it. Thought that my daughter would be better off without me. My husband would certainly be better off without me because he could find somebody that wasnt a shoplifter. I mean, this is all going on in my head. Reporter finally, at her husbands suggestion, the family moved from tuscan to washington state, caught help from a psychiatrist hypnotherapist. It allowed me to forgive myself, which was the piece of the puzzle i hadnt been able to put together. Youre the martha ive known, full of life, joy and full of life and laugh. Do you feel this process is what helped you get that back . I do. It was the spark that had gone dark in my life. Reporter now, four years later, martha is back in her hometown of tuscan, arizona, looking forward to opening a hypnotherapy franchise of her own. With my tail between my legs or show people that what happened to me can happen to anyone. That it was a mistake. That we all make mistakes. That one bad chapter does not end the story. That was chapter 7. Im now on chapter 8 and 9 and moving toward chapter whatever. What a great story. I think she will give so many people courage, perhaps, to do something that they have wanted to do. Its unusual circumstances, but i think a lot of people can relate to not dealing with things that might be happening inside, acting out in a way that would be unexpected, even to them. I think, most importantly, she shows a graceful way back. What was it like for you . Somebody you grew up watching, to sit across and talk to her like that . You know, martha and i not only did i watch her growing up in tuscan, then we were colleagues and stayed friends. I know when this happened and it was all in the headlines, i tried to reach out to her. I think the message she received is youre in the defined by one thing. Your friends will always love you. Im very, very proud of her. Its great that shes doing so well now. Yes. That story, she seemed so nice. She deserves a Second Chance and a new opportunity. Now, thats chapter 8 and 9, going well. Cant judge someone on their worst day. May we all not be judged that way. Except willie. I knew you were going to say that. It was a bad day though. It was. A new take on snow white. We have your first look at the were back at 8 42. We have a sneak peek at a highly anticipated film with a lot of star power. The huntsman tells the story that comes before the tale of snow white. Katie got a chance to talk to the cast, the fairest of them all. Hoping for, prepare yourself for so much more. Reporter yes, the huntsman, winters war has everything, three Strong Female characters and chris hemsworth. You will become my huntsman. Reporter the time before snow white. Two evil sisters threaten the land with darkness. We have much to do. We will bring fear. Reporter only Huntsman Eric and his secret lover, warrior sarah, can stop them. You look stunning. A lot of competition with hemsworth in the room. Prettiest of us all. Mirror, mirror on the wall. Whoever gets the mirror will be unstoppable. Lovely. Its what you get for working with three girls. So happy. Dark than snow white and the huntsman. Claws and stuff. Its dark, actually. I mean, it is theres more humor. I think its not as dark, yeah. What are you going to do, take on two evil sisters and their entire army . Pretty much. Its a prequel. Prequel to the sequel. Back story that my character in the first one, when hes talking to snow white about his wife, its filling in the blanks. Also, where the huntsman came from. I once had a wife. I let her out of my sight, and she was gone. You play the wife that we heard about in the last movie, right . A fellow huntswoman working world of women. Im the old queen. Theres a new one now. Are you just as evil . Evil. Theres a sad back story to why she becomes who she is and as cruel has she is. Its a great villain to play. Men have forgotten what it means to be afraid. Do you feel a little bit maybe intimidated because you were so believably evil in the last one, which i can only imagine means youre like that im just kidding. I was nervous. Charlize is so mean. Hello, ive missed you. You seem to be having a good time already, the four of you hanging out. I love fantasy. I do, too. Especially playing a queen, you vamp it up and its so fun. If you do go to the pub tonight, you should show up in these outfits. Then well get to the pub. For today, katie, nbc news, london. Incredible cast. Yeah. Amazing. The first was great. The huntsman from universal hits theaters in april. Up next, forget are you smarter than a fifth grader . The 10yearold turning ing were back at 8 48. We have a story of a Young Fashion designer making quite a splash on the scene, attracting attention for her style and her age. Tamron has her story. Good morning. Breaking into the hyper come pet competitive world of Fashion Design is no small feet. Iffy is not your average designer. After constantly bullied for her size, iffy came up with a creative way to respond. Clothing which includes plus size outfits. To top that off, this kid has found her way now to the catwalk. Reporter at new yorks fashion week, the runways showcase the worlds top designers. Now, one fresh face is jumping into the spotlight. Telling me how good i am at fashion. Reporter at just 10 years old, egypt, who goes by iffy, is making her debut as the only child designer dressing curvy models. Shes loving every second of it. Sometimes i get my models ideas and we agree on it and i make it. Reporter iffy began designing clothes after she was repeatedly bullied at school, often because of her size. I was bullied. They called me all kinds of names. One time i was stabbed with a pencil. Reporter iffy decided to and grandmothers sewing machine. She started making dogs with a sewing needle. She started designing clothes and sketching. Reporter it wasnt long before iffy was trading bullying for business, by launching chubby line, which she describes as bringing africa to america, one design at a time. When i see her line, i see a future in the fashion industry. Fashion week, to see her at 10 years old, i felt so great. Reporter her threads are for all shapes and sizes. Iffy loves to share her inspiring fashions with everyone. I like how you can interact with fabrics. Get new ideas. Reporter its her edgempowering message that makes iffy stand out. I turned negative attention into positive attention. [ applause ] okay, were all in love with her. You have to admit, the entire story, i kept thinking about beyonces song formation. Stay classy and let your success be your revenge. Her Business Model is the revenge on the bullies. Now, shes a role model for a bunch of kids and adults, honestly. Really talented. Love her. Im . Cher. You know youre big when you have one name. Shes so cute. Great story. Your life . Just kidding. But can they help you live longer . Well find out when we join ms. Siri in the kitchen. First, this is today on before contemplating the many choices on steak n shakes 4 dollar menu, one must calm the mind in our zen garden. Focus. Reflect. The taco salad meal. Zen the original double n cheese steakburger meal. Oh the 4 menu. Where all meals are under 4. Were back at 8 53 with today food as part of our living longer, living better series. We have recipes that arent just delicious but full of ingredients that may help you live longer. Siri daly is here with two types of healthy burgers. Good to see you. Good to see you. We have our tasting crew, including your husband, downstairs. Is he in the cage . No, not in the cage. Have you been in the doghouse before . Hes used to the doghouse. Were doing chickpea burgers. Were going to add cumin, salt and pepper, cilantro and garlic. Reaches a pastelike consistency. I never know how long to whisk these up. Oh, put it on the other way, youre saying. Im helpful, arent i . It doesnt take long. See how it resembles that consistency . Then were going to remove it from there and put it in a bowl. Add some mushrooms and carrots. We do these separately so we can get different textures. Its pastey. You want to try the lid again . Take two. Can you swapyou the swap vegetables. Remove those. Now were going to add the chickpea mixture to the veggies. Do you want to grab the egg . Well add the egg and the flour and some panko. Were going to mix it all up. This will make four burgers. Okay. Over here, we have them already formed. Hot skillet. Get the skillet hot so it adds the crispy texture to your burgers. Important in a veggie burger, especially. Carson assured me off the air these are great burgers. Hes a tough critic. We made them the other night. Its fantastic. It gets krit by ss crispy on the outside because its mushy on the inside. Back here, we have mushroom and lentil burgers. We have mushrooms, lentils, worcester which i still dont know how to say the word. You nailed it. I dont know how to say it. I pulsed these in the Food Processor to make them fine. This is a cooled mixture. Added the worcester. Twice, back to back, wow. Worcester sauce. Well add the cooked lentils, an egg and bread crumbs again. Similar process to the other exactly. All right. Then well mix that up. Mix it a little bit. Sure. I have two burgers cooking here. Seven minutes per side in a hot skillet. Then rutabaga. Routeutabaga fries. Tell me about that. I didnt know you could cook with rutabaga. Its delicious. Like a sweet potato fry. All right. Double thumbs up downstairs. Oh, yes see you at home, honey. Carson is wrabruck. Just days ahead republican candidatesgear ing up for various town in the palmetto msnbc will host back to back primetime specials with john kasich and donald trump tonight at seven and eight respectively. Ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio will appear in a town hall hosted by cnn in greenville. That will also be at eight pm. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl the mid 60s. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Uesday. Oy th a 50ee ance ofors. Highs can take to get your bad food habits in check then were back with another update in thirty minutes. The time is 9 26. This morning on todays take, access denied. While Paul Mccartney was turned away on musics biggest night. Baby, you can drive my car. A memorable Carpool Karaoke moment with sia. And fred armisen with a performance as tiny in zoolander 2. L that and more coming up now. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take, with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its wednesday morning, february im willie with al, natalie and tamron. We have a great crowd on the plaza. This is my morning jam. Great song. Losers by the weekend featuring labrinth. Get the clean version if youre playing it with kids, is what ill say. There is a showdown between apple and the fbi. A federal judge has ordered apple to help the fbi unlock the phone of San Bernardino mass shooter syed farook. Authorities trying to fill in 18 missing minutes of farook and his wife tashfeens whereabouts on the day. The company said its cooperating with the fbi but will fight the order. Cook said the United States government has demanded apple take an unprecedented step, which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order which has implications far beyond the cook told cbss 60 minutes in december that opening phones to the government makes us all vulnerable. Heres what he said. On your smartphone today, your iphone, theres likely health information, theres financial information, and you should have the ability to protect it. The only way we know how to do that is to encrypt it. Why is that . Its because if theres a way to get in, then somebody will find a way in. Basically, tim cook and apple are saying, we dont want to begin to explore the idea of hacking into a backdoor because then thats out there. The technology exists. Its creating a master key of encryption. Right. A lot of people watch this and say, cant you get into the one phone without putting the rest of us at risk . Thats the back and forth thats happening now. Its similar to what happened after 9 11, with the conversation over the patriot act. How far are you willing to go . How much of your security . More about the nsa than we as americans wanted them to do. Whatever you think of snowden, he was part of opening our eyes to that. Interesting. The government is basically worried about builtin Security Software that could auto delete all the data on the phone when they try to crack it. Then theyre out for good and cant get the information they need. In the months later but in the middle of an investigation, if down. If they could take the phone physically, fbi agents, go to apple, watch over them while they do it and give the phone back. Its not that simple. Theyre worried that not just the fbi, what the government can do. Right now, you may trust the government. Ten years from now, you may not trust the government. The otherish shoo ishsue is, once its created, who is going to protect that secret . Can the chinese hack and get the information . Apple, i think, the argument is clearly understandable. But i think in the case where you had terrorists in the country, a lot of people look at it that way and say, yeah, it should be that was the question after 9 11. I can tell you law enforts enforcement in new york and other big cities feel they dont get enough cooperate from the Silicon Valley companies. The companies are protecting that you are customers first. Theres a lot of conversation going on about this, including mark zuckerberg. Weve been watching pope francis, who is visiting mexico. Its a sixday trip to mexico. Earlier this week, you saw the touching video of him walking down the al from the altar and blessing this wheat child in the wheelchair. It was a touching moment. Yesterday, we saw what became a tense moment, actually. The pontiff is one who likes to really get in with the crowds people, as we saw here in the he gets down in there with unfortunately, the situation seemed like it got a little out of hand for him. He was at a western city, greeting the fans at this openair mass. You see there a person reaching over the barricade and pulling at his robe. He crashes into a man in the wheelchair. The pope got a little peeved, which i think we can all understand. Hes 79 years old, too, being pulled and yanked on to a person in a wheelchair. He basically said, dont be selfish. Whats wrong with you . Stop being so selfish. Clearly understandable in that moment. Scary for the person in the wheelchair, too. I dont think it was about him. I think he was like, watch out for this person in the wheelchair. I think its the first time we saw the pope lose his cool a little bit maybe. To protect someone. Its a reaction i think any of us would show. Another guy we love on the program who called in here before, prince. Of course. When prince takes a passport photo, he takes a passport photo. He tweeted this out. Prince rogers nelson. Is that blue steel . Its gone viral. Cheeks. He has it all going on. I mean, the pursed lips, the whole thing. The what lips . Pursed lips. It looks like its for a photo photoshoot. It probably was. Im sure it was. Only prince could have a passport photo like that. Who is cooler than that guy . Im racking my brain. Next time, ill do the blue steel for my passport photo. You cant smile anymore, right . Expression. Thats so hard. I look like im grimacing or i look like i shouldnt be let in countries. Mine is like, dont let her in. The problem is, its probably lighting, as well. When we mere mortals get our passport, were on the wall. No light, no nothing. He has nice shading, the whole thing. Contouring. I dont know whats going on there. Move on. So this caught our attention. Amazeing video of a high flying dunk routine. This is liberty universitys soar ministry. They mix acrobatics, trampoline oh is that crazy . Central bantist church. Thats a church i want to go to. Its in virginia. Look at that, breaks the backboard. Crazy. Drop the mic, right . Everybody say, amen. Everybody say, hallelujah through the legs, too. Bam the church we need to go to and visit, virginia. What do you have going on, mr. Roker . Were going to our facebook wall in the orange room. Its day 16 of our 25 days of give aways. This is a great prize. Weve got a nordic track bike from sears, worth 600. We want you to go to facebook. Com todays take. Youll see a picture of it. You can like us and register to win. Lets see how many people have liked us. 275,000. Thats, what, 21,000 up from earlier, from yesterday. Thats pretty cool. Were closing in on 300,000. Lets let johnny back up here safely, our camera guy. Please go to facebook. Com todays take. Like us. If we get to 300,000 tomorrow, tamron says you can go through her wardrobe. No, i didnt. Rummage through it. I didnt say that. Lori says it is national act of kindness day. Did you know that . I did not. I said as an act of kindness youll let people go through your wardrobe . If we hit a million. Thats so nice of you. Not 300,000. Oh, my gosh. Look at this, jet stream, way up to the north. Unseasonally mild weather. Possible parts of the southwest seeing records. Phoenix, 91 degrees. Amarillo, 78. Dallas, 74. Tomorrow, look at the record highs from the rockies to the plains. 25 to 35 degrees above average. Friday, boom look at this, cleveland, youre at 51. Little rock, 70. Dallas, 80 degrees. On saturday, the heat continues to move east. New york city, 54. Jacksonville, 75. Same in jackson. Amazing. Lets see how many people want a chance to go through tamrons wardrobe. Getting close fantastic. Th. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloud a chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Thats your latest weather. Are we going through . Your closet is nice, as well. How about this . 300,000, natalie oh, oh youre giving it back to me. Touche. What comes around goes around. You can come to my closet. I have three derek jeter tshirts and boxers. Derek jeter tshirts . Holes are in them. Coming up, a little quiz. If youre trying to avoid eating chocolate, is it more effective to, a, think about the chocolate, b, think about Something Else or, c, tell yourself not to think about the chocolate . What about option d, eat the chocolate . Well try out strategies to help you if youre looking to save money on your Medicare Part d prescriptions, walgreens says, carpe med diem. Seize the day to get more out of life and Medicare Part d. Just switch to walgreens for savings thatll be the highlight of your day. Now preview the cost of your copay before you fill. You can even get onedollar copays on select plans. Welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. And free of things i dont. Just like chex cereal. Its full of stuff we pirates need. Eat up, me hearties keep it down arrrr. Is she after our liquid gold . Oh, she better not be. Our claim runs straight down to the glutn free stuffin. Its gluten. Theres gold in them thar shells. Liquid gold. Can a toothpaste do everything well . 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Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. Bad food habits like the one i have now, eating this potato chip, can seem hard to change. Whether youre an emotional eater or making poor diet choices. There are simple strategies to try to get your diet back in check. We have a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic and also the author of 50 more ways to soothe yourself without food. Good morning. Good morning. Hello. Were going to play a game. Heres how you play. Each of you has a blender and a nice display of healthy food and unhealthy food. Wow. Have to take a handful, put it in your blender, blend it up and ill call on you if you blend it first. The loser has to drink theirs at the end. Oh, boy. Ready. Which do you eat the least off of. A, red plates, b, blue plates or, c, white plates. White plates. Tamron red plates. Actually, its red plates. Thats because when our brain sees the color red, we automatically stop. Your new habit is you can actually get rid of the white plates and eat off of red plates. Or have a snack on a red napkin, and itll slow you down effortlessly. Question two, if youre trying to avoid chocolate, is it better to, a, think about chocolate. C, tell yourself not to think about chocolate . Go. Ill go with natalie. What was b . Think about Something Else. Thats it. Our first instinct is to say, dont think about chocolate. But when we think about chocolate, we want it more. Right. Find some other distraction. That was right . Okay. This one is tricky. What are you making, willie . You dont want to more. Do you needeat more, a, sitting on the couch, or walking while you eat . Sitting on the couch. No . Actually, while you are walking, you tend to eat more. People ate five times more chocolate when they were standing than sitting. Theres no liquid in here. Itll be hard to drink. Everything cheetos, cucumbers. Next question, how long does food provide you with the feel good feeling after you eat it . Is it three minutes, ten minutes al . Ten minutes. Actually, its only three minutes. Really, a fleeting experience. Your new habit is the next time youre eating something, remind yourself, its going to be really quick. Find Something Else that gives you a better boost. Time for one more. Willie is the loser so far. I have one. Lets change it. That. Whatshould you reward yourself with a food treat, a nonfood reward, c, nothing at all . Answer. What was the question . Oh, b, of course. Is that right . Yes. Tamron has to drink it. I got one. You gave me the one, you dont remember that . Our judges say you have to drink them. You can all drink them. Tamron will try to drink it. I would if i could make it liquid. Coming up, sir paul night. Unforgettable car ride with sia. We have your pop fix after your local news. 7 days ago, phil wasnt thinking about dancing. He was thinking about his joints. But now hes taking osteo biflex, and noticing a real difference in his joint comfort. The feeling originates in this area. Spreads throughout the body. To here, inducing hilariously high levels of embarrassment in his son. He knows its working by that look of abject humiliation on his sons face. You were made to dance, phil. So dance. Shows improved joint comfort in just 7 days. Osteo biflex. Made to move. Do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members . Is your success due to a filing system only you understand . Does printing from your tablet to your wireless printer give you a jolt of confidence . If so, you may be gearcentric. Someone who knows that the right office gear helps you do great things. And theres one place that has it all. Office depot officemax. Gear up for great. When we go to the store, i find my box of honey bunches of oats and im checking to see if i packaged it. Best cereal in the world right there. If the last 3 letters were p22, thats me. Im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. Xarelto is also proven in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, theres limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. You know, i tried warfarin, but the blood testing and dietary restrictions. Dont get me started on that. I didnt have to. We started on xarelto. Nice pass. Safety first. Like all blood thinners, dont stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. While taking, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto , watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto , tell your doctor about any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. You know xarelto thats a big win. It is for me. With xarelto there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto. Was the right move for us. Ask your doctor about xarelto. Give extra. Get extra. Here we go. Ready . It is pop fix time. James corden got behind the pool karaoke. This time, his passenger was sia. They had fun with her trademark wig. Sia, its james how are you doing . You are a beauty. A beautyious thing. I feel great. Its comforting. Like a head hug. You cant even see the level of dance im doing now. Oh, my gosh, youre powerful. Stranger things in the clip, sia also explains why shes also or always hiding behind the wall of hair. She says shes trying to maintain a little privacy, which is the one thing missing in pop music, in her opinion. For those of you who are curious, sia has posed without her wig. Earlier in her career, anyway. Look at that beautiful face. Loving privacy there. We invaded it by showing it, anyway. Who wouldnt want Paul Mccartney at their party . The singer was trying to enter a grammys after party where tyga was performing. Here is actually what happened. How vib dop do we got to get . They wont let you in . We need another hit, guys. Work on it. We need another hit. Work on it. After the video went viral yesterday, tyga told fans he didnt control the door and had no idea sir paul was there. Even went on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night last to invite Paul Mccartney to his next concert. Paul was actually at the wrong party, it was said. Its Paul Mccartney, what . Okay. Moving on. Even 2yearolds have their diva moments. Check out what happened when photo happy mom, Kim Kardashian west, tried to get her daughter to sit for a picture. What . No picture. Why . Oh, oh falling apart. That was amazing. Her mom posted that. In kims defense, who wouldnt want to capture that image of north in her mini fur coat and boots . No pictures. Is that often said in that home. Anyway, getting ready to go live earlier this week, fox announced a portion of an upcoming episode of the simpsons, in his 27th season, will end with a threeminute live segment where homer will answer fan questions. How will the animators pull this according to the executive producer, theyll use motion sensor technology. While dan, who plays homer, does the voice live, it will be the first time an animated series has done Something Like all year long you worked hard to take care of business and take care of the people who matter most. So when your tax refund arrives, make it go a little further at walmart. From electronics, to home decor, even tires, get low prices on everything you need to get more fun out of your tax refund. Walmart. Im lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. My bargain detergent, it couldnt keep up. So i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated. So i get a better clean. Voted 2016 product of the year. Im ben thompson. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are searching for the person who shot a man this morning. Authorities responded to mcdonald street near Beatties Ford road around one this morning. The leg. Injuries but is survive. Officers say robbery was the motive. Looking for the person who led Highway Patrol on a chase last night. The chase started on highway 74 in ended in officers later but not the cmpd and are still him. If you have any call police. With no rain or just sunshine. Larry how long to last. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid 50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Coming up on the today show, tips on how to battle the next round of bitter cold this winter. Then were back with another update in 30 the time is 9 56. Im ben taking a look at the headlines. The fda is recommending travelers who have gone to countries affected by the zika virus to hold off on donating blood a while. It wants the people to wait a month before donating blood to help protect the u. S. Blood supply. In addition, people with zikalike symptoms, such as a rash, should put off blood donations for a month. A governmentbacked task force is calling for more research before deciding whether or not to recommend autism screening for young children, even when they dont show symptoms. Many pediatricians already do routine screenings of children between 18 and 30 months, but the Task Force Says it is impossible to say if this helps or hurts. U. S. Now have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, and they say more study is needed before any recommendations are made. The list is in. For the fourth year in a row, nordstrom is americas favorite fashion retailer. That according to a Market Survey of more than 5700 consumers. Marshals moved up five shots to number two. H and m tied for third. When High School Orchestra was stranded at the airport, students passed the time the only way they know how. That is the American Fork high school orkchestra from utah. They spent four days at the Nations Capital and performed at the kennedy center. A blast of snow cancelled their flight back left. Left with no hotel or transportation wharks do transportation, what do the kids do . Of all to see. Lets get a check of the weather from al. That is awfully neat. Thanks so much, natalie. We have a clipper coming across, bringing light snow. We also have heavy rain for the Pacific Northwest all the way down to california. Lets go in and see how were doing on our Facebook Page. Facebook. Com todays take. How many people have liked us . Close to 280,000. If you go and register, you have a chance to win a nordic track bike. Look for clearing skies today with highs in the mid50s. Thursday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Partl y sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday. Cloud a chance of rain in the morning. Then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Tuesday. Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of that is your latest weather. Spring might be coming early but its not here yet. Still feels like winter around these parts. The freezing temperatures are going to wreak havoc on our cars and homes. We have george here, host of george to the rescue. This is the case from shrinkage is a good thing. Exactly. Most cold air goes out your window. I have this thermal gun right here. If you want to shoot it at the window window, youll see its like 62 degrees, Something Like that. Shoot it inside the studio. 81. Almost 90 of all heat goes out your windows and doors. Hopefully yeah. Easiest way to combat that is blowdryer. Help. A lot of air comes through the outlets. People dont realize when its against an exterior wall or light switch, youre losing up to 20 of the heat. If you want to combat that, put a foam thing on. Yes, good. Literally, its as easy as taking off your light speculate and put it on. Its going to combat the cold air coming in. Going outside and you have a shovel. It wouldnt be a today show segment if i wasnt here with a shovel. Wd40 silicone is the best. Also pam cooking oil. Spray it on the edge. Boom. Good way to go. Can you pretreat your sidewalk with this . Put it on before the snow comes. Use a plant and pet friendly one. George, thanks so much. Car coach, lauren, always good thank you. I want to warm up the car. Weve been doing this for years and generations. Go in the driveway, turn it on and let it run. Good or bad idea . Two minute it is all you need. Start it up, clean off the snow and ice, make sure i can see your taillights and head lights and head off. Why cant i get the car warm . First off, you need to know there is an actual crime ring going around, looking for people who leave their cars running in their driveway or on the street. Its a gift. They jump in the car and take it. It would be a scary situation. People drive around and look for running cars in driveways and take off with them . Its up 30 . Is it bad for the car, to let it idle that long in the driveway . Its not good for the engine and youre getting zero miles to the gallon. You say to keep half a tank of gas. Why . Below, youre creating moisture in the gas tank from starting the car and shutting it off. Around a half tank, it wont have fuel line freeze up and will keep you from getting the car started. Do you bundle up the kids . Put them in the car seat, buckle them up, put a blanket over them. Use the heated heats if you have them. Its the smartest way to go. You want to be safe with your kids. Thank you very much. Natalie . So youre home and your car is toasty. What about you . Here with ways to stay warm without sacrificing style is the style director for Good Housekeeping magazine. Good morning. Good morning. All about the coat. I actually have one of these. Youre in a great coat. This is from northface. Inflated, it traps the hot air so you stay warm. This is a great time to buy a winter coat. Theyre 30 cheaper than what start of the season. This is a threeinone parka. It has a removable liner. This isnt just a vest. You can take it out . Its a full jacket liner. Under 150. Keeps you super warm. The parka is trendy for this season. Youll show us how to do a scarf the right way. Exactly. I try to figure this out. Under 12. Put it behind your neck, wrap it around, tie a knot. 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