There you go. Thanks for helping we love you. On the nine, honey. Go home to that gorgeous child. Thank you nice talking to you. Cheers, hoda woman. Cheers to your weekend, for starters. I was a busy girl this weekend. On friday in my well, hometown, so to speak, on a carnival cruise. Right here in what . In the harbor. The carnival vista, beautiful, be there i am. Hes running for president. I didnt know. I told him i hope he wins. Carrie underwood gave an unbelievable concert. They we are. Christine and cassidy says it was okay to use their pictures because theyre huge carrie fans. She was just unbelievable. What was she like . Everythings effortless with her. Yes. Because she was born to sing like that. Especially her gospel stuff, you feel like youve gone to heaven. They were holding a private concert. Carnival made it available, this particular cruise, for some of our armed forces. You know how often when deployed you miss birthdays, you miss a holiday, holidays, you miss important times. They wanted to make some memories with us precision homefront honoring military families. A beautiful cause. Try am with eddie. I always make frs eddie. First of all a sweetheart. In charge of all the beverages on the entire carnival now, they have my stuff. Thank you for asking. Your stuff rocks. Yes. They have a lot of my stuff. A little update on shecky. At his first wedding last saturday night. First little bow tie. Goes over and kisses his mommys leg. Look at him in his bow tie. Just like a top spinning yeah. Doing that for a long, long time and then he saw his mom over there and goes right over to her and kisses her on the thigh. Is that precious . The cutest thing ever. You were busy, too, ms. Hoda. So premarathon, joel and some of his friends wanted to go to this restaurant. Ive never ive heard of it in little italy called puglias, a whole show. Joel, friends of his who ran the marathon. We go into the restaurant and all of a sudden its a lounge act. Singing a song, everyone get your napkins and get up on your seat. Youre eating dinner. Look what happens in the restaurant. I think we have a video. . Get up and shake your napkins . Get up, get up and shake your napkins . Everybody is standing up. No. You put your fork and knife down. You get up, do that, and you sit back down and eat. Ive never seen such a thing. So exciting. People were walking by outside, i want to be in there something about it. Did you do the hokeypokey . No. Just, . Get up, get up . They made up that song themselves. Im so glad you had such a wonderful weekend. Saturday night live had an update. This is good. Often after snl does sketches solt some people are left with a bad taste in their mouth, was its been such a contentious election. A snapshot, a 40second bit at the end of the opening monologue where Hillary Clinton and donald trump went out into new yorks times square, and check out what [ laughter ] if only. Right . But look at this. All go into a circle. . Ohoh, ohohohoh . So into it come on. Isnt that a moment . Come on. Its a long moment. It didnt feel the elections felt like a long sure has. Again in this world . Hoda woman . Like you and i do . I believe. You are an optimist. Good for you. I believe we will. Me, not so much. Hollywood, very good guy, tom hanks, gets real how you can get in big trouble, even with him. Universally known to be a good guy but revealed to the jakarta post theres one thing he won he said i am a good natured man and give everybody a fair shake, someone takes advantage of that you will face the wrath of a lover scorned. He says, i am not a sucker. Beware. Did something happen recently . I dont know. E said honestly is whats helped their 28year long dont mistake my kidness for stupidity. Im kind, but im not stupid. I hate rudeness. Rudeness for me. Or cruelty. Forget it. Yeah. Right. Those are definitely top three. Our hearts and definitely prayers, praying since i heard about this. Michael buble and his beautiful wife luisana revealed the oldest of their two beautiful boys, noah, is battling cancer. He and his wife posted this picture. Oldest son noah currently undergoing treatment in the United States and went on to say theyve been very vocal about the importance of family and the love they have for their children and hope with support of their family and friends and fans around the world that theyll win this battle. Both put their careers on hold until i totally get that. So respect it. We send all our love to you guys today. Sure theyre not watching at home but will feel them, hopefully. Absolutely will. Everyone lift them up in precious little boy. So Ryan Seacrest was also at a wedding over the weekend. It wasnt his. I know. I saw a picture. In a beautiful suit with a beautiful bride, and it was captioned, what a beautiful day. I was like, what . It was his sister. In case we were wondering. He was the man of honor. Isnt that sweet . Doesnt it show how close they are . Posted a picture of the morning of the wedding with we dont know her name . Karen . Meredith. It says, the d maybe. Man of honor. So great. By the way, tells you everything about their family. Doesnt it . How close they are. I like him a lot. Nice guy. What else, hoda woman . Theres more. Something thats sweeping the nation. Not really. Do you remember planking . That challenge . Remember the water bottle challenge. Had to flip the water battle, see if it landed . Yes. Another one. Called the mannequin challenge. So High School Students around the country are tweeting videos store. Kevin hart was at the gym and tried it with his friends. So look. Everybody froze. [ laughter ] wed do it here at the studio but we would have to pay each person that we showed you. We can do it. And go. Okay. Break it. Best acting youve ever done, hoda. It really is. Thats the best of the show. The steelers posted a video to instagram in their locker room. Thats good. Except for one guy walking in the back, perfect. Is this to raise money for something or just to have fun . To have fun. Well, we need it. Okay. If you walk you walk away during commercial, come back. Youre going miss our favorite and we get the gossip with in todays buzz next. If your mind could use a break from the political hubbub, how about fun celebrity gossip. In todays buzz, and here, its monday. Give us a break. Happy monday. We have a new chapter in the brangelina divorce. And brad filed friday. She filed divorce a couple weeks ago. He responded asking for joint physical and legal custody of the kids. In her filing she wanted sole custody. Now he has responded. Lets hope that they figure this one out and quickly so that the children can move on. Interestingly though, too, he has a big movie coming out in a incredible reviews. They say its the performance of his career. Oscar buzz already about this. Awesome rumors he might, in fact, miss the red carpets and press for this movie until hes got his stuff settled with his family. I dont blame him. All anybody will want to talk to him about. Cant get away for a it. Better for the movie if he stays away from the press and lets he never seemed to like it any way. Neither of them. I dont blame them. How much would you pay to spend new years eve with Justin Bieber . How much would it cost you . Im not sure how much i would pay. It will cost you, amazing package for 500,000. What . Half a million dollars. You can spend new years eve at the phantom blue hotel in miami. Such a luxury hotel. Old school hotel in miami. Theyve renovated it. Its gorgeous. What ou what dont you get . Tickets for ten people. So, 100,000 each. Poolside concert. Also get to stay in the penthouse at the top of the hotel. About 9,000 square feet, five bedrooms and get to use lamborghinis, fabulous cars, go to great dinners. Trying to convince you, hoda. I know. Chaching. Or get a wealthy friend to do it and be their guest. Kathie lee, will you get it . All right. Weve heard rumors about lady gaga getting a big acting role . Amazing. Theres rulers shell be playing donatella versace. On her last album wrote a song called donatella and dedicated it to her. Shes coming back to tv. The o. J. Series was so successful, theyre planning the second and even the third one. T based on the death of gianni versace. Thats the role lady gaga might play. Really getting into acting. Just won a golden globe and very busy, doing the super bowl in february. And ryan murphy is producer of that. He knows. Talk us through the box office . Massive. Taken by surprise. A new marvel comic turned into a benedict cumberbatch, thought it would be really well. Did better than expectations. It did 85 million. Wow just over the weekend. Number two, Justin Timberlakes movie trolling, but it did great. 45 million. So theres nothing no shame there. That was great, too. Three was mel gibsons big comeback directorial movie, about 15 million. There you go. I think people wanted to get away from the election maybe. All three movies great hits. Rob, thank you. And you want to drop a few pounds before the holidays . Who doesnt . You dont know which diet will work . Two viewers tried out two popular diets for 30 days. Well reveal the results coming up after these messages. Messag. Jack be nimble, jack be quick,. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. Jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Visit geico. Com all right. You want to drop a few pounds before the holidays but dont know which will work for you . Two of our viewers tried out two popular workout plans for 30 days and this is well have results after this . Yes. We decided to help a couple viewers out putting them to the 30day diet challenge. Alice and donna. Each chose the diet they wanted to try, and nbc news health and nutrition editor madelyn fernstrom. She guided them along the way. Thats right. Having a little problem this morning. Thats okay. Well be okay. Were fine. Alice chose a dash diet and donna chose nutrisystem. Before we see their results, here are their stories. No matter if i diet or dont diet i pretty much stay the same weight. Ive been overweight most of my life. I usually stay like around a size 14. There have been times when ive been bigger than that. Probably when i turned like 46, 47, i added another 15 pounds, which really bothered me. Physically, when im really heavy, my back hurts. And trying to find clothes that hide the stomach. Not being able to button up a jacket frustrates me or having when i can fit into a 14, if id slim down. Four years ago i was diagnosed with type ii diabetes. Sort of like a wakeup call. Having diabetes is an everyday struggle. Because all the foods you want to eat and that taste great, youre not supposed to eat. I love to cook. I have a big family. Everybody comes over here for all holidays. I make a big prime rib and baked potatoes and all the fixings. Sweets. I want to have carbs. You know, if im being really onnest, my favorite thing is chips and dip. I dont have it often, but its definitely something when im having one of those days its something i want. Losing weight would mean, to me, being healthy. You know, my whole goal is to be healthy. Im almost 50, and i dont want to go into my 50s at this size. Im excited about the nutrisystem plan, because this is the diabetic plan. I chose the dash diet because when took a look at it, it was all real food. Im happy someone is bringing me food every week and all i have to do, grab it and heat it up. I think the diet will help me make a plan where i make sure i eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and two snacks so im not starving at the end of the day. Im hoping ive made a real dent in the weight that i want to lose. Even the dog wants some food. Sounds like they both picked diets that fit with them. Thats really the goal. Pick something that speaks to you, meets all requirements you need. Most diet plans are going to work. Right. Okay. Exciting is, coming up, stick around, well find out how they did a month later and found out if the diets they chose ended up working for them and can work for you, too. 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Enjoys a variety of foods and willing to make these changes, and get rid of a lot of things that were really high calorie picking dash a diet with a variety of foods. Lean proteins of all types, including red meat, fish, chicken. A lot of variety . Yes, and low on starches, bread, rice, pasta, but a lot of vegetables and kind of mediterranean. Which you know works. How do you feel, before were get to your weightloss . Feel great. I sugars out for a whole month is hard. Was it worth it . How much did she lose . 17 pounds in 30 days. In 30 days. From her starting point, a reasonable amount of weight loss. When you hear plans, results may va vary. She stuck with it. Stayed on it every day and why she had such great success. Congrats. Let you know what the dash diet author said. Here what they had to say. During the initial weeks i want people to learn what Portion Sizes work for them both for sizes for different appetites to accommodate a variety of body sizes, weights and goals. After the first two week when you can add in more starchy foods best to ease in. You did it all. Congratulations. Way to go. Shall we move over . Youre going to continue it . Im going to. Good for you. Even on thanksgiving . No. [ laughter ] d w donna set, no time to cook, not interested. No time to shop. Wanted something easy, pop in the oven. Ready to eat. Meals and snacks. How do you feel . I feel great. I hear the food is tasty it. It was good having food at your doorstep. It was tasty. So what were the results . Is great for anyone over the age of 30. Youre laughing because alice, face it, 17 pounds. Dont you feel bad about that, donna shes just hungry. Wait until next month. Youre going to get her. All her food was waiting for her. Do you feel healthier given the kinds of foods youve been eating . I always added a salad to it. They didnt seem to have enough veggies. The food was tasty, the breaksts were great. Pizzas great. I added a salad to make it healthier. Heres what they had to say. They said our foods are designed to be lower on the glycemic index and focuses on fiber and protein to keep blood sugar levels stabilized. We show a significant reduction in blood sugars, hemoglobin a1c, the programs are designed to promote healthy weightloss of one to two pounds youre worried about diabetes. Do you feel better in that department . I do. There were a lot of carbs they were balanced but more carbs than i would normally eat. Notice the portions. You have to readjust your way of thinking what a portion size is. This may look like a lot or nothing. The nutrisystem plan will tell you here what a standard portion size is and this is what you need to follow. So i thats a pizza. With this pizza i added a salad to it. Two success stories. For more of madeleines tips on finding the best diet plan for you, go to our website. And coming up, the black market where anything and everything has a price. Yeah. 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It always gets down to somehow its an illegal act. Which denies people the right to make their own decision about what they want to do with their bodies. Yeah. Wow. A lot of these things make you think. Welcome. Thank you. Youve been in 21 countries in the last year filming this. Right . At least. If you count britain, thats 22. Yeah. Ive been to a few places. When you listen to a guy like this, talking about Human Trafficking. You usually think people with white hats on and black hats. Good and evil, but sometimes it gets a little muddy. Doesnt it . Really interesting, making this series, figuring out that actually we are all involved and everything is gray. Its easy to think that theres a seedy guy, down some shadowing alleyway selling organs or gold or rhino horn, but actually, were all involved in some stage. How is that . Yeah. I mean, child trafficking and Human Trafficking . Nothing moves unless somebody stamps something, a customs officer looks a certain way, a Police Officer stops a certain car. Usually we say theyre the right people, doing the right job. What we found in our series, the traffickers actually everybodys involved in a way. At the end of the day, ladies, people who buy the goods, whether its rhino horn or sex or children are the people who are allowing these markets to continue. Wow. So itea i can only imagine the sticky or scary situations you, yourself, have been in. A journalist because want to make a difference. Do you ever describe what its like to be you on the road sometimes . Often dangerous. Isnt it . Well it is, yes, and i think my team, who involves loads of people so hard working behind the scenes all try really hard to protect me and mitigate any risks we take. At the end of the day, when im secret cameras sitting in front of a rhino horn trafficker whos a bit shady and suspicious, thats me and thats them. Reporting it, doing everything right there like a oneman band . In that moment im doing everything. But i dont make the whole show. I mean, really. Theyre always around and can hear you. They can hear whats going on . No. Sometimes, one situation in vietnam, we go to cover the rhino horn story. Guy who takes me to another guy. Three, four hours later im in a village that doesnt exist. Its not on a map. There are rhino horns, ivory. Illicit contraband everywhere. Why do it . A lot of people would say, wow, i think i would take an easier path. I was born in afghanistan during the soviet occupation, during war. My idea of risk is slightly different. Also, i feel, because of my that im compelled to tell the stories of people, sometimes children, sometimes victims in tough spots, who cant tell the story themselves. So i just feel like its my responsibility as a refugee, as a woman, as a brown person to just go out there and do these things. A beautiful brown person. Arent you two lovely. We patient it. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Youre amazing. You really are. Catch the premiere of the traffickers this sunday night. Dont you feel shallow . I do. I am. Dolly parton inspiring movie of her own family members. Thats after this. Mary lane haskell coming up. Its amazing out there means to me the wonder and the wow of weather. Everything is amazing. It could be the smallest ice crystal. The biggest storm cloud. Means to me, it means looking up and being inspired. Even if its just straightup blue skies. How beautiful is that . That little burst of red that happens when the sun comes right over the ocean, when it comes up in the morning. Watching lightning streaking across the sky from one side to the other. Its just, oh, its just one of the most amazing things. What it means to youmentally and the memorie y from that weather. And how that affects our lives from daytoday. What are we going to eat, what are we going to wear, what is everything going to cost . All those interactions that the weather has real influences on, thats why its amazing out there. What it means for me, it lets the world know whats happening at the weather channel. I think what makes the weather channels coverage unique is that we are meteorologists. We know whats going on with the weather. In the field and says, thanks for being there. Were so glad you were here to take us through it. We have a charge. We have a responsibility. We have a drive to provide information to people, to help them, help their families stay safe. When you start linking the people side up to the weather and the science and the data, it makes a real connection that drives home the importance of what we do. I love weather. I i love the weather. And i love working with people who love the weather. This is what we love to do. Every single day is going to be something spectacular. My feel all day. Im bushed yea me too. Excuse me. Coming through with dr. Scholls massaging gel insoles. Theyre proven to give you comfort. Which helps you feel more energized. All day long. . Youve made this . Hmm. If you were one of the. 16 Million People who gathered in front of your television with your family last december to experience Dolly Partons coat of many colors we have exciting news for you. Youll love this. Her own upbringing in rural tennessee called Dolly Partons christmas of many colors circle of love. Returning to the sequel, mary lane haskell playing ms. Moody, dollys teacher who helped support dollys dreams growing up. Take a look. Whenever i feel confused or sad and i want to feel better, i hold it in my hand, just like you are now, because that brooch holds all the hopes and dreams of the women in my family, and then i feel better strong. Thats how i want you to feel, dolly, because that is what you are to your family. Oh, my gosh, its beautiful. Get out of town, mary, and i mean it, right now. Ill get going. Your dad, executive producer, watched 300 people losing it, sobbing their eyes out you were so good in that scene. Thats so kind. You earned your way in this business. Yes, you have. And at the university and premiered at carnegie hall. I was there, solo. You were 17. Yes. With Michael Feinstein and elaine stritch. God rest her soul. Do you remember what do you remember being on that stage . Oh, my gosh. It was dream come true, being up elaine, again, rest her soul, was an idol of mine. To share the stage with her and my mentor Michael Feinstein at 17. At 17. You nerve worry have known she was nervous at all. Ive been so blessed. So blessed. Tell us about the movie. Made it in georgia, 110 degrees. Literal christmasinjuly. We were sweating in wool hats, cold. Brrr one of the plot points, the greatest storm to ever hit sevierville county, tennessee, hits. It was supposed to be super, super cold. But thats whats actings for. Right . Why i went to drama school. Tell us about ms. Moody. Ms. Moody is dollys schoolteacher, and one of the first people to encourage dolly as a writer, and in this one we get to see a little more of her. Di the baby Jesus Christmas pageant and, of course, little dolly being the star she is wants to play the virgin mary, because the virgin mary is the lead, other than baby jesus, of course. Who doesnt have a solo. Yes, of course. Ms. Moody directing and ms. Dolly a bit of a handful playing the virgin mary. You were born in l. A. My mothers and fathers people, as they say. Straighton perfect. Thank you. I know these people. Kathie lee knows. Yeah. You always lived both places and, yeah. And were going to actually see dolly parton herself in this. Right . Oh, tell us. Fantastic. Yes. This is again, these movies are based on real stories from her life and when dolly was 9 years old she saw the town trollop for the first time. Were calling her the painted lady in this movie, but, you know, dolly looked at this woman with the hair and the lipsnd there she is. Yes, there she is. Wanted to be her. Said i want to look just like that when i grow up. I want to tell that story, show people where my look came from. So ever was like, who better to play the painted lady than dolly herself. Its a magical moment. A new song shes written for it. Look forward to that. Well done. Were very proud of you, mary lane. So grateful for having me. Dolly partons christmas of many colors circle of love premieres november 30, right here on nbc. I smell another huge hit. First, this is today on nbc. Thanks for the ride around norfolk and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years roger that. Captains waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. Couldve parked a little bit closer. Its gonna be dark by the time i get there. Geico. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. 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