Leela, who has some interesting choices to make in life. Nice to have a choice. I didnt have a choice. This is pretty much where youre going to go. Ended up being just fine. I waited until the last minute and went to temple university. It was a nail biter. Its phenomenal. Strong school. Proud of that school. What did you do last night . Went to the u. S. Open. I sadly had to see Serena Williams lose. She lost to tenthseed 6 she lost last year in the semifinals. To roberta vinci. This little thaial yitalian pla. She was so cute. The crowd fell for her, after you didnt reach it this time. She was number one. She loses the number one ranking. The thing is, what was upsetting is it seemed to me serena was just defeated from the beginning. I dont think she had it in her, which was hard to see. The crowd tried desperately to buoy her. There were these moments, you know, that thing she does with her fist. Come on, we can do this. She even looked at her opponent and said, come on. And the crowd got behind her. Then she double faulted. Thats amazing. She is obviously still the but my goodness. She plays so hard. Then to see her shes got a bum knee, bad knee. Yeah, bad knee. Also, what do you think about the outfit . Shes so fashionable. Funny enough, i wore that same outfit when i played andy murray, but it looked nothing like that on me. Did you have the sleeves . No, but my version is the white one. Shes got the black with the sleeves. Speaking of her fashion, im going to her fashion show next week. New york fashion week. I dont know. No, no. The sleeves, i was wondering. Its so hot in there. Its hot, but listen, you can be the best and still sometimes fall short. I mean, it just happens. There was this thing. Youve got this great device. I went with hoda last night. We have pictures. And her boyfriend joel. You have this little device that you can listen to the broadcasters from espn. We should have taken them out it was very hot in there. I wore shorts. All Chris Everett could talk about was the fact that serena wasnt going using a towel in the middle of the game. She kept wiping her hands on both sides. Strange observation. See. No, i think youre overthinking it. I think she can be the absolute best, as i said, and upsets happen. Thats why its exciting to watch tennis. It is interesting this is the second year in a row. But let me tell you, every Serena Williams, you are mortified. She needs one more grand slam title to break the hold that steffi has. She needs one more. Thats 23. Shes got to do it somewhere. Have you heard gagas new tune . You think its about him . Its about taylor. I think it is. I dont know. So gaga released her first new solo song in almost three years. Its called Perfect Illusion. Now, you know believe that they might get back together. I dont know. Listen to the song. Tell me what you think. Listen. . The Perfect Illusion . The Perfect Illusion, it wasnt love. I felt love when i saw them. I feel love when i look at that picture of them. Thats the hottest couple. I once told her, i was like, if i was a voi yeur, that would be i said this to her because she likes my crime show. I felt like i bonded, i can say anything. She was terrified. Remember that photo they did nude lying on a canvas together and threw paint at each other. They were naked. Who does that . Who does it. I got to say, he is my wife literally said to my face, if he showed up at the door look how good they look together. Thats the thing about the Perfect Illusion. You can look at a couple like that, and weve all done it t and you think, good together. And then another example of this, bruce and demi moore. When they broke up, i felt like my parents had broken up. I didnt even know them. I thought, whats wrong am i reading too many magazines that i got caught up in their marriage . Then they rubbed the beautiful like, such a happy pair apart. Such a beautiful family after the divorce. I had both of these two at my house. Bruce and demi . No, taylor and gaga came to my house after a charity ski event. I had no idea theyd show up. They did. Hes terrific, and he, by the way, is not a good skier. He went down and got a terrible raspberry. Why are you trying to find fault in him . Because hes so good looking . A compliment is coming. Hang in there. He goes down, has a ski accident, and he gets this raspberry on his abdominals, which are very nice. He sa i said, let me see. I looked at it, and then so that night my wife, who thinks hes really cute, were at the house, and i said, oh, taylor, taylor, come here. Sydney, come here. Poor taylor had a terrible accident. Will you show my wife what happened . He pulls up the shirt to show the abs. I could hear her go oh, oh, my god. And there it is. These phenomenal abs with a raspberry. She was dutiful. Oh, let me rub it. It wasnt a Perfect Illusion. It was love. How do you feel inside watching that . Watching them together . Oh, my god. Gagas in my kitchen. Not gaga. Taylor and your wife. I felt like i was giving a wonderful gift. Why dont they make more of you . By the way, check out this little picture. I know this is going to sound horrible, but i want to if i were young enough, id do that. Youd wear those . This is the new trend. Its underboob. You dont go over, you go under. I didnt even see that. I looked at the shorts. No, no, no. If we put it up real quick one more time. The kids are at school. They wont know. Just real quick one more time. Can i please see . Can we beg . We cant show it again . Family program. I respect that. Its this new thing. I feel conflicted about it doing it. What do you think . It seems that side b has run its course. Side b is gone. First inner, then outer. Now theyre all gone. I dont know. I dont know. I just hope my daughters dont do that. My heart just dropped for you. No, no, you cant do it as a daughter. Anyway, moving on. Cam newton, this is an interesting sight. Last night marking the kickoff of the 2016 football season between the Carolina Panthers and t he wasnt stretching. He wasnt like throwing practice throws or talking to the coach, getting plays. What was he doing . Flossing his teeth. Like, why not. Those orange peels those orange slices are so nasty. They get right in your teeth. Why not floss. Hes that confident. By the way, he has fabulous teeth. The most beautiful teeth, other than dewayne the rock johnson. And flo rida. Also great teeth. Our lives. We walk into this meeting in the beginning of the morning. We sit down in different looking clothes than we have on now. All casual. You always im sorry. Even when its casual, its fabulous. I look forward to seeing what you arrive in as much as i look forward to seeing what you wear when we sit down here. Its true. Two things that happen when we see each other. He says something about my outfit and says what happened last night. The hair was standing up a little bit. 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Kylie and Kendall Jenner found themselves in a sticky situation. Its fashion week. So much going on. Models everywhere. Dropping from the sky. So with their buddies they got stuck in an elevator and of course snapchated the whole thing. They snapchated. Take a look. Im stuck in an elevator in real life. I never thought this would actually happen. Hungry. My Worst Nightmare just happened. We are stuck in an elevator. If thats your Worst Nightmare . I dont believe its real. They said in real life were stuck in an elevator. It is real. Thats why you dont say actually in real life were stuck who talks like that. I say actually a lot. We often say in real life . There . Their show. I watched an episode once. I think it was kourtney buying a house and a mouse showed up in this brand new mansion. That mouse is chubby. He looks nothing like the mice i see in new york. It was a staged mouse. It was from central casting. Lets put in a cute mouse and they went through the mansion screaming. The firemen show up. They were only in there for 20 minutes and they were rescued by the fdny. Look at that handsome guy. Wait a minute. If i was stuck in the elevator, thats not the face i would see picking me up. That looks like a firefighter from the show at that taylor is on. Im not believing this. Look at how if those are real my number is i think he opened the door and went oh gosh. Hold on. Do you see how handsome those firefighters are . Its staged. Our live studio audience of three are saying they called stage. Look at those. Look at those smiles. This needs to be real. This is my Worst Nightmare ever kardashian clan which we love around here and obsess about. Black china revealed the wedding day. We have an idea for them. When is it . It is coming up soon. And you said that you could help rob out. I mean, they revealed who may be in the bridal party. We have a date picked out. Wasnt pregnant so we can turn up so we have a date so far and we havent started planning the wedding yet. Is everybody invited to the wedding . Anybody not invited and who will be bridesmaids . Thats up to china. I dont have no friends. And all of the guys in my family keep disappearing. I dont i dont know for bridesmaids. A bunch of kardashian sisters. China, would you put any of your sisters up there . No. For sure i would. I thought she was saying no. A couple things, rob says he doesnt have any friends and hes subtly referred to have you heard of the kardashian curse . Things come into their life and hes standing. Rob has no friends. You are formerly of hollywood now of new york. You still have heavy contact in hollywood. Help him out. I would be a groomsmen for rob. I would be honored to stand next to rob in that moment right there. What advice would you give him . Him . I dont know if i can be honest advice. Well think about it and reveal it later. Run run steve harvey may have finally feud. Steve comes face to face with his face. Take a look. I love what i do but every single day of my life people come up to me and call me steve harvey. And i dont even have your money. I mean, i think i should get compensated or something. You look like me. Hate to say this, i hate to say this but im an honest guy. You actually a little better looking than i am. Thats a pastor from north carolina. Hes handsome man. I love that. 16 years a pastor. Very handsome man and now dylan has a check of the weather. Hey, guys. We are talking about some heat especially across the eastern half of the country. And then as we go through the weekend. Not only hot but very humid, too, and thats sparking the fact that we have heat advisories near philadelphia and we could be close to record highs today. Washington, d. C. It will feel like 101 today. As we go through the weekend eventually well drop back down good morning, happy friday to you. Overcast skies, a little showery in boston already this morning, and its humid, dewpoints in the 70s and its not going to be as humid this evening. Temperatures, near 90. A hot and humid day. So if youre heading to fenway, temperatures in the 80s. For this weekend, a chance for showers on saturday and sunday morning. Christmas in our fans out on the plaza with our fans out on the plaza with something bie spent summer bing. Soon, shell be bingestudying. Now she writes mostly in emoji. Soon, shell type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. Today, the only spanish words he knows are burrito and enchilada. Soon, hell take notes en espanol. Get back to great with the right gear. Office depot officemax. Gear up for school. Gear up for great. Taste the many sides of brookside. Smooth dark chocolate outside. Exotic fruit flavor inside. Brookside. For all your sides. I had that dream again that i was on the icelandic game show. 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Well, first you start with this. Then add this. And this face. Wait, we can do better. Yeah. Thats the one. And of course fresh brewed lipton iced tea. Woops, more of these. And definitely more of this. Ah, that can wait. But not you buddy. Huh whats this . Ah. I like it. What makes a lipton meal . What you bring to it. And the bright refreshing taste of lipton iced tea. Lipton. Be more tea. What are you doing up . Mom said i could have a midnight snack. Its not even midnight, its ten fortythree. The family favorite. Yoplait. So excited. Today we are kicking off Something Special for people that come down to the plaza. That could be you on any friday. Its called freebie friday. Giving away free stuff. Yesterday i showed you breakfast with one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Breakfast with billy. Phone is ringing off the hook. Everyone wants me to cook pancakes for them. Shawn keeps calling me. Really . The concert sold out at Madison Square garden. Is that him . No. In less than five minutes. You have a pair. I have a pair. Out to the plaza we go. They dont know were coming out by the way because this is our first freebie friday. People will get the hang of it now. Someone must have told them. Watching saying hey, tamron and billy are headed to the plaza with free stuff. Well randomly pick people. There they are. You know what . Im not giving you anything. Good morning this is so hard. You go first. You go first. Who is the biggest shawn fan . That how old are you . Im 16 but shes my mom. I cant give them to a 16 year old. Shawn mendez. I dont know what just happened. If you didnt win these tickets, dont worry, shawn will be performing live on today friday, september 23rd. The same day his album here live on the plaza. We love to see you and guess what . If you dont win something, youll at least get a hug from us. Go to today. Com for more details. Some consolation that is. Look at all these purchases you made with your Airline Credit card. 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Well show it to the camera right there. Billy, you know what that is . Its a wave. Its a wave. Thats exactly right. Its missing a fish. Ill have you take this marker and draw a goldfish really big nice shot of the goldfish on the camera. Fill it in all the way. Fill it in all the way. You mean the color . Color it in. Thats a terrible drawing. Thats great. I love it actually. Thats fantastic. Thats a decent fish. Thats a good fish. Under pressure. Thats perfect enough. Hold on for a minute. We have billys goldfish in the ocean. Dont judge. Well put this inside the onto. Face up like this. Put your hand on top of it. Other hand on top. Put your hand on top as well. Like that. Loosen up a little bit, billy. Dont move. Ill see if i can find your goldfish card. I have. Adid you have a finger on it the whole time . Take the goldfish. Give it a shake. Like that. Now the deck of cards get stiff and feel like it is cold and hard. Goldfish goes back in the deck. Lift it up. Take a look. What show it for the camera. You have to see this. What is happening . A little fish in there. We found the goldfish. Thats a miracle. Thats cr he was so excited to beat billy bush and tamron. You guys remember these things . Dvds. We dont use them a lot anymore. But they were popular back in the day. We use them a bit. Ill have you go ahead and sign your name. Were not going to do it on the well do it on the data side. Sign your name nice and big across that. Reggie jackson said when you sign your name, make sure people can read it. Lets see. Can we read it . I think we can read it. Well put it inside the dvd case like this. Close it up and tamron will hold it okay. Im a collector of sorts. I have some movie tickets that i saw back in the day. This is star wars. Way back in the day right there. Toy story. Grab one out. Grab one out. Perfect. Kill bill. Have you seen it . Yes. Okay. I snap my fingers and on the dvd case in your hands the entire time. Watch this. I open it up. The dvd is now encoded with kill bill on it. How do we know it . Take it home and watch it. Thank you. Thats it. If you dont believe me turn it over and show it to the camera. Take a look at this. I prefer to keep my dvds in the ca case. Thats for you. Thats your signature. Thats mind bending magic right there. Adam, im scared to touch your hand to give you a high five. Magic powers are there. This is crazy. We found abraham. We found abraham. Where did he get the name from . Up next, stick around if you like football. Football is big this weekend. You have to have food. We have the ultimate munchies for your tailgating bash. My trainer didnt believe me that trop50 could taste so good and still have 50 fewer calories. Can i stop, jane . No. Trop50. Tastes so good you wont believe it has 50 fewer calories. Warning. Stripped of chocolate. Its peanuts exposed around a soft caramel center. A payday bar will get you through your day. Expose yourself to payday. 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We have some perfect munchies that will hit the spot. Matt jennings, executive chef and owner, got a round of applause from dylan over there. Ryan clark is a cardinal fan and executive chef in tucson, arizona. Hello, fellas. Are you ready for some football . Ready to get your tailgate on . I am. Youre handling this one. This is a contest. Were starting out with chicken wings. Were doing a grilled chicken wing. You can still tailgate but keep it healthier. Why not. Beautiful chicken wings here. We have ingredients in front here. We have black peppercorn. Juniper berry. Salt, garlic and fresh herbs. You have to like the people youre tailgating with for this because its special. It takes time. It shows love and care. Here for 24 hours. Dry them off. Make sure theyre dry. Well put them in a marinade that has flakseed oil. Honey. Maple syrup and seasoning. You have to get in here and help me. Here you go. Lets pass it over right on the grill. Ill bring them over. Billy, youre up. Okay. Game time. Arizona cardinals. No fans are more excited than cardinal fans right now. This is a hot dog from the southwest. So weve got some bacon. Thats what makes it the best. Bacon wrapped hot dogs . They go on the grill. We have scallions. We let them cook. Let the bacon get crispy. Steamed buns. Yon roll here. I have some mayo, jalapeno salsa. Bacon and hot dog, why not do mayo as well. Pinto beans are the key. Cheese. Some freshness. Awesome. And mustard. Thats a lot of meat. We have a little bit of maple syrup to finish them off. We have fresh cilantro. Salt. Cracked pepper. Toss them together. This is what we end up with up here. Squeeze lime on that for me. You have to finish it with lime and then we have our beautiful luxurious nachos here. We did a lobster nacho. When in new england on the north shore, lobster. You can use other things. We finish it with avocado and roasted corn salsa beautiful stuff. We have guacamole. I like to use the shells. Close this sucker up and for your guest at your tailgate, have a bunch of garnishes. I have bacon. I have pineapple. Crispy corn. Okay. Ill come over. I think well have to swap a bit and share. Im going to eat a hot wing. The nachos are just amazing. I never wings taste like this in my life. Im going to have to roll with my man. Theres no way that you can get around what this man has done with bacon wrapped hot dogs. Its too good. Trophy has to go to sports illustrate split this trophy in half. Matt was talking trash about the cowboys. Good morning, happy friday to you. Overcast skies, a little showery by this morning. By this afternoon, more sunshine and temperatures really going to warm up a hot and humid day, 80 in boston already this morning, and its humid, dewpoints in the 70s and its not going to be as humid this evening. Temperatures, near 90. A hot and humid day. So if youre heading to fenway, temperatures in the 80s. 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If you close your eyes does it here before . . How am i going to be an optimist without this . . How am i going to be an optimist without this . . We were caught up and lost in all of our vices . . In your pose as the dust settled around us . . And the calls kept tumbling down in the city that we . Great clouds roll over the hills . . Bringing darkness from above . . But if you close your eyes . . Does it almost feel like like nothing changed at all . . And if your close your eyes, does it almost feel like youve been here before . . How am i going to be an . How am i going to be an optimist about this . . If you close your eyes . . How are you guys doing . Thank you so much for coming to check us out. And the walls kept tumbling down oh where do we begin . . In the city that we love the rubble of our sins . . Great crowds roll over the hills oh where do we begin . . Bringing darkness from above the rubble of our sins . . Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all . . And if you close your eyes does it almost feel like youve been here before . . How am i going to be an optimist about this . . How am i going to be an optimist about this . . If you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing . Bastille. Thank you very much. And i have to take this opportunity to clarify something we said earlier. Shawn mendez will perform on the today show friday september 23rd. He will not be out on the plaza. Down. Hes inside. A note i missed there. Hes live. And were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. New Hampshire College students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. And thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. Ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student Loan Interest rates. Because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids. Kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we cant afford. 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Quiet. Convenient. And surprisingly affordable. Right now, take 25 off all motorised blinds and shades. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1 it isry day, its friday september 9, cathy is off today and not on vacation. Billy bush has agreed to fill in. What are you doing . Well, for anyone that watched this the last hour, i felt like giving them something different. So this is what . This is not good