The new ad urging him to get into the race while bill clinton makes a late night pitch. Please try to be impartial here. Who do you think is the most qualified to hold office in 2016 . The lady i saw singing on saturday night live. And speaking of late night, tonight show takeover. I think i pulled a hammy on that one. I think i have to tag out on that one. A surprise appearance for jay leno jumping in on fallons monologue. This morning jay is live with us from tonight to today, today, wednesday, october 7th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Weve got willie in this morning for matt and some breaking news at the top this morning, a the Associated Press is reporting this morning that the fbi has helped foil several attempts by russianlinked smugglers to sell Nuclear Materials to muslim extremists, including isis. Lets get right to nbcs key simmons in london reporter implications are chilling, an attempt to Sell Nuclear Material to jihadists in the middle east. The fbi has uncovered four such instances acourt the to the Associated Press, and in one case earlier this year its claim and arm smuggler offered to sell creasium for 2. 8 million and this manage toedor chetrus wanted to sell uranium to isis for 35 million per kilo. Much of this, as you might chetrus was elected back in 2011 before people heard of isis and while in some cases Radioactive Material was seized in every case it was small amounts or not very potent but we do know isis would certainly like to get its hands on the materials which is known as a dirty bomb which may not spread radiation far but can cause mass fierce of it and in our own hour Pete Williams has been speaking to his own sources saying the fbi has been involved in stings like this, but its not clear yet what their role was in these particular stings. Savannah . Zier with the breaking news out of london. Lets turn to michael leitey r who joins us by phone. On the one hand you have russian smugglers who want to Sell Nuclear Material and we know from the past that isis is potentially a willing buyer. Any time you have reports, the extremists and terrorists materials or any weapons of mass real concern. I will say its not a terribly new concern. Weve really been worried about this since after 9 11 and al qaeda had an even more focused effort to get weapons of mass destruction than i think isis did, and in many cases what the sellers are selling isnt as nuclear or isnt as dangerous as it first appears but all that being said this is something that the u. S. And we hope russia has to take very seriously because the consequences of missing Nuclear Material and allowing it to get to a group like isis would certainly be catastrophic. Concern that has been going on for many, many years now. Mike leiter, always good to get your perspective on it breaking news. Lets turn now to a precarious situation were watching in South Carolina where several dams could give way at any moment. Residents looking to see what will happen next after massive rains and flooding over the past week. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is live in columbia, South Carolina this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We have an ongoing search and eastover, South Carolina. We have here. There are dive teams that are in the water. Apparently, according to the sheriffs office, early this morning a truck with five people inside went around the barricade as they drove down a road, didnt realize that the road was washed out, even though the barricade was there. The truck went into the water. Out. Two, however, are still missing. Its a sign that there is really danger here literally around every corner. This morning South Carolina is keeping a nervous eye on its struggling dams. More than half a dozen hanging on but in danger of giving way. National guard helicopters dropped huge oneton sandbags to plug breaks trying to hold back the Rushing Water. A lot of holes in the system were filling right now but well turn it around. Columbia has a massive mopup job. 40,000 residents have no water and forced to rely on bottled water and Officials Say it could be another four or five days before service is restored. The next several days, several weeks, several months ahead are going to be difficult but well be successful. Reporter for many here success is being measured one memory at a time. Going to keep this. Set it out back and threat dry and see what happens. Reporter lawns littered with floodsoaked possessions. While pumps and chainsaws clear away remnants of South Carolinas disastrous deadly deluge. I learned during times like this the things you really treasure are your family and friends. Reporter and then theres 2weekold annie reading, the family says the infants hiccups in the middle of the night woke them up alerting them that the house was flooding with just enough time for them to get out. Does she have a nickname now . Little hiccup. Might do Something Like that. This will be a runny funny to tell her years from now. Reporter now overnight residents who live near the Beaver Creek Dam got reverse 911 calls at their homes and cell phones telling them that the dam there may breach and that they needed to seek higher ground. Meantime this morning folks in the neighborhood that are now drying out are hoping for a sunny day so that the sun will dry out these possessions like these treasured photos. Savannah, willie. Staggering pictures coming out of South Carolina. Kerry sanders, thanks. Move now to politics and time is running out for vp joe biden to decide if hes going to run for president. This morning were getting a first look at a new ad campaign thats urging him to get in this race. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander is here from washington with all the good morning. Savannah. The Campaign Calling for a Biden Campaign is now up and running. Exclusive first look at the first probiden ad to hit the air, produced in hopes of drafting the Vice President into the 2016 race. All thats missing is the candidate. Youre on the cusp of some of the most astonishing breakthroughs in the history of mankind. Reporter this powerful and personal ad produced by a group of biden supporters with a simple message. Joe, run. When joe biden sees this ad i hope he understands that theres millions of americans who are eager to see him enter the president ial race. My dads definition of success is when you look at your son and daughter and realize they turned out better than you, and they did. Reporter ad debuts on cable tv next tuesday, the day the first democratic debate where biden is not expected on stage, and just this morning a new poll shows democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton still in the lead but losing ground in florida, ohio and pennsylvania, but biden outperforms clinton in general election matchups in those critical swing states. It all comes as bidens aides are blasting as offensive and categorically false a report accusing him of being politically calculating while mourning his sons passing. The report maintains biden himself first leaked his sons death bet plea to run. And bill clinton sat down with stephen colbert. Please be impartial here. Who do you think is the most qualified to be president . The woman i say singing on saturday saturday . And weighed in on the republican. Hes a master brander and most interesting character. Did you call donald trump and ask him to run for president of the United States . No. No. No . Because that would be pretty smart, man. Yeah. Yeah, i get credit for doing a lot of things i didnt do like that. Reporter a longtime biden supporter says the Vice President is still deliberating so for now biden 2016 remains a hypothetical, and as another biden friend said to me the moment he gets in he becomes another candidate and their words the warm and Fuzzy Feelings quickly if away. Peter, thanks so much. Lets turn to mark halperin, managing editor of bloomberg politics. This story had a pretty devastating thesis, the notion that the Vice President himself talked to the reporter for the purpose of floating a potential incredibly heart wrenching story about his own sons death. The Vice President s office shot this down pretty hard. What do you make of in . Joe biden likes to talk and he likes to talk now allotted about whether he wants to run for president , the personal aspects of it and politics of it so hes talking to lots of people, including reporters, including his friends and including donors. I dont think he was out there to try to pitch this story. He just likes to talk and hes emotional right now over all of the confluence in his life i dont think this is a big deal. Mark, however the story got out there, clearly the death of beau biden and family considerations will factor into the Vice President s situation. Hes not sure he has the campaign. That . Hes conflicted and thinks some parts of his conversation and thinking are about could he run, the mechanics, when could he get in, should he get . A lot is still personal. Family . Is he up to it . And people who talked to said hes not prepared to do it, running for president and being Vice President at the same time, two pretty big jobs and the jobs hes thinking about, as often as anything else is father, grandfather, husband and someone who is still very much grieving the death of his son. And Hillary Clinton has this ghost candidate in terms of biden and his potential run and Bernie Sanders on his left and so far she hasnt really engaged on biden. Do you think thats going to change. Engaged a little bit with you when she asked about the possible run and went out of her way on monday in New Hampshire say you get in this rough and things are tough. Peter alexander cited a biden adviser who said if you get in, things change. A lot of people around joe biden say, hey, look, joe biden is a competitive guy. Look at headtohead polls mythical matchups with republicans, doing better than Hillary Clinton in a lot of places. When he thinks not about the personal stuff but when he thinks about the competition, get in now, maybe wait and get in in january, if Hillary Clinton or february if Hillary Clinton loses. Could he get in the that late . A lot of people in democratic politics, including people around joe biden wait and see. Dont worry about the benghazi hearing this month or the debates. Wait to see if she loses to Bernie Sanders, because if she loses to Bernie Sanders in iowa or New Hampshire or both, i guarantee you, look at history of the democratic party, there will be panic and joe biden i believe maybe thats the right time. See what things look like. If she loses people say we need somebody else in this race and when he thinks about the possibility of getting in, he thinks about winning, not about the some message, not about fulfilling some family obligation. He wants to be president of the United States, and as i said before hes so competitive. He thinks hed be a better president than Hillary Clinton and thats what is fueling a lot of this. Well see what happens there. Mark halperin, lots to talk about, thank you. The ntsb will be on the scene today to help find out what happened to that missing cargo ship. So far debris has been found but no sign of the ship that disappeared during hurricane joaquin. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is here with us more. Good morning, kristen moo its been a week since the el faro set sail and one key piece of evidence they are looking for now is the black box. Out at sea, more evidence of a broken and battered ship, debris for miles but still no sign of any survivors. The crew was remembered in a candlelight vigil at the maine while the ntsb met with family members in florida, the agency is now investigating the disaster. Questions like why the el faro set sail into the path of such a powerful storm, and what cause the it to lose propulsion at the worst possible time . And we will be studying the meteorological conditions and all of the factors that went into the decisionmaking to sail on that day. Reporter merchant marines like Kenneth Benton on the el faro last month say the crew would have had little say in the decision to leave. I feel that the company and the captain are going to decide whats in their best interest moneywise as opposed to how the crew feels. Reporter the 790foot cargo ship was on a regular run, delivering supplies to puerto rico, but tote maritime insists the storms forecast shifted after its ship el faro set sail. The company is now hiring a third party to conduct an independent an Public Safety assessment. He was my son. Was recently widowed and telling nbcs raheema ellis shes worried about her son lieuies. This cant be happening. Just lost his father and, you know, my whole insides are just being ripped out. Reporter the coast guard is considering when to suspend its search. Meantime, that data recorder will only ping for 30 days so time is of the essence. The ntsb will be looking at maintenance records and any emails between the captain and the company about its decision to leave, guys. So many human stories in the middle of all this investigation. Thanks, kristen. We turn now to natalie. Calls for a new investigation after this air strike by the u. S. At a hospital in afghanistan. Thats right, good morning to you, guys. Doctors without boarders is calling for an unprecedented Factfinding Mission under the rules of the geneva conventions into a u. S. Air strike on that hospital in afghanistan that killed at least 22 people. The medical Aid Group Says its call would mark the first time such a Factfinding Mission would be launched under the conventions. According to the New York Times the american commander in afghanistan now believes that u. S. Troops probably did not follow their own rules in calling in the air strike. A big conte is heating up this morning in the unregulated world of Fantasy Sports. New yorks attorney general has sent letters to Fantasy Sports websites draft kings and fan duel demanding they turn over details of any investigations into their employees. The move is pmpted by media reports of possible insider trading, that a draft kings employee may have had access to valuable company data before then winning 350,000 in a fan duel contest. The Companies Say there is no evidence, however, that anyone misused company data. Nbcs Parent Company comcast and nbc sports have invested in fan duel. And the Major League Baseball playoffs swung into action tuesday night as the Houston Astros beat the new york yankees 30 in the American League wild card game. Lots of sad yankees fans. Houstons colby rasmus gave the astros the lead with the home run in the second inning. Thats all they need. The astros will now face the kansas city royals. And we now know who the winner of the 300 million powerball jacket winner is. Shes a factory worker from michigan and didnt take her long to realize she doesnt have to work again. Reporter she was on her way to work. I stopped and bought a cove. Reporter she drove to the Fiberglass Company where shes worked for 22 years not realizing she hit it big until she took a meal break. Having a bad day at work and thought i might as well check my numbers while im waiting for my lunch. Reporter and now shes the sole winner of the second largest jackpot in michigan history. Im overwhelmed. Reporter her first reaction, oh, i get automatically. I was done. Leech hurried home to tell her partner von avery. Between them they have three children and 11 grand children. Been together for 36 years and never mayor id. Never really wanted to. Ive asked to several times. I said hed have to sign a prenup now. After taking a lump sum payment option, minus taxes, they will have a whopping 140 million dollars. In case youre wondering, that could may 9,324 carats worth of the finest diamonds, seven years at most Expensive Hotel in the world and 5,600 trips around the world. Its crazy. At moment leach has far less extravagant plans. She will buy property in we want to be debtfree. Weve got bills. Something she will never have to worry about again. Once they pay off their bills they have will donate to charity and have trips to alaska and go enjoy you. Always hope thats the person who wins that kind of lottery. Great for them. Natalie, thank you so much. Al, whats the weather looking like out west right now in. Weve got some Severe Weather going on and its going to continue. Look at these storms. Normally you see that kind of storm in the midwest and look at rain thats come with it. Flash flooding and roads washed out and we could see more of the same today and looking a little further east. Can you see the spin in the upper atmosphere. Got a big upper level low. This cutoff low pressure system and that means theres no jet stream steering it and showers are moving around. Weve got risk of Severe Weather today from albuquerque down to wind gusts of over 50 Miles Per Hour and look at rainfall amounts. Some areas up to 5 inches of rain from rosswell into del rio, texas. Well get to your reporter good morning. Mostly center skies. Chilly early this morning. Turn entering a nice mild afternoon. 66 to 72,s be 71 this afternoon. Billbillerica at 4. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies. Cooler tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon closer to normal, which is 65. About 63 tomorrow. Friday a lot of clouds. A few scattered showers in the afternoon. Not a washout. Holiday weekend looking great. Partly to mostly sunny skies. Another warming trend. Thats your latest weather. Willie . Al, thanks very much. 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Chilly morning to start off. Its wednesday. We made it through half of the week. Heres jeremy rhiner with a check of your forecast. Reporter fantastic yet again. Mostly sunny skies. Temps this afternoon upper 60s and the low 70s. More sunshine tomorrow. Cooler. Low 60s. A few scattered showers in new england friday afternoon. Anchor lets get to your headlines. Jury selection set to begin today in the trial of the danvers teenager accused of killing his math teacher. Philip chism was 14 years old when Authorities Say he killed Colleen Ritzer inside Danvers High School in 2013. Hell be tried as an adult. His attorneys plan to use a Mental Health defense. State Police Cruiser hit by an unlicensed driver overnight in boston. The trooper was transporting a prisoner at the time when his vehicle was hit at Columbia Circle in dorchester. The prisoner was taken to the hospital to get checked out and the driver of the other car is being ticketed. Have a great morning, everybody. Now back to the today show in just about two minutes. Well see you in about 25. Its 7 30 on wednesday morning, the 7th of october, 2015, and a beautiful fall morning. A happy crowd outside and well step outside to say hello in a few minutes. Lets take a look at whats making headlines. Were learning about a scary plot overseas. The fbi has reportedly foiled at least four attempts by russianlinked gangs to Sell Nuclear Material to isis. Some of the smugglers may have ties to the kgb. A major dam in South Carolina is close to giving way, putting residents who live nearby it on edge this morning. The rain stopped on tuesday but rainswollen rivers are still rising and causing Major Concerns there. And the shouldnt on for the voice recorder from that doomed cargo ship that sailed into hurricane joaquin. Its believed to have sunk in waters three miles deep. The ntsb is on the scene. We begin with a standup comedian who for years claimed he was inside the World Trade Center on 9 11 and then he was exposed and now hes speaking out about why he told that lie. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter he lived in new york on 9 11 but was miles away in midtown when the attacks took place and talked with howard stern about the mistakes he say he made when he first told the story 14 years ago and feeling too ashamed and to embarassed correct them ever since. I dont want this to be who i am or to walk around with this anymore. Reporter the comedian opened up to howard stern three weeks after being outed for lying about 9 11. Im ashamed of what i did. Right. Im ashamed of telling that lie, that horrible immature lie. Reporter one month after the the attacks when he was 23 he moved to los angeles. He explained how he started telling people he was inside the World Trade Center when the first plane struck. Its not like i moved to los angeles with this story, with the thought of like im going to go out and trick everyone out there and tell them this is what it is. It wasnt calculated . It wasnt calculated at all. It was as simple as sitting at comedy store and hey, youre from new york. Yeah. You were just there, you were around, yeah, yeah. You work there . Yeah, yeah, did i. Reporter standup choked up worried about how his mistake might hurt his two young children. What i felt was hurting meet mostsy hope no one takes it out on them. Right. Because they just started a new school and, you know, i you can yell at me. Can you scream at me, you can rebate me and i will sit there and i will listen to it, but if anybody ever took something out on my kid, they dont deserve that. Its not their burden. They didnt do anything wrong. We start off in our thirst to compete. Reporter Buffalo Wild Wings dropped his with their ad campaign shortly after his lie was exposed by the New York Times. The hurt and the pain and nervousness that you hear now comes from because i know what i did was terrible and i know that i hurt a lot of people. Right. People, that you know, that lost people, people that helped people survive. Right. People that and those people those are the people that i truly am sorry. Reporter he also says over the years his wife was put on the spot forced to lie and back up his story on multiple occasions. He credited her with sticking by him, especially through the last month. Savannah . Interesting to hear his position. Stephanie, thanks very much, appreciate it. Lets swing over and get a check of the forecast with al. You dont have any idea of the power of water. Take a look at this. This is route 12 along north carolina, the outer banks, and can you see how much the waves, the wave action, even with sandbagging, it eroded the road, the beach and they are just hanging on. Its going to be weeks before this is able to be opened up again. Weve got a little bit of a break coming forward. Weve got this the cool front trying to drop down and then weve got High Pressure thats pumping up warmer air from the south so right now were looking at a Beautiful Day in memphis and chicago 89 and new orleans 82. Front pushes through. Chicago by friday 60 and 71 in louisville and doesnt quite get to memphis. It will stay in the 80s that. Cool air makes its way east. Today temperatures above average average. New york, richmond and on into indianapolis and watch that front come through. Cleveland from thursday 74 and saturday 60 and 64 new york city and richmond 61. The big cooldown in the fall weather is here. Reporter good morning. Mostly center skies. Chilly early this morning. Turn entering a nice mild afternoon. 66 to 72,s be 71 this afternoon. Billbillerica at 4. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies. Cooler tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon closer to normal, which is 65. About 63 tomorrow. Friday a lot of clouds. 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These heartless thieves are going in and doing it and these crimes caught on tape. Chester thinks were here doing a story about him and he has no idea about all these people and has no idea whats behind the two double doors, a big surprise and first this mornings chesters story. Thats another smile for some child and getting this ready to go. Reporter Chester Jackson is a hero around here. He owns this small auto body shop, but when he isnt fixing cars hes building bikes. How often do you work on these bikes . I work on the bikes every day. Every day. In the morning, before i come to work and in the evening when were closed and at night and at weekends. Reporter and these arent just any bikes. Chester does it all for charity giving them all away to needy kids in the neighborhood. To you and i a bike doesnt mean that much but to a child it means the world to them. They are not asking much. They just want to be loved. Reporter does this show them that they are loved . It shows them that this is love. It shows them that this is sharing. It shows them that this is caring throughout a simple bicycle. Reporter so chester was stunned when he saw this on the surveillance cameras, heartless thieves stealing the bikes meant for the need kids but chester didnt give up, going back to work building more and guess what . Thieves struck again, stealing those bikes, too. Even police are appalled. Mr. Jackson does so much for the community and for needy children and for someone to enter his business and take these bikes is a terrible thing and we intend to find a suspect. Reporter youre still looking. Yes, sir. Reporter crimes rippling through the community, not just chester victimized. Red light. Reporter its these kids who dont have much and dont ask for much. My dream bike would be green with a basket up front and a cup holder. It would be pink with purple and a basket in the front and a barrel on the side. My dream bike would look like a Mountain Bike thats blue with red stripes. Reporter but now because of these brazen criminals there will be children who wont get one. When i first pulled up to you i said are you angry at these criminals, and what did you say to me . No, im not angry. Reporter how is that possible . If i got angry because you stole the bikes, i would just fold up and walk away. Not as long as theres a child. I will never walk away. Reporter you are a hero in this community and to all of us. Thank you for everything that you do. Appreciate it, and you just continue to believe that wherever theres a child there will be a bicycle and also a smile. Reporter and it came from chester. It came from chester. Reporter chester is here with us live right now in the boys and girls club. Youre such an inspiration to everybody but youre not just an inspiration to us youre an inspiration for so many people. We have a little surprise planned. I hope you dont mind. Can you walk through here for me, please. Come on in. [ cheers and applause ] reporter they are all here for you, chester. They are all here for you. This isnt the only surprise we have planned for you. You always say this is about the children, right . Yes, it is. Reporter its not but. Its about the kids. Absolutely. Reporter weve assembled several of the needy children that you help in this community, these children dont have much. These are the children that you would normally give the bikes to and i see you tearing up already. Youre about to tear up even more. We have an even bigger surprise. Bring in the bikes chester, the today show has spent youre crying. Hold on, guys, hold on. Hold on. What is it like to see this now. Were going to be giving the bikes away to all the children that you wanted to help. What do you think seeing this . Its beautiful. Its real nice. Reporter these are the children that you try to help. These are the children. Reporter and these thieves took it away from you and were here to help them. By the way, the bikes are just about out. Why dont you tell them to go and get the bikes. Just go and get the bikes. Yes. Just look at smiles, the smiles. Just look at smiles. Its about the smiles. Its about the smiles. Reporter back to you guys in the studio as these kids get their bikes. Chest err, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Back to you guys. Thank you. Well done, chester. Just look at the smiles. The little girl who was just overcome. Like grabbing each other, its so cute. That was terrific. I have to say rossen report stories dont usually make me cry but thats so awesome. And then it makes you happy. Which is a whole other story which we will not get into here. Chester, thank you more than anyone. Still to come, jay leno on his return to the tonight show, his love of cars and a whole lot more. And up next, tom hanks to the rescue. 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How about a graeme winner, oscar winner and emmy winner. Weve got all three as a treo of big names, kag layera, kate winslet and jay leno all join us on wednesday, october 7, 2015. Here from huntsville, alabama to see your city. Good morning, st. Louis. Good morning, arizona good morning minnesota. Birthday. Were from atlanta, georgia. Celebrating mindys 40th birthday and good morning, everyone. Welcome back to today. Beautiful morning out on our plaza, 7th of october, 2015. We are so excited to have that thanks. So happy to have him. Well catch up with jay. A little cameo tonight on very fun. Well catch up with jay. He looks very sharp today, very sharp. We have a very special announcement this morning, guys. Next week well be getting our brand new city Concert Series here on today. Weve got a new partner city and they are helping to bring a huge lineup of amazing performers to the plaza . This is very exciting, so starting on next monday, columbus day, pop sensation selena gomez will rock this plaza. Cant wait to hear her and then october 23rd were going country with country superstar carrie underwierd and you might want to get here early for this one, 5 seconds of summer. Oh, boy. They will be here on october 26th the. We know well see a lot of you. So many of those acts and a lot more here on the city Concert Series on today what. A line yup up. Head inside to natalie with this mornings top stories. Good morning once again, everyone. The fbi has foiled several attempts by smugglers to sell Nuclear Materials to isis. The smugglers reportedly offered to sell enough material that would contaminate several city blocks for 2. 8 million and in some cases the Radioactive Material was seized. Each time the amounts were small or not very potent but enough to cause mass panic. A serious new threat this morning to parts of South Carolina raff ajtd by record flooding. More than half a dozen dams are in danger of giving way. Dropped oneton sandbags to try to hold back Rushing Water but People Living within half a mile of the Beaver Creek Dam have already been warned to head for higher ground. More debris has been found in the search for a cargo ship that went down during a hurricane in the bahamas last week with 28 americans and five polish workers on board. There has been no sign of any survivors from the el faro. It was heading from florida to puerto rico at the time. Meantime, the ntsb is now on the scene in florida. They are investigating why the ship set sail into the path of the storm. There was worldwide outrage this summer after a minnesota dentist killed cecil the lion during a paid safari hunt in zimbabwe and tonight msnbc will air blood lions about the captive or canned hunting industry where animals are bred solely to become killed for profit. Pall ill till you the dont take a photo of you. I warned you. Dont take a photo of me blood lions airs tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time on msnbc. A lucky photographer was able to capture two of the most spectacular sights in nature at the same time. He was filming the Northern Lights off the coast of norway when a group of humpback whales swam right into that frame as they surfaced. Two wonders at one. A spectacular shot. Amazing. If you widen it out theres a little unicorn to theest. A photographers dream. Natalie, thank you so much. Heres a question i think we can all confess. Youve given your child a smartphone or ipad from time to time. More than from time to time. Weve all done it. That says keep those screens away for the most part and that makeover. Reporter parenting experts are finally getting down with the digital age and issuing brand new guidelines for kids and screen time. This is what childs play looks like in the modern age. Screen, screen and more screen. The numbers are climbing. According to researchers at the Einstein Health care network 52 of babies watch tv on smartphones. 36 use smartphones regularly and 15 learn to use apps all before their first birthdays. Thanks to the popularity of tvs and tablets parenting experts are finally calling a truce with technology. The American Academy of pediatrics is revising its suggested limits on screen time for kids saying, quote, in a world where screen time is policies must evolve or become obsolete, putting parents and pediatricians on the same page. The task of parenting is the changing. Guilty. We want them to make choices sound advice reporter old guidelines discouraged all form of screen time for toddlers under age 2 and limits screen time to just two hours for older kids. The new guidelines do away with these specific numbers. Instead telling parents to carefully curate content, get pluggeded in with your kids by playing video games together, and find time to unplug with some good oldfashioned play time. Times have changed and the a. P. Guidelines. You cant keep your kids away from screens even if you want to. So they focus on fostering a child with their digital habits early. These guidelines are also a reality check for parents. Be a good role model with screens are everywhere and your children are watching. Screen time may be replacing play time and story time, but theres still no substitute for quality time. The full guidelines arent coming out until 2016 but here are a couple of other great screen time tips from the aap. Set screen limits. Reasonable limits are still important. Also, you should create techfree zones around your house as a way to help enforce those limits, and finally, remember that kids will be kids and they will make mistakes with media so try your best to turn them into teachable moment. Dont scream at them or take the phone and throw it. Try to teach them. Up until now ill add mitt it i have failed miserably. I have three. I just hand off the ipad. Reporter totally in diapers on a screen. Weve all done it. So many educational apps and games now that help the kids and then the youtube worm holes that you have to take it away from them. The key is to be with them and the techfree zone, maybe the room, bedroom should be a techfree zone. Dinner table. Unplug the wireless in the teens bedroom, a thought. Tell us what you think. Head to today. Com to take our screen time poll. S he einelle, thank you very much. Coming up, are your kids driving their teachers to drink . Wait until you see one mothers idea for the perfects teachers gift. And from the tonight show to today jay leno joins us for a special edition of trending an pop stars. And our conversation with the cast of family ties as we sit down more than 25 years after the hit show came to an end. I promise you dont want to miss the citi double cash card comes in very handy with cash back twice on purchases. Earn once when you buy, and again as you pay. 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Wow wow how did you do that . i can see through the blindfold. Nothing like a good, quick meal to bring two people together. Campbells skillet sauces. Ready in under 20 minutes. Campbells. Made for real, real life. Johnsons believes that bath time is more than cleansing and moisturizing, its a time for development. Your loving touch stimulates his senses and nurtures his growing mind. The scent, the lather, even the tiny bubbles in a johnsons bath help to enhance the experience. So why just clean your baby, when you can give we are back at 8 13. Time for whats trending today. The internet as read to you right on the tv and look who is jay leno. Its a special trending. Before. You feel ready . Im ready to trend. Okay. This is big for you. Let us trend. Jays got a new show called jay lenos garage on cnbc. More on that in a minute. First item, youve been married a long time. 35 years. Any secrets for a happy marriage . Actually nothing thats really worth arguing about. I think the trick is to marry like a normal person. Yes. Because i always meet people who go i met this girl who is crazy, the sex is wonderful. I know, i know, but when the sex is over shes still crazy, okay . Thats the problem. If shes crazy. Thats true. Walk away. When the sex is over shes still crazy. Okay. Stop it this has kind of gotten off. Thats why we love you, jay. What was the question again . You know, secrets to a happy marriage and theres a suggestion on the internet, this is trending, what about a Performance Review. What if you gave your spouse a Performance Review kind of like you get from your boss at work. Experts in the wall street journal are suggesting. Listen, ive got to run. They say regular reviews to discuss goals and the biggest strengths and weaknesses in your relationship, one expert called tlt equivalent of the sixmonth dental checkup. Who doesnt love to go to the dentist. I know. Yeah, yeah. Heres the secret. You marry your conscience. Thats what i tell people. Thats good. You marry the person which you could be. Thats what i did. I mean, im in show business which is a selfish profession so i married a woman that works very hard for womens rights and other issues like that and it balances out so you marry the person that you wish you could be. I like that. Profound in trending and so glad you raised the level. So much better than having a spreadsheet Performance Review. I dont think thats good for anybody. A lot of patientteacher conferences are happening at schools around the country right now and some parents like to bring the teachary little gifts for all the hard work they do. A Company Called ever mind has one creative considered and on the label a picture of the child with the message our child might be the reason you drink, so enjoy this bottle on us. We ordered a couple of bottles. Heres what they look like. Cute little guy. Get a shot of that. Good idea. And we dug into the archives, mr. Leno. Something your parents might have sent along to some of your teachers. You know something. Youll have to give my teachers crack, i think. Wow. Wine is not going to be enough. One more. Savannah. Wow, wow. Look at that. Arent you glad we were able to trot that the out. Still having trouble with that part, like a horseshoe right there. And when a teacher gets caught drinking a bottle of wine with a kids picture on the front that wont cause any problems. What are you, some kind of pedophile, what is that . Oh, my gosh. Where did we go wrong . I dont think this has been thought through. Its creepy, creepy. On second thought, lets put these away. You are the voice of reason, jay leno. You are. Youre on fire. Creepy. We have a special pop start with jay today and youre on fire this morning. Theres so much talk about jay so this is a pop start dedicated to jay leno. First up jays return to the tonight show during the monologue and jimmy fallon said he pulled his hamstring telling a Bernie Sanders joke so he needed someone to tag in, and look who came to the rescue. After that last debate marco rubio being called the best communicator in the Republican Party which is kind of like being the smartest kardashian. The republican field begins to clear it will be down to jeb bush and dry. Kind of lake a race between the tortoise and the bad hair. In the middle of a president ial race, fertile ground. This is proof you get the government you deserve. Did it feel good to be on that stage . It was fun. Done the show a couple of time and its fun to go out rather than just sit down and do panels, its fun to do standup because thats what i like to do. Do you stay up and watch all the late night talk shows . I cant watch. I go around and tend to watch the jokes because i sort of talk to all the celebrities so you kind of know what that is, but i like the monologue, i like jimmy, colbert, they are all good, yeah. I was talk you go to last week and you have a genuine affection for jimmy fallon and say you love what hes doing. Jimmy is closer to johnny than anybody who has ever done the show because johnny had the same boyish all remember johnny in the 60s johnny was in his 30s when he started and looked like jimmy could, play Musical Instruments and played drums and did magic and could do impressions so i think jimmy has done a terrific job. What a compliment. Look, theres one host who has been kind of tough on you, and youve kind of given back a little back to jimmy kimmel saying hes a little on the mean side. He comes from radio and you come from that era, you find an enemy and then you make up a phony battle. I never had any problems with the guy, but he chose to go after me. Thats fine. Welcome to show business. Speaking of show business, youve got a new show jay lenos garage and we all wanted your cars. Willie came to the garage. Fantasyland, really is. And were going to have more on that visit in the 9 00, but do you love being back on tv doing the show on cnbc. Yeah, its fun. You know, i can talk to Reality Stars are always my nightmare. Nightmare. The idiots. Now the truth can be told. Yeah, yeah. The funniest part is when you do a show like a garage show you dont havepublicists dont tell what you geniuses their clients are. I met more geniuses hosteding. My client is a genius. I meant more geniuses. Its fantastic. By the way, the show premiers tonight on cnbc at 10 00, 9 00 central. And jays back with us in our next hour at 9 00. More of jay. Love that picture. You look really cool in the leather jacket. Remember, after the sex is over, shes still crazy. Thats right. Just to put a bow on that. A pearl from reporter good morning. Mostly center skies. Chilly early this morning. Turn entering a nice mild afternoon. Billbillerica at 4. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies. Cooler tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon closer to normal, which is 65. About 63 tomorrow. Friday a lot of clouds. A few scattered showers in the afternoon. Not a washout. Holiday weekend looking great. Partly to mostly sunny skies. Another warming trend. Guys . Its fun to get the old gang back together and thats what Entertainment Weekly is doing as it celebrates its 25th anniversary and to market milestone weve teamed up with them to reunite cast members from some of our tv shows and movies and willie you are so lucky. Do i love this show. From 1982 to 1989 nbcs family ties was one of the most watched shows on tv. You hear the theme song and it takes you back. I caught up with the actors who gave life to that family and one thing is clear. Another was no act. More than three decades after we met the keatons. What will we do, baby without us one of tvs favorite families is reunite ing for Entertainment Weekly 25th anniversary. Such a Quality Group of people on the show. Like every single one, just a great, great selection of people. Cliche to say it was like a family and it was so great and we all loved each other and we real de. A love that spanned seven successful seasons. In 33 years since the series started, 26 1 2 or so since it ended, does feel to you all like its been that long . I cant could be receive that its that long. Im 42 years old. Okay. That helped. Which is seven years older than i was when i first played her father. Yeah. I remember turning 35 and thinking, wow, this is the age that meredith and michael were when they started the show. Why am i alive . In between laughs the show tackled hot button issues with free spirited parents steve and elise keaton played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter mixing it up with their son michael j. Foxs iconic young republican alex p. Keaton. The most immature thing ive ever seen in my life. I did the sglooet Justine Bateman played fashionobsessed mallory and tina yothers was the tom boy little sister jennifer and in season three little brother andy joined the family. This is everything you would want in a president. Alex, put this away, youll frighten him. With such a show that captured that moment in time in america, it was about the 1980s. It was about baby boomers and liberalism versus their son who was conservative. Michael, what do you think that well, it was you have a kind of an understanding in the way that were struggling for now. I mean, you cant joke about the season between the left and the right. Its so angry and so charged. I mean, it was funny. We were so political but it wasnt political at all. Youre not tristan armstrong, are you . No, im el enreid. The show launched michael j. Foxs career, but it also launched a relationship with actress tracy pollen, his real life wife of 27 years. I was there for a very short time. I was only there for one season, and in so many ways it became it was such an important part of my life both obviously personally and also in terms of my career, and it was such a short intense period of time, but, i mean, it changed my life in every way. And their lives are still changing. Movies, you may have heard of. Where . Back to the future. You ready to put this the to bed. Hes still acting and serves as brave public face of parkinsons disease which hes battled for 24 years. Justine bateman went back to school a yew years ago and enrolled as an undergraduate at ucla where she is now in his senior year studying Computer Science and Michael Gross recently guest starred on netflix hit why the grace and frankie. The we were not compatible. In 2009 Meredith Baxter came out in an interview with matt on today. I guess i should just say im a lesbian. And is now married to her longtime partner and tina yothers is raising a family away from the bright lights of hollywood. Whats cool is the show has lived on in reruns and you can stream it and watch it online so now theres a whole new generation of people, your kids age or even younger, who know our kids wont go near it. Our kids havent seen one episode. You kidding. Their kids havent seen it. They have not seen it. They should see this show. Why . What a treat to get down and sit with them and the affection this is news now. Anchor good morning, everyone. 8 27. A beautiful look outside. Lets get over to jeremy and talk about the weather for today. Reporter jadiann, lots of sunshine. 40s and 50s right now. The city at 54. Through the day mostly sunny skies. Fantastic this afternoon. 66 to 72. More sunshine tomorrow. Not quite as warm. And a few scattered showers in new england late friday afternoon, friday evening. Anchor jury selection begins today in the trial of a teenager accused of killing his teenager. Philip chism was 14 when Authorities Say he raped and murdered rietz rites inside Danvers High School in 2013. He will be trite as an adult. His lawyers plan to use a Mental Health defense. Investigating fan duel, a bostonbased and bostonbased draft kings, the companies and daily online Fantasy Sports. He wants information about employees who may have used Insider Information to gain an unfair advantage. An employee at draft kings reportedly used confidential data to win 350,000 on rival fan duel. Casino developer steve wynn has filed a rival lawsuit against boston officials. Wynn claimed unidentified defendants defamed him and his company during the process of bringing a casino to everett. Today in new england returns at 9 00. 8 30 on this wednesday morning, october 7th, 2015. Were smack dab in the middle of a beautiful fall, and its great to have you along on this wednesday morning. Got a good crowd out here on the plaza, and we are playing that brave and we have singer songwriter Sarah Bareilles herself. Shes adding another skill to her resume. Shes time, isnt she . Shes an author now and has just written her first book and a lot of people think sayre ark looks like brittany. Oh, my gosh. Wow. Never saw it until now. Like looking in a mirror. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Thats amazing. So they say everyone has a doppelganger and now a new website called twin strangers can help you find yours so if you want the chance to meet your lookalike head to today. Com twins they have the same smile, thats crazy. Wow. Wow. Also ahead, Academy Awardwinning actress kate winslet on her role in the new film about late apple founder steve jobs. She has a 10monthold who has never seen her on tv before. Her first chance to see her on isnt that adorable . Theres mommy. Theres mommy. Also we have my conversation with grammy winner Christina Aguilera as part of our divas today series and what it means about being latdna today and she recently went to ecuador. How is that. Lets get a check of the weather from al. First off today were looking at sunshine in the southeast and carolinas. Slight risk of strong storms down two southern texas and on into new mexico and up around the northern plains. For tomorrow that wet weather moves into the central great bound into texas. Were looking at sunshine and some showers in the pacific northwest. Look for sunny skies up and dow reporter good morning. Mostly center skies. Chilly early this morning. 66 to 72,s be 71 this afternoon. Billbillerica at 4. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies. Cooler tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon closer to normal, which is 65. About 63 tomorrow. Friday a lot of clouds. A few scattered showers in the afternoon. Not a washout. Holiday weekend looking great. Partly to mostly sunny skies. Another warming trend. And thats your latest weather. In case you missed best time ever with Neil Patrick Harris had a real exciting show t. Ended with a big blue bang. Take a look at some of the highlights. A few of the ladies from housewives of atlanta were hands on in an undercover hidden camera surprise. They were surprising one of their favorite bands without her knowing and even more fun came at end of the program when neil, seen right here, practiced with the bylaw man group in next conclusive behindthescenes colorful way. The best time ever with Neil Patrick Harris tuesday at 10 00 central, 9 00 central right here on nbc. Every loves Neil Patrick Harris. Willie . Thanks a lot. Now to the star of one of the most buzzed about movies. Kate kinslet is a movie about steve jobs. She plays johanna hawthorne, a marketing expert, who stood up to the notoriously difficult steve jobs. You dont think youre having a bizarre overreaction to a 19yearold girl allowing her mother to list her own house . She could have tried. Shes supposed to stop her mother. That particular mother from living. She gave the blessing to sell the house and did to spite me. I dont care if she put a parttime bomb in the water heater, youre going to fix it now. Shes been acting weird for months. Fix it. Take it easy. Take its or i quit. How about that. I quit and you never see me again, how about that . Kate. Good morning. Youre playing this real person joanna hoffman, and we found video of her from this time period. We wanted to troll for you because you nailed it. Ive probably seen it. We trold everything. Distortion is reality, distortion and it has motivational value and thats fine and i think has a very strong point. You captured everything about her but that accent in particular because its actually such a light trace of an accent. Yes, thank you, thank you, because i have to say i think it probably was the hardest accent that ive ever had to do because she was born in poland. The real joanna went to armenia and some of her family was speaking russian and came to america as a teenager so there was a lot to fit in. I had to be a little bit forensic about the whole thing . One of the few people who could stand up to steve jobs in a room. Who was she exactly within apple . In apple she was in reality part of steves working life for five years and remained friends with him for a lot longer, head of market for the macintosh and start right until his time at next and there were strong women and a composite character in many ways representing several of those women, i would say, and yeah, she just wasnt afraid of him and she also respected him and add mired him and had great affection for him so there was a lot of camaraderie and, you know, they definitely kind of drove each other along i think. And we saw you transform yourself for this role, and we see joanna over time. I was watching with my husband and he said thats kate winslet but it was like halfway through the movie. I hear that you really fought for this part. I really did want in, for sure. You know, when you hear about a project like this one which just sounded so extraordinary, you know, directed by danny boyle and written by aaron sorkin with Michael Fassbender with the lead. I want to sign up for the lead and i want them to send me the script. Luckily it went my way. You heard some of the criticism of the movie and steve jobs widow doesnt want to the see it and she in fact tried to get move killed and tim cook the head of apple right now said its an unfair portrayal. What do you make that have criticism . Well, people are obviously going to react in very sensitive ways, especially if they have had something very specific to do with steves personal life but ton honest, you know, i dont know that those people who say the film and this is speaking from Joanna Hawthorne herself and said it was really lovely to seat real steve and shes talking about the softer side of him that she got to experience as a friend, and the think that the film really do reveal in ways that they perhaps havent been seen before and hes very much a man and a father in this story as well as perfectionist that he was and, you know, im very proud of the film, i have to say. I think its a very, very honest portrayal of who he really was as a man. Were all talking in the commercial. You just recently turned 40. I did. How are you liking the 40s so were all in the 40s club now. Its wonderful, you know. I sort of feel like ive been preparing to be 40. I was kind of building up that moment. I wanted to go rocketing to 40 and when i got to it that day on monday i really did feel pretty triumphant and calm and happy, and, yeah, its a good place to be. You made it across the finish line in the book the. I got there and i said oh, my god, i did it. Im there. Well, kate, its great to see you. Thank you so very much. Thank you. Steve jobs from our parent universal opens in theaters today. Coming, our conversation with grammy winner christina leadership isnt given. Its earned. Realized. Accomplished. Fulfilled. Won. Leadership isnt given. Were back at 8 40 with viva today our week long series that looks at latin music heritage and culture. Recently natalie sat down with Christina Aguilera and her recent trip to ecuador. Thats right. She was in ecuador as the ambassador of the World Food Program, and while she told over 50 million albums worldwide, she told me its trips like this that keep her grounded. The fivetime grammyaward winning singer is one of the biggest names in pop music. Lady marmalade but she also lends her voice to helping others. You just got back from ecuador as an ambassador to the World Food Program. What was that like for you . The World Food Program is so important. I was approached by yum brands who partnered with the World Food Program in the u. N. To help provide feud and nutrition and meals. Aguilera has served as food ambassador since 2009 traveling guatemala. And now ecuador. It gets emotional for me because it is really, really hard to see some other situations. I love going on these trips and going into the field and meeting these people that have these incredible stories of survival and of struggle. For the 34yearold mother of two her trip to ecuador was a personal one. Being half ecuadorian, going to ecuador and seeing the kids there, was that personally more meaningful for you as well . Well, it was interesting to go into a place that you know your blood line is from. I mean, im literally half ecuadorian right down the middle, and my father, my grandfather having been born there, i were sort of look into are my people, this is where im from. I got to see a little bit of the video from the trip and the interaction you had with the kids and you even got to sing to the kids a little bit. I did. Yeah, it was so cute because i was like, okay, whats something that we can sing together, that they might know. And their little faces just light up with joy with song. In 2000 aguilera released a spanish album, and the shes currently working on a followup. Whats it mean for you to be latina . It means everything. It means passion. It means fire. It means, you know, part of my blood. Shes also working on her eighth album. Ive been loosely working, you know, and sort of accumulating ideas for what my next album will be over the next couple of years. Im excited for my nance to finally be getting something its been a while. I am beautiful but its her experiences that make her music meaningful. You come back from these trips in ecuador and all of these places, and you think, you know, you are humbled and you truly are appreciative of everything that you have. Gracias. Thanks, guys. Oh, you see how much that means to her and some exciting news also for all the Christina Aguilera fans. She will be returning as a coach to the voice next season and is working on her two albums and a mom of two kids so shes got a lot going on. A lot on her plate. Very busy. And good on the voice, too. Good to have her back in the rotation. Up next, singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles on how shows taking on a new venture we are back at 8 46 with Grammy Nominated singer songwriter Sara Bareilles who we know for long song and brave and shes using her talents to write her new book writing a memoir sounds like me. Good to see you. Nice to see you. I love how you put this in the forward to the book. I said yes to the project because i loved the idea of writing a book. Thats like buying white jeans because you like the idea of looking good in them. Well said. When you started to write, did you think, maybe i bit off more than i could chew here . That was the phrase i was going to yeah, i loved the idea of a challenge and loved the idea of getting to express, you know, sort of my story from pulling back the curtain from that perspective but once i got into the nittygritty of how much time and attention and internal mining takes place in terms of writing a book, it was much more challenging than i thought it would be. You because its a true memoir, and i think theres a word to describe it brave. Oh, thank you. Youre very honest in it, and i could tell that meant a lot to you. Going to do a memoir then be real about it. I really feel like thats part of my legacy is just wanting to put art out and expression out that at least feels very oughttic to who i am and thats the easiest way for me to express is kind of dig into whatever it is that feels the most honest. You look at different parts of your life. I think one part that people will really relate to is you saying in third grade that you were singled out as a fat gadd kid which as a fellow fat kid i can relate to and how that affected everything in your life and you talk a lot about body image. I do. It was a very formative experience for me. Its something i still i say this in the book, like i still see that girl every single day in learning to practice positive selfspeak and to and also to share that because i think i have a younger sister and two young nieces and lots of young women in my world, and i think about them and wanting to encourage them to know that you it. Its something that you have to continue to practice and to nurture. You say you still see that girl but you say thats also one of the reasons why you became a singer. Yes. Explain how thats connect sglid felt ostracized and felt sort of invisible in my Peer Community and so i i went towards a place where i i felt like i could find my voice, and that ended up for me initially being the theater, the theater community, and then eventually just kind of finding my voice through finding my songs, and i went to journal writing because i didnt know where else to sort of pour out my emotions and stacks of horribly embarrassing journals. Dont we all. Letters to leonardo dicaprio, kate winslet was on the show. We love your song brave of course but we learned in the book that you didnt necessarily love it at first. I loved the song and then i got very nervous about how it was being presented and i was worried that it was too slick and too shiny and it was an experiment in kind of releasing what felt precious about it, and believing in the message and the song has taken on a life of its own. Im so grateful. And i have to mention that you have a huge project in the works. You are part of the Broadway Musical waitress can the writing the music. Yes, yes, i came on board about three years ago and we just finished our run up at the american repertoiry theater in boston and just a blissful project, i have to say. Its been a lot of hard work, dont get me wrong, but it will be opening on broadway in the spring. And your new record is all the music. Yes. Thank you so much. Coming up. How to get together for a meal your friends can help others. Serving up staci, you have got to get down here. Shaws star market. Shaws star market yes, mom. Now. Spread the word. Vicki, this sale is amazing. The shaws star market 10 for 10, mix and match. General Mills Cereals 1. 88 each. And Sanderson Farms fresh chicken breast 1. 77 a pound. Honey, can you bring the truck . Youre in for something fresh the shaws star market stock up sale. This morning in today food one organization is taking a different approach raising money to combat hunger in this country and abroad and making it social and fun. Todays food analyst sam cass is here. So great to be here. Wonderful. All have dinner parties at our home but were trying to turn that into a mission to actually solve hunger worldwide. An amazing organize saying. You guys should have a look. Across the country the power of the plate is being put front and center. For one month feed, known best for fighting hunger through fashion is trading totes for meal. A big part of feed is empowering individuals to take action so talk to me about feed is uppers. Folks are already hosting suppers, getting together with their friends and family around the dinner table. Why not make for a good cause and give back. They are gathering for good anywhere. The caveat. Guests are asked to make a donation. Feeds goal is to raise 2 million meals by october 16th, world food day. You measure your impact in terms of meals instead of dollars. Why do you make that decision . Because it makes it more real and tangible for folks participating. You know, feed is really founded on that power of the individual consumer to make that one purchase, to help that one kid and really help move the needle on hunger. Needs like this where you have so many different types of people asking different types of questions and sharing different types of perspectives and thats where we can help them. Around the world close to 800 Million People go hungry every day, and in our country one in 48 million americans need help putting food on the table in front of 15 million children and yet a Single School meal can lost as little as ten cents. The unfortunate reality is 1 in 19 people around the world are hungry and what weve seen is this incredible kind of coming out of our community to one meal, one supper at a time. What a cool idea. Yeah, i love it. Youve inspired us, sam. I think whats brilliant about feed is they use innovative models, using fashion, really a business and a business for a service of a Global Community and now taking a supper we would all have with our friends and making that a really powerful tool to solve some of the greatest issues of our time. I think its just growing. Makes you feel better about drinking all that wine, right . Wine with a purpose. Weve got at dinner party and youre cooking. Im in. Not me, tamron. 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