I would bomb the prp [ bleep ] out. And just wait, there is more. Its beginning to look a lot like christmas. Toning the colors of christmas for last nights game. So why is there so much discussion online . This morning the color blind controversy. And destination 1a. Al is just minutes away from making history for doing the weather this all in all 50 states in a week. All that is left, connecticut and new york. And then well celebrate his victory with a big rokeathon party on the plaza today, today friday, november 13, 2015. Narrator from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning, 50 state, 7 days. I think were holding up very well. Im exhausted watching al. Hes not holding up so well. Hes in stamford, connecticut this morning. Actually looks pretty good. Hes jumping on a commuter train terminal. Hell wrap up this epic soon to be record setting adventure forecasting the weather in all week. So how are you feeling, buddy . Actually me and the crew, were feeling great. Were ready to come home and see our loved ones and you guys, as well. Thanks, al. All right. Well check in with you in a bit. Lets get to a top story. Breaking news out of the pentagon. A u. S. Air strike in syria against the notorious isis executioner seen in numerous broken propaganda videos. Lets get to keir simmons on the story. Reporter good morning. That jihadity john was killed. A senior official says while he was targeted now the out of vengeance, but to demonstrate to isis there is accountability. His voice is infamous. Holding a knife in horrific hostage videos. Jihadi john, mohammed emwazi, was the front man for a string of isis killings. Thousand reports not yet confirmed by the pentagon says he has been killed by u. S. Drone overnight, a senior u. S. Official confirmed the strike. On twitter an activist group from the isis stronghold reported the death of jihadi john. His high profile victims including american journalists. Stevens mother says shes waiting for news. If the got him, great. But it didnt bring my son back. Kuwait born emwazi was a Computer Science graduate turned gang member seen here wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates cap. The team called that sickening. Three hostages described him as sadistic sadistic, one of four british isis guards they called him beatles. An early recruit to isis, the Jihadist Group whose reach sears from syria to north africa. The strike targeting jihadi john comes shortly after the latest attack in lebanon. Jihadi johns family all live here in london. The british Prime Minister just spoke calling jihadi john the isis lead executioner and saying if he has been killed by the u. S. , it was an act of selfdefense. All right. Keir simmons with the breaking news. We want to bring in jeremy barb from oig from the defense department. We know jihad itdy john is the face of brutally. Is this symbolic or something more . This is the biggest blow to isis in the year and a half that weve been undertaking operations against them. He was the face. He was the chief propagandist. But i think he also was an operational commander. He led this hostage taking cell and he himself conducted these murderous operations for the entire world to see. So i think that it is a very significant takedown today. The reports are that he was traveling in a car, he was hit by a drone strike. So what does that tell us about our increasing intelligence on the ground when it comes to isis . Well, these are painstaking operations, they require days and months of operations pulling on all of our sources to pinpoint a terrorist location. Weve gotten very good at these operations. So win we reach deep into Enemy Territory into syria which has air defenses and we put lead right on that target, you know our intel sgeps is ligence is pristine. And were hearing from u. S. Officials that theyre confident he has been hit, but how do they go about making sure that yes, indeed, he was not only the target but that the target was accomplished . Right after the strike, our people will basically go quiet and listen and will watch and will hear what they will say about their own guys, whether theyre saying that hes gone and over the coming hours and days, well able to definitively confirm whether hes been taken off the battlefield. And i actually believe he has. Real quickly, you mentioned hes the chief propagandist for isis. Is it possible his death serves as a recruiting tool for others . Weve asked ourselves that question many times and i think weve determined that its better to take these guys off the battlefield than to let them stay out there and recruit others to their jihad. Jeremy bash, former from the cia and dwecht sdechts of defense. Lets turn to politics. Donald trump tearing in to rival ben carson and others during a rally in iowa, while the Democratic Candidates are getting ready for their next debate. Two reports this morning beginning with peter alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. This was Donald Trumps wildest speech yet and at times jaw dropping rant. As one woman in the crowd says, im still processing it. According to most polls, he remains the most poplar candidate, but last night trump receipt him have it. Donald trump in iowa and on a tear, take aim at reported discrepancies in ben carsons life stories. And the night broke and how stupid are the people of iowa. You how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap . Reporter in a rambling 96 minute speech laced with insults, trump mocked carsons claims about a violent youth acting out an alleged stabbing. If youre a child molester, there is no cure. They cant stop you. Pathological, no cure. Reporter on face book, Carly Fiorina rushed to carsons defense targeting trump writing all the money in the world wont make you as smart as ben carson. Trump also weighed in on isis. I would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. I would just bomb those suckers. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Reporter with the gop front rubber this week calling for a Deportation Force to remove more than 11 million undocumented immigrants, president obama responded on abc news. Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children. But more importantly thats not who we are as americans. Reporter he meanwhile ben carson is facing questions for defending his best friend, a convicted felon. This oral surgeon 34r50eded guilty to Insurance Fraud nearly a decade ago before carson petitioned a federal judge for lean generals city citing his honesty and integrity. The judge gave him probation. But in carsons 2013 book, the neurosurgeon calls for a Saudi Arabian solution for medical fraud, not the chopping off peoples limbs, but no less than ten years in prison and loss of in a statement, ben carson says i always and will continue to stand by him. Thats what real friends do. Much. Is the field set . There is a new report this morning that members of the Party Establishment may try to coax mitt romney into the race. According to this report, some in the gop have mapped out a strategy for late entry. Some Top Republicans are reportedly desperate to change the dynamic of this race. Its important to note that mitt romney has publicly stated he is not interesting in running again. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is facing scrutiny about a story from her past that she repeated on the campaign trail this week and it could come up at tomorrows debate. Nbcs Kristen Welker is in des moines on the campaign trail. Reporter good morning. And the stakes couldnt be tries to match that strong first debate performance when she base faces off against her challengers tomorrow night. A new poll shows sclin ton with a 19 point National Lead over Bernie Sanders. Thats down slightly from early october, but still commanding. Clinton has been off the campaign trail for a few days preparing. Meanwhile her rival sanders and omalley are looking to ramp up their performances. Aides say unlike the first debate in which both largely suffered their own policy positions, the candidates will be aggressive about drawing contrasts from clinton. Meanwhile the Clinton Campaign is repeating that in 1975 she looked into joining the marines. Skeptics and some republicans noted it was an unlikely choice for a yale law graduate who had worked on antiwar campaigns. Me clinton is ans by the story adding, quote, her interest was sincere and it is insulting but not surprising that republicans would attack her for this, too. All of this will be at the fore when the candidates take the stage here tomorrow night. Savannah. Kristen welker, thank you. And now we have this, the secret service dealing with fallout from yet another scandal this morning. A uniformed officer is accused of sending explicit photos and texts while on duty at the white house to someone he thought was an underage girl. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams has the latest on this. Good morning, pete. Reporter good morning. These charges were filed against a member of the secret Service Uniform division specifically an officer assigned to check the i. D. S of people with appointments to visit the white house. Prosecutors say the officer worked in one of these booths on the white house grounds where visitors with appointments check into be admitted. 37yearold Lee Robert Moore of churchill, maryland, began sending sexually explicit sex messages in august to someone he thought was a 14yearold girl, but who was actually an undercover officer for the delaware state police. According to court documents, in one message, moore said he was, quote, sitting at box office style booth checking i. D. S for entrance into a building. The documents say he also sent a sexually explicit photo of himself to the person he thought was 14. He was relieved of tut last week duty last week and put on leave. After he was arrested, prosecutors say he admitted sending the messages and photos house duty post. Another headache for the reesely appointed secret Service DirectorJoseph Clancy who has vowed to change the agencys culture. Such as failing to stop a fence jumper with a knife a year ago. Were trying to reinvigorate the look of the secret service and unfortunately, i dont have a magic wand. It will take a little bit of time. Reporter in general, another member of the uniform division screening bags at a washington event attended by the first lady was placed on leave after he was accused of sending a suggestive picture to a woman he met there. No comment from moore. Hes appearing in Delaware State Court this morning to face the charges. Secret Service Officials say they learned of this a week ago, suspended him and ended his access to all their facilities. Pete, thank you very much. Surprising news from the pentagon this morning, defense secretary ash carter has suddenly fired his top military aide after allegations of misconduct. Officials arent saying why Army Lieutenant ron lewis was removed from his job. In a statement defense secretary carter said i expect the highest possible standards of conduct from the men and women in this department particularly from those serving in the most senior positions. Lewis has been temporarily assigned to another office pending the outcome of an investigation. In other news this morning, president obama be stowed the on a young army captain in an extremely moving ceremony at the white house on thursday. Captain Florent Groberg received the medal of honor for his heroic actions in afghanistan in 2012. He saved the lives of other soldiers and received a serious leg injury in the process. Captain groberg just the tenth living recipient of the medal of honor. President obama said about him, quote, on his very worst day, he managed to summon his very best. Now to the doping scandal that could keep russia out of next years olympic games. A decision could come as early as today. Kelly cobiella has more on this. What can you tell us . Reporter between morning, savannah. The russians this morning are essentially throwing up their pants, Vladimir Putin ordering his own investigation. His close ally, the sports minister, saying they will overhaul their entire Antidoping Program in russia, anything to avoid being banned from rio next year. Olympic success is huge source of pride for Vladimir Putin who spent billions hosting the olympics in sochi. But his athletes and officials now accused of doing anything to win here in london three years ago, of hiding positive test results, and protecting dirty athletes. This morning the sports minister saying those accusations are absurd, but at the same time, saying, quote, they will broadly cooperate with an investigation. The governing body is set to meet today, they will talk about this and make a decision on russia and savannah, theyre under a lot of pressure to come down hard. Indeed they are. Kelly cobiella, thank you. So here we are after a week on the road, als rokeathon quest to do the weather in all 50 states has reached its final hour. So thursday he made his way from virginia all the way up to vermont hitting a total of ten states. That makes 48 in all with only connecticut and new york left on his bucket list. The mind boggling numbers today. Take a look, 17,000 miles, 104 forecasts, 44 selfies, 36 goats, and nearly 5,000 cheering fans along the way. And he did it all with one thats impressive. Thats right. But the suitcase was the size of a bus. Youre entitled. What have you got for us right now before we welcome you home . Well, we want to, first of all, check connecticut off the list. So here we go. Our rokeathon forecast for connecticut. And it is a nice one. We are talking some sunshine today and temperatures that will be pretty seasonable into the mid50s all the way from here in stamford out to mystic, connect cut. Overnight lows dropping back into the mid30s. And then lets take a look at the rest of what is going on, big storm moving into the Pacific Northwest. This thing is going to be a monster, about lakes. A lot of wind, as well. So that will be a problem. And so well be looking at gusty winds, gradient high pressure. Some wind gusts to 30 to 40 here it is. There we go, we drop the flag, ladies and gentlemen. And now well find out what is happening where you our cosmetics line was a hit. The orders were rushing in. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We needed shortterm funding fast. Building 18 homes in 4 months . That was a leap. But i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. Amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com bri good morning, everybody. We started out with bridgette skies. Bright skies. The big storm system al mentioned to the north of us will bring us a chance for a spot shower. The main theme of the day will be gusty winds. Winds continue tomorrow, as well. Wind advisory in effect this afternoon into tomorrow morning. Quick will be at that 7 on 7 fo so will in this about ten minutes were getting on the train. And i know you were worried there werent any goats. But we have the Hartford Yard Goats here. Actually they look a little more like chinese dragons. A little disturbing. Cute. Ill be dreemg aming about these guys for weeks. And were getting on a train. Choochoo. I think al has been hitting the bar car. Coming up, a new string of dangerous laser strikes on pay lots and planes across the country. And new concerns over popular food delivery websites. Could that mean actually be coming from a restaurant that does not exist . More on that story. But first, this is today on nbc. I owe about 68,000. I owe 44,000 in student loans. 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Knowing our clients personally its okay. This is what weve been planning for. Thanks, bye. And with over 13,000 financial advisors, we do it a lot. Its why edward jones is the big company that doesnt act that way. Anchor good morning, everybody. 7 26 is your time on this friday. Lets get over the bri eggers with your forecast. Sunny out there, bri. Bri good morning, crystal. That doesnt mean we will be without clouds today. A possibility of a spot shower. Thats a 20 chance. The real theme of today and tomorrow will be the winds. Quite gust yes at times and very chilly tomorrow. Still in for that warmup next week. Anchor a New Hampshire mother and her boyfriend charged now in connection with her daughters death. And theyre set to face a judge. Police say they provided eve tarmey of rochester with a powerful Prescription Drug fenty noll leading her to overdose. A friend of tarmeys mother has been charged in that case, as well. Police in plymouth are trying to figure out what exactly killed a malden teen whose body was found on a beach the plymouth. Officers say people discovered the body on thursday. The by has not been seen since october 17th. Right now investigators say they do not suspect any foul play. Were back in 25 minutes. Now back to the today show the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree Public Colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Sanders im Bernie Sanders, 7 30 now this friday the 13th of november, 2015. Al is feeling lucky. His train is just about on time. In fact i think its rolling down the tracks. It actually is. Connecticut. Be hopping on that baby heading to Grand Central terminal. That is about a 50 minute ride. A ride that thousands hundreds of thousands of commuters take every morning. This is an express. It is coming in. Its an express. I mean it makes one stop. Grand central. Home. Thats cool. All right p well see. Should we tell him now that he has to walk the final ten blocks . No. We actually are walking it. Okay. Cool. We will look forward to it. Let us start this morning and this half hour with stories that are making headlines. The public face of isis, its notorious executioner known as jihadi john has been targeted in a u. S. Drone strike in syria. The pentagon now work to go confirm reports that he was in fact killed. Another embarrassment to the secret service, a uniformed officer has been arrested. Lee robert moore accused of sending obscene texts to someone he thought was a 14yearold girl, turns out it was an Undercover Police officer. Donald trump launched in this to an aggressive tirade in a speech last night. He mocked ben carson and used profanity to describe his strategy to fight isis. And now to a new series of laser strikes on planes across the country. Tom costello has been covering this story for us. Tom, good morning. Reporter good morning. Another night, another round of laser attacks on aircraft across the country. By the way the penalty is 20 years in prison. And a quarter Million Dollar fine. And yet so far this year laser strikes up a stunning 36 as of mid october. And the number is still growing. Overnight repts of more laser strikes across the country. In pomona, california just outside of los angeles, a pilot from station ktla was covering a story when a bright green beam of light pierced his eyes for at least 45 seconds causing them to burn. It hit direct in my face causing a discomfort in my eyes and what we call flash blindness. Similar to having flashbulbs go off in your eyes. Reporter the news crew tracked the source to a home in the same neighborhood where a 15yearold boy was arrested for pointing a laser at an aircraft, later released to the custody of his parents. He doesnt know. Hes a 15yearold little boy. Reporter in phoenix, lasers struck two commercial planes while they were making their descent. Be advised of green laser activity about 2. A 5 mills southwest of sky harbor. 671, 1 00 position a green laser. Reporter the latest rounds of strikes coming just one day after an incident in new york city when a chopper pilot for our nbc station w thbs nbc was hit with a laser over brooklyn. A 20yearold man caught on camera flashing the laser was arrested and charged with two counts of reckless endangerment. According to the faa, more than 20 aircraft was struck with lasers from the ground on wednesday night alone. And the number of attacks is growing. As of mid october, more than 5300 strikes it will rear, this year, compared weve seen these strikes at nearly every, but the most include los angeles, phoenix, houston, las vegas, dfw and san juan. And the vast majority of these suspects are young men in their teens or 20s, they simply dont realize what theyre doing when they play around with a laser, that theyre endangering everybody on an aircraft. By the way, several federal Law Enforcement sources describe all of these guys as simply knuckleheads. Back to you. With potentially deadly serious consequences. Tom, thank you. Lets get a check of the weather from al as he makes his way to new york and the final stop on rokeathon. We are on the train right now. Having a good ride . All right. Yeah, i got a seat. Todays fabulous. Lets show you what is going on as far as your weather as we look at the Pacific Northwest. Big storm coming in, this thing will be a monster. It will bring a lot of rain and a lot of wind as you can see on the radar, its already coming. Northwest, flood watches in effect through sunday. High surf advisories, gale warnings. Some waves could be 22 feet. Thats crazy talk. Between today and sunday, 6 to 8 inches of rain. Some places locally could get 13 inches of rain, upper elevations will see a ton of snow. Just the beginning of what we see where. Bri good morning, everybody. Happy friday the you. Nice to see the sunshine. It wont be completely without clouds as you head through the day. A slight chance that some of this energy and action could make it in for a spot shower as we make it into this afternoon. Shouldnt last long. Most of us stay dry. Partly cloudy. The wind is back. Thats the big theme for the next couple days. Upper 50s for us today. Highs only in the upper 40s. Narrator rokeathon on today is powered by netjets. Travel without compromise with the worldwide leader in private aviation. As were making our way to Grand Central, it is hard to dyssey began back last thursday, but were almost home and we can taste it. Virginia, well take care of virginia today. Our next to last gay began before day break in arlington, virginia as we prepare for the short drive east to Union Station in the Nations Capital washington, d. C. It is amtrak thursday. Were all aboard. The northeast region heading to baltimore, maryland. State number 39 on our rokeathon quest. Next stop, wonderful wilmington, delaware. Fast and furious. Come on. Did you not know we were coming . Barely enough time for a quick Weather Report before the doors closed. Were about to do delaware and check off the 41st state. Im ready. Reporter then its off to the city of brotherly love, philadelphia, p. A. The 42nd state on rokeathon. There were no strangers on this train. Oh, my gosh, my man. Reporter star of the hit board. As we rolled in to metro park station in new jersey, there were a couple of more celebrities waiting to surprise us. Just out walking my dog and heard you were swinging through town. Reporter todays own willie geist and the goat that started it all. This has been great. What state are we in right now in. We are in the state of confusion. Really, im serious. Reporter as we move along to newark, new jersey. Lets start on newark. And then back on the train heading northeast to rof denies where it seemed like the entire state including three goateds waited to greet us. See you this boston our final train stop, boston, massachusetts for a little weather and tea. The heck with you. Those british werent so bad. They do have the scones. From tall ships this boston to the uss submarine museum. Back on the road for a short drive over to kittery, maine. Where are the lobsters . It was then the another 125 miles west to brattleboro, vermont. Greeted by another enthusiastic day. We want al we want al and we are now on our way central. I am ready, baby. I should say, that signal is a metaphor for al feels right now. A little patchy, but going to make it for sure. He will be here soon. We look forward to greeting him. Also ahead science finally answers the question why women love bad boys. And you use food delivery websites to order dinner, but are you really sure where that meal is coming from . You wont believe what a new investigation just uncovered. I really like this organic soup. Yeah. At least we know what hes eating. Campbells organic soups. Made for real, real life. Behind every open heart. Is a story. For some, its about finishing the race. 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Everyone amazon is getting in to the game expanding to restaurant meals, but all that convenience comes with a grain of salt. In new york, an investigation by our nbc station discovered 10 of the top 100 restaurants of delivery sites seamless and grub hub dont ebb exist. Fake addresses listed, some empty warehouses. Many not licensed by the department of health. So if i go there, thats what ill see . Right. Reporter places like really chinese, a restaurant listed on both cites, turns out the food is really from another restaurant. Where Health Inspectors have found evidence of roaches and mice over the last two years. The restaurant manager tells wnbc he created the fake listing to increase business. Seamless and grub hub have now agreed to verify the details restaurants provide and take action against inaccurate listings. A spokesperson for grub hub telling nbc news, we found this situation to be unique to new york, but all our sfraunt contracts require our partners to abide by local laws and regulations. If they are found to be in violation, they are removed from our platform. While delivery orders can be good for business, not every restaurant seems convinced. Turns out wellknown restaurants have also felt burned. California based in n out burger is now suing door dash for delivers its food saying it never authorized the start upto do so. Theyre for the quite sure what is going to happen the second that food leaves their restaurant. So its a whole new ball game right now. Reporter a game with with lots of players and millions of hungry americans. So of course the big question, what can you do to make sure the food you you receive is actually what you ordered . Well, number one, be smart about it, do your research especially if this is the first time youre ordering. And if you can, check the restaurants health grade. Many states offer this. You can generally find them online. And if youre concerned about this third Party Restaurant that youre be looking into, you can go old school, pick up the phone and you could call the restaurant directly to order from them. But you have to talk to a human being. So thats the town side. The up side is no Food Poisoning or rats. So if you look up an address and the say not important, its a bad sign . Usually a sign that you want to pick another restaurant. I use that service. All right, erica, thank you. Coming up next, did you tune into last nights nfl game . There is some kind of controversy if you are color this was a tough game for you to the more you learn about your insurance, the more gaps you may find. Like how you think you have coverage for this. When you only have coverage for this. Thats not homework talk to farmers and see what gaps could be hiding in your coverage. We are farmers bum pa dum. Bum bum bum bum oh, she looks upset. Should i Say Something . Or should i just keep looking at my phone . Gracias. I guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. My dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, its kind of a onetime shot and you have to care for it. He told me to use pronamel. Its gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue r and it was a real easy tswitch to make. Were back at 7 50. Joyous in last nights game, werent they . They seemed to be, but not for a lot of people. I guess for the color blind, it was a real issue. It certainly was. Bills kicked off the new color rush experiment on thursday night and instead of the traditional one team in a dark jersey, the other in white, both wore the teams primary colors. The jets in all green and the bills in all red. Unless youre one of the estimated 10 million measures who are color blind, so instead it looked something more like this. Obviously a little bit more confusing. So they mocked up exactly how chaotic it looked on the field for anyone who is color blind. You cant see one or the other, you can see where the end zone is thats for sure, though. Jeff darling ton tweets total chaos on my eyes. And hutch says im literally going by the helmet decal. This is supposed to continue on the field for weeks to come and hopefully next weeks matchup will be a little less chaotic between the titans and jaguars. I dont know, those colors just clash. Matt, what do you see . Im a little color blind, so i can see the colors. But i like the color rush thing. I think its cool. I really do. Sorry to 10 million people. Then why did we do this . No, i think there are people thats a daily problem for them. Absolutely. But serious now, we do like the colors. Coming up, why we dont see luke sky Binge Eating Disorder, or b. E. D. ,. Isnt just overeating. Its a real medical condition. And while the exact cause is unknown. Certain chemicals in the brain may play a role. B. E. D. Is also the most. Common eating disorder in us adults. Hi, im monica seles. When i binged,. I wasnt in control. I never felt satisfied. No matter what the quantity was. Afterwards, i felt so upset with myself. To learn more about b. E. D. Go to Binge Eating Disorder dot com and talk with your doctor. Our cosmetics line was a hit. The orders were rushing in. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didn t need a loan. We needed shortterm funding fast. Building 18 homes in 4 months . That was a leap. But i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. 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And checking accounts with no minimums. Or fees. Then you design a toprated mobile app that makes banking as easy as this. Thats banking reimagined. Whats in your wallet . This is 7 news now. Anchor good morning, everyone. Its 7 57 on this friday. Lets go over to bri and talk about this weather for this friday. Bri yeah, jadiann, not completely without clouds. As we head into the afternoon, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. You see the shower activity off to the northwest. A spot shower, cant rule that out today. But really the main headline will be the winds for the next couple days. Very chilly tomorrow. Jadiann all right. The jury in chisms murder trial is expected to be seated today. Philip chism is expected of killing his High School Math teacher two years ago. If the jury is seated before the end of the day, Opening Statements will be monday. Abarrest has been made in connection with a theft from three theft of three puppies. Friday. I owe about 68,000. I owe 44,000 in student loans. My plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a Public College or university. And you ought to be able to refinance student debt. And i dont believe the federal government should be making a profit off of lending to young people who are borrowing to be able to get their education. We have got to make college affordable. Im Hillary Clinton and i its 8 00 on today. And coming up, autism stunner. Startling new numbers just out this morning show a dramatic jump in the number of kids in the u. S. Affected by autism. So what is behind the increase . Plus phone saver. The Ground Breaking new technology that can help keep your cellphone working even after dropping it in water. And recordbreaking roker after an epic week filled with planes, trains, automobiles and even the wiener mobile. Al has one more state to go as we wrap up his triumphant roke a rokeathon adventure with a big party on the plaza today, friday, november 13, 2015. Its my birthday, im turning 13 on the 13th. Good morning jacksonville, florida. First time in new york were back now, 8 00 on a friday morning. Its november 13th. Yes, it is friday the 13th, 2015. But its a lucky day for our friend al roker who is completing rokeathon 2, a massive trip through all 50 states doing weather live from each of the 50 states. Hes got one state to go. That is our state of new york. And he should be arriving very soon at Grand Central terminal. Just a beautiful place to cap off a journey. And we know how to welcome somebody back. We are going to do that in style when al returns triumphantly to the plaza in a few minutes. It will be another big scene away here next week, music super star Justin Bieber will be joining us all week mop, tuesday and wednesday. It starts with an exclusive live interview, lots to talk about, about things that have gone on with him the last couple of years. It wraps up wednesday with a huge concert on the plaza to celebrate his brand new album called purpose. Justin calling it his biggest concert ever biggest plaza concert ever i think. Lets head inside. Tamron is in for natalie this morning. She has the top stories. Good morning. A u. S. Drone strike has targeted the isis terrorist joan as jihadi john. The pentagon says the attack thursday was focused on a vehicle believed to be carrying the notorious militant. Officials have not confirmed that he was killed. The masked terrorist appeared in videos showing american and other western hostages being threatened and later executed. The president ial campaign trail heated up thursday night with donald trump saying ben carson has a pathological temper that makes him as incurable as a child molester. Trump even mocked a story that carson himself tells as a way to illustrate how he turned his troubled teenaged life around. Man, it anybody in this audience ever go after your mother to hit her on the head with a hammer . At one point trump reenacted carsons anecdote about a boyhood knife fight saying people are stupid to believe. A same sex married couple in utah is fighting for their family after a judge ordered their foster child be removed from their custody. Morgan has the latest. Reporter good morning. Becky pierce and april tied the knot late last year and became foster parents to a bouncing baby girl. But tuesday, a utah judge brought their happy world to a screeching halt. We never thought that this would happen. Reporter during a routine Court Hearing for their foster daughter, a you utah judge asked becky and april a simple question. He asked us what our relationship was. And we told him that we were legalry ry ly married. Reporter what happened next, they never saw coming. He dropped the bomb that she needs to removed to a heterosexual couple. Reporter judge joe hanson ordered the child removed in just seven days. He did say he had research that pruchs that children come better in heterosexual homes. Reporter becky and april, who were both raised mormon, say the judge is making his legal decision based on his own religious morality. He doesnt know anything about us, anything about our home, the guy nam dynamic. Rfrtd and this isnt the first time joe hanson has courted controversy. In 2012, he ordered a mother to cut off her own daughters hair in exchange for a lighter sentence. The question now, is this decision legal. Hes overstepped his bounds. Home. This is a great family, so were concerned that his decision is based on something other than facts. Reporter april and becky say they will fight in court to keep custody of their baby girl. Dcsf has recommended that the baby stay with us along with with the biological mother and the only person standing in the way is judge joe sdlt hanson. Reporter the next hearing is scheduled for december, but all of this on the heels of the controversial decision by the more monday church, to can clud children from samesex couples from any religious activity saying they cant be baptized until theyre 18 since their parents are sinners. Hundreds have left the church in protest. Now over to savannah. Staggering new figures on you from the cdc today and it highlights the dramatic jump in the number of children affected by autism. He number of children affected by autism. The number of children affected by autism. A new report finds 1 in 45 kids as autism, a big jump from 2013. So why the startling increase . One reason may be the cdc says it changed a key question on a survey sent out to thousands of parents. Asking specifically, did a doctor or Health Professional ever tell you that your child had autism, aspergers disorder, pervasive coach. Per vase developmental disorder are or Autism Spectrum Disorder . Researchers say that revision to determine their kids had autism. Dr. Natalie and i czar is a medical contributor. Between morning. One in 45, we just talked about you how the question changed. What is the significant this ce in your mind . According to the experts, i think its that there is a component that the methodology is so different, the previous number, the 1 in 68, really came from medical records and offices. And this was a questionnaire that asked parents has a Health Professional ever said your child might have Autism Spectrum Disorder, autism, pervasive personality disorder or some other developmental disorder. So it is a patient report, but also coming from the guidance of what their physician may have asked them. So from what ive read, i think that the number probably reflects possibly true prevalence that we know that Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased, but there is probably also a component of just the methodology being different, that they might have captured more diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Lets shift gears. There is a fascinating story in the newspaper about the Cleveland Clinic starting to wanting to get into the business of uterine transplants. Who would this be for and how would they do it . The patient that this is for is for a woman who has something called uterine factor infertility. And that means that there are women, thousands across the world, who are actually born without a uterus or have some issue whether a his ter rec any or problem with their uterus and they cant carry a child. The Cleveland Clinic pacing out of has come out of sweden, they have had nine utd ine transplants. Its quite a procedure. The woman has to be screened significantly, they have to go through ibf, they have to be selected to be the recipient of a donor uterus, meaning that a person has died, they place the uterus in the womans body. Woman has to heal, a year later they do ibf, importantly the woman also has to take antirejection drugs during preg nasty. When i read that, i wondered can you take those drugs during preg that is pregnancy pregnancy . People actually do that now. It can be done, but very high risk pregnancy and very interestingly, after the mother has completed their child bearing, the uterus is then either removed or the rejection medicine is stopped and the uterus is allowed to disintegrate technically. Its fascinating from a science point of view and it certainly can provide a service to these women who really want to bear their own children. Well see what happens. The Cleveland Clinic has screen pd ed and enrolled i think ten women right now. Holds a lot of promise for some women. Thank you so much. Coming up next, why so many women are attracted to bad boys. Plus, where has Luke Skywalker been in the trailers posted in the new star wars . Behind the movie p. And all 50 state this is one remarkable week. Al is moments from completing journey. One stop at the bar car and the making christmas wishes come true from wherever you are. And having dreams delivered to for some of us, thats all in a days work. Shop the way you live. Love the way you shop. And experience more wonder every day. Walmart. To the car that just survived hours of reconditioning. Sorry, we know that was a bit. Invasive. But, if we didnt hoist you up in the air and poke around a little, we wouldnt be carmax. We expect a lot from our cars and we need to make sure that youll make the grade. You have to admit, youre looking awfully nice. Oh just relax. Its gonna be a long time earning unlimited cash back on purchases. Thats a win. But imagine earning it twice. 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Time for whats trending. At some not here because hes going to surprise al who is on his way into Grand Central, so he cant hear us. Hes minutes away. Comes to Grand Central. Al will break through, here, i made it. I have to say, one positive effect, all chick trending. All ladies here he at the table. Thats right. So here we go. Who among us has not dropped our iphone in the toilet . The oerkts cean, the pool. Water is not your iphones friend, but you may not have to do the old rice trick. The phone of the future could be waterproof. Apple has filed a patent, it was just accepted, in which the device would use electrical charges to push liquid back out through the speakers and microphone. I know there is a waterproof case. But it didnt really work and it makes your phone bulky. My work phone is upstairs. I dropped it in wine that sounds like a real story. It still works, but they do so if we could have something that doesnt nick the increase the size. And sanitize it in the case of the toilet. Get ready to see double. Identical twin sisters from india recently got married. They decided to have a double wedding. The best part, the grooms were also twins. Identical twins. Photos from the wedding went viral. But wait, we have v have more for you. Here is a photo of their priests, also identical twins. Of course thats not all. Shear here is a group photo including their identical twin flower girls and ring bearers. That is so cute. If they both have sets of identical twins, then it gets weird. Thel y will be on trending again. Lets do some girl talk. Have you ever noticed, maybe for yourself, we wont put you on the spot, but did you ever do like a bad boy. Yes. Have you ever wondered what is it, why are we always going to the dogs . Issues. Yeah. Scientific american looked into this very important issue and found that reckless or impulsive behavior attraction a track a hire number of people in the short term and independence and Self Reliance and people find that attractive. Track a hire number of people in the short term and independence and Self Reliance and people find that attractive. Usually theyre cute. Do you have a favorite bad boy . Every boy in a film featuring molly ringwald. And i think that formed my yeah, what but you, dylan . I was obsessed with farris erris bueller bueller. He was like a nice bad boy. I would say hans solo. You know he was a scoundrel kind of about and also John Travolta in grease, danny. You liked danny . Wow. This is what we would be talking about. Well, by the way, we were talking about hans solo. A burning question, help us. Yes, even has been wondering as the hype for the sequel the force awakens continues, where is Luke Skywalker . First there was the trailer, no sign of luke. Next the movie poster, still no sign of luke. And you now the director is speaking out saying no one forgot about him, we were hoping people would care, but there are a lot of things that are not on the poster. Certainly luke is a very important aspect of the story. He also hinted that high School Absence is a significant driver of the plot. Hes there, we just dont comes out soon. All questions will be answered. Next up, Missy Elliott is back. The rapper dropped a music video for her new single wtf, her shes amazing. An stealing the show, puppet singing and dancing off moves better than my human forms. I was obsessed with with Missy Elliott back in in the day. I dressed up as her for halloween. It never stayed inflated so i never left the house in it. Look at your hair. I was obsessed with her. And this new video is old school Missy Elliott. And at the super bowl. And she was trending all day credit. Dylan, double duty. Weather. Here we go. Lets take a look at the rain in texas and a bigger storm system out in the Pacific Northwest nap will turn into a big rainmaker today, tomorrow and even sunday. Where. Bri good morning, everybody. Happy friday the you. Nice to see the sunshine. It wont be completely without clouds as you head through the day. A slight chance that some of this energy and action could make it in for a spot shower as we make it into this afternoon. Shouldnt last long. Most of us stay dry. Partly cloudy. The wind is back. Thats the big theme for the next couple days. Upper 50s for us today. Quite chilly and brisk tomorrow. Highs o and sunday night is football night in america. The Seattle Seahawks are hosting the Arizona Cardinals who are right now 62, number one in the nfc west. It will be a little showery, but they should be tapering off and a little chilly, too. Temperatures in the mid40s. Narrator this sunday night football weather is brought to you you by nfl mobile, included thats sunday night football night in america. We need al and he is just arriving. Matt, has the ship rolled in . Yes. A van that, the train is pulling in even as we speak. This is the train from stamford. Its a local kind of express. Literally getting here right now, i have my sign because im not sure hell recognize me after being away so long. We understand hes down here. Rokeathon makes it in new york. Good to see you. You, too. My people. How do you feel . We feel great. We really do. Its a good group. All did a fantastic job. I mean this was you you think about it, it really was epic doing all this. Last year you broadcast the hours. Right. This year 50 states, seven days. A live weather cast in every one of those states. How do you compare the two . It literally was like doing six rokeathons from last year a. We only got about an hour to maybe 45 minutes of sleep a night. So even when you were on different modes of transportation, you cant take naps. You really couldnt. Literally last night driving from kittery, maine to vermont, we had a two hour drive and why are you laughing . We cant welcome you back to new york without a little bit of a celebration. We got the New York Knicks city dancers here in n in Grand Central terminal. Thank you very much. All right. Have du stwro introduce yourself. No, im kidding. This is one of the most iconic buildings in all of new york. I love this building. Its so much a part of history in new york city before i used to commute here when i worked at wnbc. I love this building. A little hats off. Train exactly on time this morning. Right on the phone. Overall how was your transportation . I know you had a flat tire. That was about all. Netjets did a fantastic job of getting us place to place. We were driving, renting trucks. We had a great time. Yesterday on amtrak, we had a wonderful time. It was great. Savannah, jump in here. Im just so excited to see al. And i congratulate you on your restraint, you didnt mention that your world jet was bigger than als rokeathon jet. No, no, not at all. Not at all. Look at this, can we just stop for one second . Now youre back in new york. Im home. And look, there is the apple store. I got to tell you, that apple ipad the walking purse. I take care of my friends. We are going to make you walk the final happy to. Well have a big celebration for you. Ladies, were on the way back to the studio, okay . Cant wait to see you guys. Cant wait to see you. Bay the by the way, what is in als backpack . Im going to guess an apple and a hairbrush. Hang on. I dont know if we can see it here. Hes going through right now. I think he might be. Yes, he is. Im surprised you could open that thing up. The word ld waits in suspension. And a huge cloud rowd waiting on the plaza. Well have fun on our plaza. Why did it if you dont overdo it. We love it. Do you think hell look forward to the walk back, stretch his legs . I think he is. Anchor good morning, everyone. It is 8 27. Quit a different look outside today than yesterday, bri. Bri yes, sunshine out there. Temperatures finally out of the 40s into the low 50s for us. The anyone not throughout the entire day. It will feature some clouds in the afternoon, possibly a spot shower, but highs this afternoon make it into the extra 50s. Wind is back for the next couple days. Jadiann . Jadiann thank you so much. A New Hampshire mother and her boyfriend charged in connection with her daughters death are set to face the judge. They provided eve tarmey with the powerful Prescription Drug the jury in philip chisms murder trial is expected to be seated later today. The 16 year old is accused of killing his Danvers High School teacher two years ago. Opening statements could begin monday. Governor Charlie Baker says Fantasy Sports web sites are not equal to gambling. Baker says hes played some to get an industry of what it is about and believes its a game of skill. The state attorney general is considering possible regulation of bostonbased draft kings. Today in new england returns at 9 00, everyone. Hope to see you then. Theyre walking, theyre walking. Its matt and al making their way back to the plaza. Matt keeping al a Little Company on the final stretch of rokeathon 2, this epic forecasting journey, it started in hawaii, hes now in new york and he has one forecast to go and Just Moments Away from walking on to our plaza and well kick the party into high gear. Good morning, everybody. Nice to have you along. A lot of people. Planes, donkey, he did it all. And dylan has something special. Now through the holiday, well be celebrating acts of kindness. Here is one hoda remembers. I was in the elevator at my apartment and a girl wearing an oscar the grouch hat walked into the elevator with three cupcakes and i said, oh, my god, what are those cupcakes . The next day i come into my building and my doorman stops me and he said i have something for you, hi, i was in the elevator with you and i had the oscar the grouch hat on. You were marveling at my cupcakes. Unfortunately, all three were spoken for, so i went to brooklyn and got two more for you. It happened three months ago and im still thinking about it. I love that. We want for you join in by sharing a photo of one of the kindest people you know using the sharekindness. Mine happens to be my husband, brian. He makes everyone around him feel better. That is it me my embarrassment for the week. Youre a perfect pair. In just a moment, we will welcome al back to the plaza and you know well do it in style. There they are, theyre on their way. Stand by, folks. History will be made on the plaza right after this. Nbc. Give it up for al. My name is 127 willow lane. In 62 they put in brilliant. In 74 they got shag carpet. That poor dog. Rico . then they expanded my backside. Ugh. So when the nest learning thermostat showed up, i thought hmmm. But nest is different. Keeps em comfy. And saves energy automatically. Like that im like a whole new house nest. We are back, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, otherwise known as the final destination of rokeathon 2. We know how to stretch out a moment and we are doing that right now. Matt picked up al at Grand Central terminal. They have been walking all the way home. Here they are. Walk and walk. Here they are coming on in and we will welcome him in style. We have hundreds of people out here. We have a huge crowd. A nice crowd. Major surprise. Okay. Were back here. I have our weather are warrior, our frazzled forecaster, our stout Guinness Record setter. Sorry for the stout. Does that sound familiar . Oh, my god. And look, little man. The folks at Xavier High School we will fight for you also members of the rotc. Are you still singing . I am. Marching in the thanksgiving day party. Wow, little man has a little bit of a pull to him. Hes heading home. He can see the barn from here. Look over here, al. Hey, mr. And mrs. Met. There you go. Oh, yeah. You had a great season. Look at the crowd that has gathered here, al, on the corner of rom of Rockefeller Plaza and 49th street. Wait a minute. Take a look at the sign holders over here. Team roker oh, my gosh. Wow. Do you want me to hold the goat . Ill give him to my brother. Come on with us, team roker. Wow. As we head now into the plaza, ushered by the statue of liberty. Lady liberty, you look fantastic. And here is your triumphant return. Take the walk, al. And here he is did you see the rockettes . Employees carrying the flags of all the states youve been to. I had just texted debra on the plane. I must admit, im sad you and the kids arent here. This is terrific. Im told in my ear you have to do the weather here in new oh, yeah. Here we go. The forecast for new york. New york, baby. Yeah thats right, my home state. Right now new york city, were looking at 58 degrees for a high, overnight low 41. Albany, 54, 34 the low. Oswego, 5 1. Buffalo, 46 for a high and cloudy skies. Temperature of 33 degrees. Thats it. Where. Bri good morning, everybody. Happy friday the you. Nice to see the sunshine. It wont be completely without clouds as you head through the day. A slight chance that some of this energy and action could make it in for a spot shower as we make it into this afternoon. Shouldnt last long. Most of us stay dry. Partly cloudy. The wind is back. Thats the big theme for the next couple days. Upper 50s for us today. Quite chilly and brisk tomorrow. Highs o and that is s is your latest weather. So its if i recall. S official. Stick a flag in it, youre done. If only someone were here from Guinness World record. Al, it gives me great have just set yet another Guinness World record. I told you this last year and im excited to say it again, you are officially amazing. Thank you very much. I tell you, there is a team of people here, jack, sean, matt, a whole bunch of people, producers, who put that all together. I was just the tip of the speer. We had a great team that put this all together. Can we just mention a couple of things. Thank you so much for the Christmas Spectacular at radio it does. And they will have a performance for us on tuesday on the show. So rockettes are coming back. So congratulations on that. And we would like to propose something to you. Next year, live weather from yes, everywhere. In three days. Thats right. Im guessing a rocket. Im talking to Richard Branson world. What was your favorite part . You know, seriously, i said this half jokingly, but the part whenever i was there, it was the people who came out. We were blown away. We were so touched by all the people who came out to see us. You know, it really meant a lot to us. It kept us going. You are tireless and fearless and sleepless, so we want you to get shall rest get some rest. Congratulations, my friend. Were back in a moment. But first, this is today on 8 43. Looking at some football. Shall we . We are very excited to do this story. Thats right. You how the game impact people on and off the field and willie is here. I get to follow rokerthon . Thanks a lot. There is a huge program that puts emphasis on academics and service to go along with the block link ap le ing and tackling and it helped one kid keep his dreams alive. American youth football is all about academics, its about football, its about family. Today is our state championships arizona state. Our league is 100 volunteers. And we expect parents to kind of volunteer and help out the team. Reporter the phoenix American YouthFootball League to lend a hand. Items s so awesome. Parents arent just dropping their kids off and saying go play football. Its about building character. Reporter before the 2015 season, the league got a request from a single mother living in a shelter with a son desperate for play football. I told him, you make honor roll, you show me that award, im going to put in you football. Like thats the deal. Reporter when kevin made the honor roll, his mothers promise was put to the test. I sat there multiple nights like how am i going to do this for him. Im not working. Were in the stheld nt in the shelter. She promised him football, so i called her back and said that we were very happy to give her son a full ride scholarship to our Football League. I broke into tears. I couldnt believe that he still had hope with us being in the shelter. Qualify for the finals, but he was recognized as a scholar baller. Ayfs Signature Program that honest are ors players with a 3. 0 gpa or higher. He was a true american hero. Reporter the scholar ballers are treated to every kids dream, a tunnel runout and introduction. Scholar ballers on three the 2015 scholar ballers to be known as a scholar huge to me. Applause. I could see in his eyes that he really appreciated the opportunity to play football. For him to have this as a reward, thats perfect. And they are no longer living in that shelter. They have moved in to an apartment while she looks for fulltime work. Kevin is only in 7th grade, but already thinking about college. He says he wants to pursue a degree in law. This is a really cool program, gives a lot of kids a chance. A great story. Willie, thank you very much. You can catch kevins hometown cardinals, actually you should do this on sunday night football night in america as theyre hosted by the seahawks. Week. I wont know because ill be asleep. With good reason. Performance. But first, this is today on nbc. Good to have you back. Thank you, thank you. For the girl scout meeting. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. Are you having . p dropped on thousands more items. This price cant be right. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list of cant be rights. Seriously . P at stop shop, prices have just dr opped on thousands more items. My stop shop. Narrator the citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Welcome back to today. Ian, axle and chad make up the band great big world, they burst on to the scene with the monster hit Say Something with chris seen aguilera. And today theyre out with their highly anticipated album called when the morning comes. Theyre with us. Good morning. How do you follow up a song like that . Such a monster hit. Was that intimidating . I dont think you follow it up. Just let it be and keep doing what were doing. Kind of a fresh start. I was reading that even though this is your second album, that you kind of feel like its your first. What did you mean by that . It just feels like its our debut because we had a whole decade to write the first one and this one we kind of figured out who we are over the course of that decade and now it feels like we know who we are and went into the recording process with that in mind. So i think thats why. Awesome. Youll sing and get a little help from futuristic. Yeah. Okay. Take it away. I miss the words we used to say, i miss the sounds of yesterday i missed games we used to play like ohhh, i was trapped inside a dream i couldnt see her next to me, like ohhh something happens when i hold her, she keeps my heart from getting older when the days get short and the nights get a little bit colder we hold each other, we hold each other, we hold each other, mmm everything looks different now, all this time my head was down she came along and showed me how to let go, i cant remember where im from all i know is who ive become, that our love has just begun something happens when i hold her, she keeps my heart from getting broken when the days get short and the nights get a little bit frozen we hold each other, we hold each other, we hold each other mmm if im stressing you that blessing thats sent from heaven these days start to feel like hours and hours feel like more like seconds people judged us they couldnt see the connection, when i look at you, its like im looking back at my reflection, i dont see nothing different, our pigments they coincide we hold each other so tight they couldnt break us if they tried, my eyes are those of the blind i see no color or size i feel the love in your touch and i trust whats inside your mind i know that weve been through a lot, i know that we both grew up you know i missed you a lot, when i was young i was dumb at any time think youd fit in my plot, and i appreciate the break because i love what we got now you xif me chills and i cant imagine you leaving, if i could build a perfect person honestly you would be it and you know nobody knows you like i know you, i cant wait to come back home so i can hold you something happens when i hold her, she keeps my heart from getting older, when the days get short and the nights get a little bit colder we hold each other, we hold each other, we hold each other we hold each other, mmm, we hold each other, we hold each other we hold each other, mmm a great big world with some help from futuristic. Thank you so much. Their new album out today. And back out on the plaza celebrating. The universe gets it right sometimes. Well take a look back at als week that was. We are at the Geographic Center of the continental united states. Weve taken one or two many hits, but were ready to go. 22 states down. Take a look at what im in, baby. The wiener mobile. Hit it. Lets go. Wiener mobile away we are in kentucky. 25 down, 25 more to go. Its going to make your head go on average ive had three hours of sleep. What better place to be on veterans day. We made it, baby. Im on to pensacola. If i had a jump suit on does this make me look fat . Savannah, look what i found. Thats your name. Home stretch, rokerthon two 2 hits the final phase. Someone with inside knowledge told me you were starting to have your your words. Im going to get on this train apkick off a lot of people. See you in boston thats fantastic. You british scum, the heck with you. There you you go. 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We have breaking news this morning. Isis terrorist is the target of u. S. Airstrike. Official working on confirmation. New hampshire mother set to face a judge. She supplied her teen daughter with deadly dose of drugs we hear from her boyfriend. Donald trump getting out of control. Taking aim at rooil and rokeron this wrapping up in new york. We look at all of rokers stopping including here in boston. Rain but now we have a little bit of sunshine. The wind is back as well. What does the weekend look like . The forecast is coming up very busy friday here in our newsroom