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Might be interested in or have fun listening to but people who are potential president of the united states. Reporter this is when americans tune in. As far as Hillary Clintons campaign reset her strategists are promising a new view of her, showing more humor and heart combat questions about her authenticity and her honesty. You rather be showing those things than telling them so we wait to see. You said that the Vice President s decision could be a couple of weeks away. Is there a date on the political calendar where it simply becomes too late. Reporter those close say what is that drop dead deadline. He could wait until november. That said hes been told the beginning of october is a much more realistic deadline for him to be competitive. Hes acknowledged enot there yet he wouldnt hesitate to run if he concludes he can launch a viable campaign, as the Emotional Energy to be a part of and as a close friend told me this weekend he may want to run he thinks he would make a electronic president but he has to gauge whether he has the fight in him to do it again and go up against hillary clinton. Members of congress back from their recess, one of the things on the calendar there is the vote on the iran nuclear deal, the white house has put an awful lot of time and energy into this. You expecting a Challenging Congress . Reporter just this weekend the president picked up critical support from two more prominence political figures. Colin powell called it a pretty good deal. The Democratic National chairwoman, wassermanschultz is on board. President obama has locked up enough votes in congress basically with the democratic minority that he can block any efforts to veto this deal. In a lot of ways its good to view it not as a victory for the president but as avoiding defeat. To that headline by pope francis. Ahead of this months visit to the u. S. Today a new process is being unveiled to simplify the Catholic Churchs procedure for marriage annulment. Reporter this announcement from rome is direct at couples whose marriages have truly broken down. Essentially saying if a marriage separation has to happen the pope wants to make it less expensive, less need for lawyers, a change unlike any seen in three centurys is the way one Church Official just described it. Pope francis building bridges ahead of his first visit to the u. S. Reaching out to catholics whose marriages have faced challenges. The Catholic Church announcing reform to make it easier to have a catholic marriage annulled as if it never happened. It reduces the bureaucratic, long bureaucratic process. It makes the process a whole lot simpler. Reporter the pope not changing the rules as encouraging greater forgiveness as he did last week on the divisive issue of abortion. Any woman can be forgiven for abortion he said if shes contrite. And he famously asked who am i to judge about a gay priest. This month the pope will travel to cuba then flies to d. C. , new york and philadelphia. Millions of catholics are waiting to hear what he has to say to america. God loves you, god forgives you, you may have strayed far away but remember that the church is your mother she wants to give you a big hug. Reporter a pope who speaks through words and deeds letting children ride in his popemobile, washing the feet of Prison Inmates and marrying couples. With a warm message. Its normal for married couples argue. Never let the day end without first having made peace. And if a marriage doesnt work the Catholic Church is hoping with todays changes divorce can be avoided annulment within the church is less bureaucraty. A tricky balance he has to strike. Hes not saying anything goes. But he says the church will welcome you with warm even if you havent got everything right in your life. Thank you very much. Again the pope coming to new york, washington, d. C. And philadelphia later this month. Lets turn to the kentucky clerk jailed for her refusal to issue samesex marriage license. Shes making a new bid for freedom today and her supporters are planning a major rally. Reporter matt, good morning. Kim davis lawyers are appealing her contempt order and filed an emergency motion asking the governor to immediately free her from this jail. Governor steve bashir says the entire issue is up to the court. Davis the clerk has ignited a National Firestorm by refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples citing her religious beliefs as a christian. On friday her deputies began issuing the licenses. Over the Holiday Weekend her supporters gathered to call for her release. Now today a larger rally is planned. And its set to include republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee. Davis lawyer said shes doing well behind bars and is passing the time by reading the bible. Matt . Gabe gutierrez on that story. Thank you very much. Emotional scene in illinois on monday where thousands turned out for the funeral of slain Fox Lake Police lieutenant joe gliniewicz. The father of four was shot and killed one week ago. That day like every other day joe put on his uniform and said send me. He was the kind of man that in the face of the anger would run towards it while others ran away. The suspects remain on the loose. Investigators have said they recovered significant evidence from the crime scene. Lets turn to natalie. She has the story of the morning. In the migrant crisis is becoming more volatile and getting worse in hungary where thousands of refugees are trying to get to germany. Richard engel has the very latest. Reporter good morning. The hungarian government is continuing to take a hardline. Its been rounding up migrants and refugees and taking them to processing camps. But the problem is so many are still coming, those camps are now full. So many migrants are simply sleeping outside with nowhere to go. Frustration among them are increasing and a lot of them are trying to escape, trying to run away from the police so there have been some scuffles. Theres a fear more violence could come. There is a possible european solution being negotiated, a quota system with the uk taking in 20,000, france 24,000, germany 40,000. But really its just a drop in the bucket. Germany is talking about 40,000 but says 800,000 are going to arrive in germany this year. Were expecting next from hungary, hungary wants to seal its border. The Prime Minister said he wants a fence done soon. Richard engel in hungary. Amanda knox said shes grateful that italys Top Criminal Court explained why it threw out the murder conviction in the killing of knocks british roommate in 2007. The court wrote there was absolutely no proof that knox was at the scene of the murder. It faulted prosecutors for presenting what they said was a flawed and hastily constructed case. Knox was acquitted in 2011 but found guilty during a retrial in 2014 then exonerated this past march. Firefighters have their hands full with high winds and unpredictable temperatures. In utah a wildfire there was intentionally set and spread to 320 acres just outside of salt lake city. In california, the states biggest blaze called the rough fire has force ad new round of mandatory evacuations. It has scorched more than 95,000 acres. Most professional Football Players are fast but no one in this game between the Edmonton Eskimos could hold a canned told the jack rabbit. The rabbit easily eluding players and staffers. Had his run on the turf there. How about this for the touchdown run . Nice move, right. Telling everyone hes ready for prime with that twisting dive in the end zone. Thank you so much. Al its fall, i guess. Not really. Not by the thermometer out there. In fact a lot of Kids Starting School today and, in fact, connecticut has some delays. They are going to have some early dismissals because of the heat stretching from new england down to texas. Look at some of these temperatures ahead of the system. 94 in new york city for a high today. Probably break a record. Same in washington, d. C. Nashville 91. Cincinnati 92. Buffalo 9. Good news, we got some cooler air. Some relief coming already in the plain states with temperatures five to ten degrees below average. Its all thanks to this front thats going to be pushing to the east as we get into the day wednesday, thursday into friday. Look at this rainfall, were talking some areas three inches of rain back through the midwest. And here in the northeast were in a bit of a drought. We need the rain. Beneficial rain. Some areas picking up three to five inches of rain from east port down to washington. To the couple who set aside the ell their old car and buy a new one. Oops. Nanas got the kids til 9. But its only 2. Guess youll just have to see a movie. Then get some dinner. What a pity. A rather warm muggy spot. Most folks in the low tomid70s. And dealing with a record 93. That was set back in 1919. And the record high in newark. We could get there with plenty of hazy suntion. And tomorrow around 90, still very humid. And drier weather come friday and saturday. Thats your latest weather. Thank you very much. We go texas where High School Officials will meet today as they investigate vicious and apparently intentional hits on a refgeseree during a football game. The two players involved now suspended and could face criminal charges. Kerry sanders is in san antonio. Kerry, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Here in Texas High School football is like a religion. But if the two players who seemingly targeted a ref are expecting forgiveness they have to explain why they did to what they did to more than a priest. This morning new fall out from the shot seen around the world. Watch the referee get blind sided first one player tackles him from behind then a second diving in head first. Its called spearing the ref. Today those two High School Players are in a world of trouble. Suspended from the team, from school and one criminal investigation and now police say the ref was targeted. Two of they are teammates were ejected prior to the game. Still, theres no excuse for this. Reporter social media is lighting up calling the hit ruthless, an assault. One calling for John Jay High School to disband the schools football program. The School District says in a statement it will not tolerate this kind of behavior. And promises today it will schedule a due process hearing, interviewing officials, coaches and students. Attacks against referees have happened before. Several years in sarasota, florida. Watch as the player takes one down. The refs collar bone was broken and he was eventually awarded a 275,000 settlement. 23 states have laws specifically protecting sports officials. Experts say using those laws and other strong punishments will help. But the problem needs to be addressed before that. Its not too early to begin in high school so that these athletes who go on to cleaning professional sport already have the skills in place to manage anxiety, anger, even rage. Reporter the Nfl Referees Association is commenting on what it saw calling it inexcusable. At the next High School Practice here beyond the drill theres a good bet that the coaches will be talking to the players about sportsmanship and why they call this a game. Guys. Kerry, thank you very much. Stadium full of people, cameras every where. Question how long in advance did they talk about it. Clearly tar get and planned. Now to frances rescue efforts to get a young boy and his pet out of the well. The 4yearold became trapped in a well with his dog leading to a rescue effort that lasted for a few hours. The 4yearold child is out and well. It was a happy ending for a little boy and his dog after the 4yearold who went searching for his missing pet on monday fell into a well 18 inches wide and 25 feet deep near brookhaven, mississippi. Gabe was walking in his yard with his mother when he disappeared. Relatives said the childs dog had been missing for about a week. Mom said he was walking across the yard and heard the dog barking. The little boy spent three hours in the well. The child had difficulty attaching the rescue rope to his body. It took a lot of talking and a lot of different rigging and made two loops that went around his arm. Both the boy and the dog were hoisted to safety. Thank goodness no injuries. The boy was taken to hospital as a precaution engineer measure. All will be okay. Coming up will he be met by more protesters . Talking about the minnesota dentist whose killing of cecil the lion sparked worldwide outrage, returning to work today. Plus the start of a report on a School Danger zone. Drastic methods to protect kids, called the Safest School in america. Should this be in your childs coming up. Family ties to the test. Serena and venus facing off at the u. S. Open. What they are saying about this historic match. Keep still or run . Meet the guys who made the wrong 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. And, i learned that b. E. D. Is the most common eating disorder in u. S. Adults. When i binged, i felt completely out of control. 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And you can see heavy delays on the Staten Island expressway and southbound, theres a disabled vehicle and back to you, darlene. Well be right back be. Headlines for the heat today. Record highs. Record is 93, i think we get there. And saturday looks to be the nicer of the two this upcoming weekend. And this is the warmest one, 93. And 86 with showers and storms, some could become heavy late thursday evening. And 83, looks good for saturday, low 80s and a few more showers and storms by sunday. Coming up on the show rr today , a look at sibling rivalry when venus and serena face each other at the u. S. Open. Stay tuned. 7 30 now on a tuesday morning. Its tuesday, september 7, 2015. Labor day marks the unofficial end of summer. It will be a scorcher here, much of the east coast. Well talk about that in a little while. Dont sugarcoat it. Back inside studio 1a. A major rally is planned today at the jail where a kentucky clerk is being held in contemple of court for refewing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Among the supporters expected to attend republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee. This comes after kim davis filed a new appeal. Police in texas launching an investigation at the action of two high school Football Players who appear to intentionally target a referee. The players were immediately ejected and suspended from the team. And from school pending a separate investigation by the School District. Lawmakers return to capitol hill today after a month long summer recess. Among the first issues on the agenda a vote on the president s deal with iran. Were looking forward to your interview. Spent some time on a golf course with caitlynener. Her transition to life as a woman. Being a transgender woman. That fatal car crash that she was involved in back in february. Even dating. Well have a candid conversation with Caitlyn Jenner coming up for you tomorrow and thursday. Lets begin this half hour today with the minnesota dentist who killed cecil the lion. Hes returning to work today after weeks keeping out of the public eye. Today craig melvin is outside dr. Palmers office in bloomington. Craig, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Dr. Walter palmer will be returning to work at his Office Behind me for the First Time Since the world learned his name. There are a number of Police Officers here on hand just in case were told. He will also be greeted by roughly a dozen signs that have been taped to the front of his office door, signs like these that read, justice for cecil and may you never00 again. Ahead of his return, palmer spoke out to two journalists. For the first time dr. Walter palmer agreed to answer questions without cameras about thunder that killed cecil the lion the beloved symbol of zimbabwes wildlife. This is not a man who wanted to be in this setting, wanted the exposure that he has gotten and will continue to get. He want this to be over with. Reporter over the weekend palmer granted what he said will be his only intervow jintly to the associated piece and minneapolis star tribune. He was adamant about feeling he had done things in a legal and proper manner. He was very intense. People have seen the pictures of him the dentist with the bright white smile all over the internet. We never saw that smile one. It was a very serious, businesslike expression the entire time. Reporter the interview comes as palmer tries to resume a normal life returning to work today following a two month hiatus after the killing of the famous month in july. Cecil had a legally protected status. Fury followed news of the kill in the form of protests. Vandalism of his Vacation Home and online backlash targeting palmers business and family. Late night Host Jimmy Kimmel called out palmer. The big question is why are you shooting a lion in the first place . Im curious to know why a human being would feel compelled to do that. How is that fun . Reporter as for the hunt itself palmer says he was unaware of cecils celebrated status. Quote, if i had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously i would not have taken it. Nobody in our Hunting Party knew before or after the name of this lion. Dr. Palmer has not been charged with a crime and while some officials in zimbabwe have called for his extradition palmer said he has not heard from think authorities since august. Hes going back to work today. Hardly a typical day with all of the reporters in front of his practice. Being interesting whether Patients Want to be there. Lets get a check of the weather. We have Severe Weather to talk about out in south dakota. This is fort pierre. Size of this hail slamming down. Thats going leave a mark if youre outside. The good news is it moved through pretty quickly. Bad news is were going see more of that today as we make our way to the east but out west were talking about the heat wave here in the east. Guess whats going on out in california. Weve been hotter than them but it will change today. Excessive heat warnings, advisories from San Francisco down to southern california. San diego 89. Palm tsprings, 109. Los angeles getting up to 11 degrees abovenormal and look at this it goes on right into the beginning, the end of the week i should say. 92 in l. A. , 105 in vegas, 102 in phoenix. Medford, oregon 105 degrees. They dont see any relief until ear the heat remains high here too. 93 the expected high. That would tie a record and we exmore expect more coming our way tomorrow. And mid70s the low tonight and tomorrow near 90. And the humidity a little bit higher yet. And clearing out on friday, 83, and saturday looks good, and back to a few showeress ess s again by sunday. Get that weather any time you need it go to weather ie channel on cable, weather. Com online. A question who perplexed people who have been flying for years, why is the coffee on an airplane so bad . The answer coming up. Next a special report. Reporter im jeff rossen coming up the Safest School in america. Not that all the classroom doors are locked. How about cameras on the this season at chicos, statement jackets are all about whats new whats now whats bold whats wow this season at chicos, its all about you. Express your personal style with new statement jackets for fall only at chicos and chicos. Com i try hard to get a great shape. This. I can do easily. New benefiber healthy shape helps curb cravings. Its a clear, tastefree daily supplement thats clinicall proven to help keep me fuller longer. New benefiber healthy shape. This, i can do. Sfx drum beats Mother Nature can turn in an instant; sfx drum beats dont turn back. Introducing the new 2016 ford explorer. Beme unstoppable. 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At this school they are going to extremes using a brand new hitech security system, lights, siren, even doors that can stop a bullet. This school has a secret weapon that would literally stop an intruder in its tracks. Class is in session in suburban indiana and this intruder just got in roaming the halls. This school is ready. The suspect never sees it coming. A big surprise youve never seen at a school. Southwestern high school could be the Safest School in america. These bullet resistant doors and cameras, so many cameras every where. Its not just School Officials watching either. They are connected live with the Sheriffs Department ten miles away. Authorities can track an intrud a in realtime. Used to be that education was the number one thing that schools did. W we need to keep our studio audience safe first. Reporter teachers play a huge role too. Every teacher you have your own panic buttedton. In case theres a Security Breach he can push this button and the entire alarm system goes off. Reporter when that happens every classroom has a box like this hooked up to t he Sheriffs Department. The teacher can flip help if they are in danger or flip safe. What would you do if there was an active shooter. Security breach. Reporter i see them running past this red line. Red line is a security measure. Thats in place because if we stand behind this red line if theres a shooter at the door they cant see the children. Reporter the school now on full lockdown. If a real suspect was roaming the halls could the system really stop him. The school letting us test it. Im playing the intruder. Male subject in a blue suit. Reporter officers watching my every move. They are miles away. If i was a real intruder i couldnt get into a single classroom they are all locked. But the biggest counter attack is yet to come. Hes talking towards exit 14. Reporter the sch ls secret weapon called hot zones ploding smoke canons hidden in the ceiling. Cops can deploy them in an instant. Theres smoke. Its loud and meant to disorient the suspect. The smoke is filling the hallway. . Ou can barely see me. Whoa. Now the fire alarm is going off too. Iim telling you you cant see sptwo feet in front of you. Whats key they are doing this remotely. They can set this off based on where the suspect is. The other amazing thing iso they are watching the suspect on realtime cameras so no matter wrhere the suspect goes they c keep set off these hot zones so he stays blind. This is a game changer. We now can keep kids safe in schhel. We d nt have the ability to do hat before. Have it now. Reporter security doesnt me cheap by the way. That system soup to nuts cost 400,000. This is a test school in indiana. So Security Company donated a big chunk it and got a government grant to cover the rest. The superintendent said if schools can afford stadiums and uniforms they can afford this. Im all for technology and novation but makes me sick to my stomach it comes to this. Reporter we talked to kids about this thinking they would be cared. They do the drills. The kids told me we like it. It makes us feel safer when they run these drills. What do you have tomorrow . Tomorrow were tackling another important issue. With School Getting into full swing so many of our kids walking to class, cossing busy streets to get to school. Too often cars are speeding through these school zones and hitting them. The resulls are tragic. S everal cases this year alone. Were out with police with radar guns clocking drivers. Wait until you see how fast we caught them goinngg and we were right by ay schoo zone sign and simple tips kids can do to prmyotect themselves. Back to school and back to work for you. Coming up next, president obama tangles with a bear. 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Why wouldnt the bear finish this. It looks like a nice piece of fish. The eggs, the skin, the brain. A lot of fish in the river. They want the high density okay calorieic value, the fat. The president looked surprised when i pulled out this bloody carcass of half eaten salmon. Hear a little sizzle there. I think a piece of salmon, that will work just fine. Would have been nice if we had a cracker to go with it. Try a little bit of that. Lets try that. Thats tasty. Thats alaska salmon for your. Bear is a mediocre cook. But the fact we ate something recognizable was encouraging. Now fact that he told me this was a left over fish from a bear, i dont know if that was necessary. Company have left that out. Bear is a mediocre cook. The president got off easy. He shared this selfie. Gad this was the only bear i met in the park. Catch the full episode of running wild with bear grylls on nbc this fall. Did they leave out the scene where the secret service food testers thats exactly right. 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Learn more at phoenix. Edu. Live, this is news 4 new york now. Good morning, everyone. 7 56. Its tuesday morning, september 8th. Heres a live that was a live look at the approach to the lincolnbound tunnel. We had the south tube shut down for quite a while and southbound. You have 30 minute delays on new Jersey Transit buses and 30 minute delays and George Washington and holland tunnel as your alternatealternates. Just a tough morning commute in new jersey. And in queens, still problems on the south island crossway. And commuters will see changes add major gate for the port authoritity bus terminal. Hot, humid, hazy. Well, not hazy. High but 93 though. And tomorrow, 90 and thursday, scattered showers late in the day and friday, rain continues. Coming up on today, a its 8 00 on today. Coming up sister showdown at center court. Well go live to the u. S. Open where the person standing in the way of Serena Williams chance at history is her own sister venus. I want to do a warm up. Do you mind . Then the Academy Award goes to talking to me . Well show you what happened when team today hit the stage for acting class. And stay with us because natalie is going one on one with sam smith about his recent surgery, his weight loss and the man behind the music tip new James Bond Film. I know its secret. Its fantastic. And timeless. Today, tuesday, september 8, 2015 2015. Good morning, denver, colorado. Sisters from wisconsin. Good morning. Im here for my 40th to be on the today show. We came all the way from [ cheers and applause ] good morning everyone. Welcome back to today. It is 8 00 on tuesday, september 8, 2015. The dues after your labor day. We have the gang all here. A guy on a pogo stick. Hes going to try to set a record this morning. A Guinness Record. Did you do this as a kid . No. Whoa. Maybe he can set a Guinness Record here. The countdown is on to one of our biggest concert. Justin bieber live on thursday. This place will be covered by his fans. If youre planning to be here, were just giving you a little notice, try to get here early it will fill up quickly. Lets get a check of the top stories. Natalie is at the news desk. Today Congress Goes back to work as well after its summer recess and right away begins considering the iran nuclear deal. That deal has been a key topic in president ial topics and so has joe biden whether or not hell run. Peter alexander has all of this. Reporter Vice President biden said he wont hesitate to run if his family has the Emotional Energy to do it during pittsburghs labor day parade biden supporters were the ones doing the lob jig. One woman shouting give it a go, joe. Supporters feel he could be competitive. Biden has to make a decision by start of october. Hillary clinton trying to reset her campaign. To show more humor and heart. Latest nbc maris poll showing a tight race with sanders. Sanders leading clinton in new hampshire. The iran deal could heat up today with congress back in session. To be clear, democrats have the votes that they need to make sure the deal goes through. Back to you. A lot to talk about in washington. Pope francis is changing the way catholics get marriage annulments. Today he reformed the process allowing faster decisions and removing automatic appeals in order to speed up the procedure. He said the new regulations arent meant to help end marriages but simplify the process. Bishops should give more help to divorced couples. The pope theeds the u. S. Later this month. Classes are back in session today at John Jay High School in san antonio but two Football Players wont be there. They were suspended after tackling a referee friday night during a game. Police say the ref was targeted. A criminal investigation is now under way. The School District says it will not tolerate this kind of behavior and promise as thorough investigation of its own. Supporters of county Clerk Kim Davis plan to hold a major rally today outside the kentucky jail where she is spending her fifth day. At the same time her lawyers are appealing her contempt of court order for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples because of her religious beliefs. The lawyers have also filed an emergency motion asking the governor to free her. Republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee will be among those at todays rally. Hes as good as gold and probably very unlike try to ever be late for a game. Were talking about Virginia Tech j. C. Coleman. He was sporting this gold watch during the hokies game against ohio state. Its perfectly legal to wear on a playing field. I want does seem crazy but accessories not enough for the Virginia Tech running back. He had 43 yards rushing but 4322 loss to the reigning champ. Scratch somebody with it. A rolex might not fare too well. When it comes to sibling rivalry in sports theres the williams sisters and then everyone else. Going to be great. Serena and venus will face off at the u. S. Open and there is an awful lot on the line for both of them. Nbc Stephanie Gosk is there. Reporter imagine your sister is on the cusp of making tennis history and you stand in the way. Your sister may win her first major in seven years and you stand in the way. Thats the situation for serena and venus today and its all too familiar to them. Here we go again. Sibling rivalry and sisterly love battling it out on one of the biggest stages in tennis the u. S. Open. Serena and venus have gone headtohead 26 times. Serena the number one tennis player and baby sister venus. It doesnt get easier. Today i was out there i thought wow, im 33 and shes 35 and i dont know how many more moments like this well have. On the courts of compton as kids where they only had each other to play with, little chance either williams sisters imagined themselves here. Serena is three wins away from an epic grand slam, all four major tournaments in the same year. Venus who is playing really well could win her first major in seven years. They just need to beat their best friend in the quarterfinals to do it. I get nervous even if i have to play serena i still want her to win. The emotional luggage that serena and venus will be lugging on to that court just to play this match. They are trying to crush each other. Crush each Others Dreams of having another great run at the open. Its a familiar kind of angst. They have beaten each other in finals at major tournaments and a victory can feel bittersweet. This is serena after beating venus at wimbledon this year. Hard to be excited who you root for all the time. Its never easy. Tonight wont be either. Theres too much on the line. I cannot think of that many stories in sports that have this much, this much context, so many layers. It will being a great. Reporter venus won their last match you on hardcourt. Serena won their last match up here at the u. S. Open. Serena said shes the best player in this tournament. The only player that has beaten her more than venus is herself. Who wants to place bets on this one. Crazy to win at that level. You have to have the Killer Instinct when the person across the net is your sister and best friend. Do you have any siblings . Thats been the criticism of their matches. Its low energy because neither one wants to go for the jugular. An unforgettable encounter with the ultimate dinner party crasher. Plus how one direction per harry stiles gave one fan the thrill of a lifetime. The way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. You could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. Or, you could make things easier on yourself. 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Heres a story that we would have loved when we were in school. New research saying that high school should no longer start at 7 30 or 8 00 in the morning it should start at 10 00 a. M. Even as late as 11 30. As it is now some kids are already having lunch at 11 30 in the morning. Experts from harvard and oxford, two really good schools, they say that the schools should start later to help all kids and they offered some ideal times for other ages as well. 10 00 for 10yearolds and no later than 10 30 for 16yearolds. High schoolers are already at school and they will miss this story. Its great idea. Everything gets pushed back. My kids start, my 14yearold starts at 7 30 ill tell you its hard to get them out of bed. Right. Especially in adolescent. Half hour later. When youre on a plane, the Flight Attendant comes around the beverage cart, i know what you order, meredith. Alcohol. Thats great. What i didnt hear anyone say coffee. The pilots and Flight Attendants know not to get the airline coffee. Why is it so bad . We have the answer from a government report obtained by a dallasft. Worth station. It looked at the water on airplanes. Found that 12 , 12 of those things tested positive for chloroform and other harmful bacteria. Its like e. Coli. Its bad. When you heat up the coffee when you boil the water still the taste. I think its those systems they have that are there. Also coffee so readily available, starbucks every where. By time you get on the plane youve done coffee thing. You get the alcohol. We have some video right now of a very helpful elephant. Some tourists in zimbabwe enjoyed a meal. The elephant helped to clear the meal. He walked up to them. He swung his trunk and clears everything. Thats what aggravated him. I dont know. People said maybe they waited too long. Run away. No diners were injured in making this video. Is that normal the elephant walks around . They were at a safari. The elephant was slowly approaching for about three minutes beforehand. When you go to a restaurant called elephants roam thats what happens. You tell bad jokes to your kids all the time . Constantly. Corny ones. Kids cringe when their parents do that especially dads and their corny jokes. Now in a new mock psa from australia. I walked into the kitchen and i said to my dad hey im hungry. My dad said hi hungry im dad. Well dad looked right at me and said oh, no i have just peed on the table. Dad asked me have you heard about the new app. He said it never came out. Oh, my gosh. Got to use that next week. Can i tell a joke . A shrimp cocktail walks into a bar and asked for a drink. Bartender said sorry, we dont serve food. Thats so original. Thats richards joke. How about all the peanuts say nice things to you . They are complementary. Bad joke. Make our own psa. President obama running wild. Harry stiles schooling. Lets get to it. President obama making his pop star debut. We showed his appearance in running wild with bear grylls. Another new clip the president explains why he wants to participate in this particular adventure. As president im in whats called the bubble and secret Service Makes sure that im always out of danger which i very much appreciate but can be a little confying. Every once in a while if i do something unexpected the phrase we use the bear is loose. To be with bear in the woods doesnt get better than that. Bear . Hey mr. President. How do you do, sir. Wonderful to meet you. What a great place to meet. This has to be one of my best days of my presidency. Im not in the office. Im not wearing a suit. One of the main purposes of our trip is to high like the effects of Climate Change and whats happening with the planet. Youre so right. We live and breathe the stuff every day. We see the harsh color reality of it. Its quite shocking. And, i got two daughters. And i dont want grandkids too soon but eventually i hope to have some. I want to make sure this is there for them not just for us. Pretty cool scene the president in that setting on that show. See more on nbc this fall. Next well go to merediths favorite harry stiles one direction singer and a member of the grammar police. He noticed something wrong with a fans sign. She said hi harry your so nice. When he saw the sign. He asked for the sign. He got a marker and fixed the sign and add the apostrophe and added the e. The fan thanked him and so did the fans parents. Nice. Always nice to see you. It really is. Good luck with the new season. Again starting today. Were live. Its a booking flight too . Anybody you can grab. Steve harvey is our guest. Stop it. I didnt think that would be a tough one. So a shrimp cocktail walks into a bar come back and see us soon. Al, thanks very much. Holding on to 77 degrees in the park now. It is muggy, too. A steamy day. 75 in newark. Even 70s up through the hudson valley. 77 poughkeepsie. 72 in long branch. Look for plenty of sunshine. Temperatures climbing to 90 in the city. Central new jersey, mid90 itsal cooler southfacing shoreline. Tomorrow, still 90s. Drying out friday, 83. Weekend, saturday better. Sunday showers. Thats your latest weather. It is time to kick off a new series this week were calling it anchors school. Your kids are not the only ones going back to school. We decided to do the same. Were trying to learn new and different things. Shakespeare noted all the world is a stage. You know how its going to go. Acting class right here in new york city. I do not think i would be a very good actor. I took acting one class one semester in college and i was really bad at it. I have the utmost respect for actors having been on set, doing behindthescenes things and having hit a couple of cameos. It looks not one incident but multiple monktons of sharknado. New jersey summer stock in the mid80s. I started off as the only boy orphan in annie. Then i did some work in fanny. Then they made me predator rick in the southern of music. I was in High School Production of the taming of the shrew. I was the shrew. What a shot. Needless to say, apparently i wasnt very good at it because the local paper gave me a scathing review. So we went back to the class rook at the lee vasberg theater and film institute. We set out to learn the technique of method acting. Our teacher had his work cutout for him. I want to do a warm up to start the class. First exercise warm up exercises. Get your jaw loose. Next reading lines. So just start. Anything could have happened to her. Shes 33 teresa. The roads are terrible. Shell get a taxi. I went to the zoo and i walked until i came here. Have i been walking north . North . I think so. Thats good. Feels a little bit like youre auditioning for the part. Who among us would do well on a stage. Al would do well. Savannah is a natural born actress. Natalie is gutsy and willing to take risks and throw herself into something. I think willie has the potential. I watch his facial moves on our show. The eyebrows. I think willie has got the potential to be the actor. I have a good memory. I tend to able to memorize things. Its not the glass that flatters her. When i walk into strasberg theater i feel very much. I know you all and while uphold the unyoked humor of your idleness. Im imitate the sun. Monologue . What . I have no idea. How long is it . How long is a monologue . When i pick thy rose i cannot give it vital growth again. I willett the viewers decide. I hope i can pull it off because it is a tough crowd. And ill never hear the end of it. Now tell me what blessings i have alive i should fear to die therefore proceed. It really drew me into it. Acting students critiqued our moning tos. You guys are used to projecting your voice. You have very good voices. It was so much fun. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. And thats a wrap. Bravo. Natalie, matt. We did some research. We found the Delaware State News review. Natalie morales spirited but uneven. A shrew must exist in toward be tamed and this play needs a woman of passion. The writer needs a. Good morning. 8 26. Excuse me. Looking at the George Washington bridge. Its tuesday morning. September 8th. Im darlene rodriguez. Police are at the scene of a Small Plane Crash on long island. Live pictures from chopper 4 over bay port. The experimental seaplane went down in Great South Bay off garretson avenue. Only the pilot onboard. No reports of injuries. No word yet on what may have caused that crash. A look at morning commute. Still up to 90minute delays from route 3 heading into the lrng lincoln tunnel. At the holland, 45. 280, an accident blocking two lanes. Then on the l. I. E. Westbound in queens, all lanes subject to closure after the l. I. E. A serious motorcycle accident out there. And on the garden state parkway northbound express lanes heavy delays an exit 114 with an accident there. Back to you. A check of are weather. Hot, humid. High 93. A new record. Tonight muggy, 75. Tomorrow, still humid. 90 the high. Thursday, scattered showers. Late in the day. High of 86. Friday, rain continues in the morning. 83 degrees. Coming up on the today show, kevin bacon talks about his new film black. We re back now, 8 00 on a tuesday morning. Got a big crowd out on the plaza on a beautiful sunny day in new york city. You know what well do in a coup gle of seconds, actually we are, this guy, michael over here will attempt to break a Guinness World record for front flips on a pogo stick. Over nine feet. Well see him do that in just a second. Natalie you have a big interview with sam smith. We talked to sam smith about his recent surgery and noticeable change in his appearance. He lost a lot of weight. Well get his first comments on his involvement in the new James Bond Film. Matt got a chance to catch up with Jordan Spieth one of the hottest young names in golf. Youre one of the hottest older names in golf. Thanks for not saying that. Ill go one on one with richard gere. More of matts interviews are happening on the golf course. Carson and i have nothing. Whats going on weather wisz . Wet weather stretching from texas all the way up into northern new england. Showers in the pacific northwest. Showers and thunderstorms down through central florida. Sunny and hot in the southwest. Here in the northeast as well. Tomorrow the heat continues at least one more day. In the east continues out west as well. More facetime. 77 degrees in the park. 75 newark. 76 jfk. Mid to upper 70s around the five boroughs. Humidity higher, too. Temperatures, high 93. Get there, tying a record set in 1919 in central park. Tonight, warm, muggy. 75. Patchy fog overnight. Another hot one tomorrow. 90. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, could become heavy. A few showers sunday. Get that weather any time go to wlr channel on cable or wlr. Com on app. Day two of our break it series. Yesterday they broke league. Today were trying to break an arm. This morning the challenger for Guinness World records. The contender, michael mena, age 22, home town, oviedo, florida. Mena is an expert pogo jumper bringing his style and swagger around the globe. He holds several medals and several world records. The goal to break his own Guinness World record title. The challenge, the highest forward flip pogo stick jump. Clearing nine feet one inch a record settle by him in 2014. His attitude, go big or go home. And look who is here, michael is here along with Guinness World record adjudicator. Its his job to make sure the rules are followed. We should mention the new book Guinness World records 2016 is out this week. Guys, good morning to both of you. Everybody tries a pogo stick. When you first try flipping . When i was 13 or 14. It was really small but changed a lot since then. Michael if you beat this record youre beating yourself because youre the Current Record holder. Yes. This is my main record ive been examination. Alex, the bar is set. You measured it at 92. 92. We measured it this morning. If michael clears that hes broken a new Guinness World record. Look at that bar. If youre going to do a forward flip are you nervous about the set up . Im not too nervous. Ive been doing this for a long time. So its just another day for me. Apparently you get three chances. I g a feeling you wont need them. Where do we stand to get out of your way. Anywhere is fine. Just not right here. Mena take it away. [ crowd chanting mena ] awesome. Lets go to instant replay as were talk. Ive been doing this for a long time. Ive been doing this as my full time job for three years. Anybody can do it. Kids can practice. I want to see any kids to beat it. Im looking forward to any kids coming up. Alex, take it away. Michael you have the highest forward flip on a pogo stick with a height of 92. Congratulations. Thank you. Youre officially amazing. Great. Feels fantastic. Well, alex thank you very much. Mena thank you very much. You still have two inches to go. All right. Thats great. Well go for another record in our next hour s sto aseball bats broken over the bat. Sounds crazy. Up next the youngest perhaps the best player on the pga tour, Jordan Spieth on how fame has changed him and give me a couple of pointers. But first this is today on nbc. In a stirring, inspired and brilliant new production. Spring awakening. Back on broadway in an extremely limited engagement. Starring oscar winner marlee matlin. Its a rousing success with all the goosebumps and teardrops to prove it. T for tickets, visit ticketmaster. Com today. Record the set. Were back now. 8 39. Most popular name in golf. A couple of years ago Jordan Spieth was the new kid in the sport trying to make his mark. Now at the age of 22 hes one of the most talked about athletes in the world. I caught up with jordal at Liberty National golf course over in new jersey to talk about his game and his life. In 2013, a 19yearold Jordan Spieth became the youngest golfer to win a pro event in 82 years. He was just getting started. Jordan spieth has put on display. Fast forward to 2015, spieth has racked up f r first place finishes including the masters and the u. S. Open. Quickly climbing the rankings to bi,ecome tto number one golfer in the world. I look back, 2012, you know what your ranking was . 800 something i think. Im shocked you even know. 809. What did it take to get from there to here . Pga tour status. I needed to play against better players. I needed toer and job so i could play for a lot of world ranking points each week and a lot of luck. Hes the youngest player on the pga tour. I have to keep reminding myself youre rely 22. Is there any part of your life thesmue days that is typical and normal for a 22yearold yeah but i shouldnt say it on camera. Go ahead. What do you do thats the most normal thing that a 22yearold does for my birthday we had a bunch of friends over at the house, had a cookout, drinking beer and swimming. I like to stay my age. The problem is my other part of my life i have to group and learn to at least act mature in order to compete. Jordan credits his family with keeping him grounded but family time is not as easily scheduled. How has fame affected y hour family dynamic . Its changed. The last thing my parents want to do when im over at my house visiting them is sign 50 flags. Hard to put the geni back in the bottle. Yes. Always in his thoughts and often by his side is his younger sister. She was born with a knowledgical al neurological disorder. She doesnt realize the fame which is pretty cool. If she knows i won or knows im playing well she knows she gets to go shopping when i get to go home youre involved in a relationship with annie. Annie is spieth says long time girlfriend. Theyve been together since high school. Has she learned to deal with this . Its tough when we go out to dinner. People will come up and ask for something sign. Its not a big deal. I think its really cool to see that interest. But when youre trying to cave a night out together, try to find out where we can go sit in the back booth. Other than that everything is e same. A year from now golf is back in the olympics for the first time in more than 100 years. Uld an lympic medal compare to a championship. A gold medal stands the test of ime. I got one. The other would hold a special place. Before letting jordan go back to his day job i couldnt help but getting a few pointers on my game. Ill show you my normal swnoing. Thats not good. Ni golf swing. I wasnt expecting that. Thats not nice. Move a little bit back from your stance with the same swing youll strike the ball first more ofter. Is it normal to be nervous on a driving range . Perfect. I cured all my ills. I didnt do anything. Pretty good. Were you nervous . Sure. What a nice young guy. With jason day and rory mcilroy and Jordan Spieth, young crop of 20 something. Great parents. They raised this guy right. By the way, big golf week. Tomorrow on the golf course for a very different kind of interview as we go one on one with Caitlyn Jenner. Can we do a cooking segment tomorrow . Coming up next, what has richard gere digging for change. Well talk about his new oject. But first, shining the spotlight on the homel s epidemic in this country. Time out of mind follows george a man down on his luck played by richard gere. Hes navigating his way through the streets of new york city searching for a place to sleep and a way to make sense out of his place in life. Its been a long time since i had a job. Its been many years. Im too old to be hired. No one is going to hire me. Not like i am. Im just im really no good right now. Richard gere, good morning. Good to see you. Hey, savan h. It took you 15 years to get here. Took 15 years to get the movie made. 12, 15. It was a long time. It was a script that was written in 1988 and, unfortunately, it still is quite relevant. As relevant as ever. Shot in a very interesting way. From a distance which isnt a bad metaphor for the way we often deal with the homeless problem. Two metaphors. It is a from a distance. We shot it on very long lenses because we didnt have any money, had a very short budget but 21 days to shoot this thing. The only way we could do it if i was out on the streets. We couldnt control the streets of new york. I was out for 21 days. Only two people recognized me the whole time and i was in Grand Central station. The first day we shot we frankly didnt know what was going to happen. Its not a place that i would be standing on the corner of, frankly, in new york and just hanging there. But it was a very anxious day for all of us to see if this would work. And i came out to the streets and soood there and i was in character hd i looked like the guy and it was amazing to me that just the visual and the physicality of a guy on the street. People projected panhandler on me. And we did a show were shooting digital so we had very long shots about 45 minutes. Nobody recognized me. One of the busiest places in new york. Ive been doing my research on you and i read a quote where you say im sorry. Im really sorry. I really am sorry. You play the piano, for example. I read a quote where you said acmovie star is the least interesting thing about you. Which of course begs the question whats the most in gteresting thing about you . Well it was fun playing the piano. It was actually i dont know if i should be giving away these things. You better remain silent. Ill remain silent on this issue. Something we did in the movie, it wasnt even script pd but scripted but an idea we had. We were set up. You have to see the movie to see why im talking about it this way. Thats a good tease. Thank you. When we saw you on this show, it was the 25th reunion of pretty woman. Was that fun . Yeah. It was a good time for all of us. And we had a wonderful time making the movie. And i dont think all of us have been together since we shot the movie. I havent seen her in a long time too. I ran into her on the street like two days after that. Shes all over me now. Can you speak to her. Getting a little bit of a stalker. Richard gere thank you so much. Congratulations on the film. Tell them how much you loved it. I loved it. I watched it. Rirhard is awesome. How is that . Thank you, richard. Now heres matt. Savannah, thank you very much. Up next music superstar, sam smith on his remarkable voice, his dramatic weigl loss and big news about his next project. But first this is today on nbc. We love sam smith. Hes in the middle on his north american tour. This young lady got to catch up with him. We love him. Hes amazing. A lot of reason to celebrate. I got to sit down with the grammy winner to talk about his voice, his music and his weight. Sam smith has been the voice of pop music for nearly the past two years. Topping the charts. In the lonely hour, sam smith. Taking home four grammys. Thank you so much. But this sum terrify iconic voice has been silenced due to a serious v gal chord injury forcing to cancel more than dozen concerts. Now hes back. Its bean struggle to reschedule some of the shows. I have to plan a longer resting break. Your pipes are good pipes are good. Hitting those falsettos. I need to stop writing stongs e g ing stongs that are too high. He shed near lie 50 pounds youre on a nutrition kick. Its not a diet. My relationship with food has changed. During the process of this, i guesting bigger and bigger. During your childhood you said you were teased for being gay and for being overweight but you said being overweight part was what hurt. If somebody calls you gay theres not much you can do about that because you are. Whereas if somebody calls you fat theres something you can do something about that. Is there an emotional attachment to food . I love food so much. I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melt. With the crisp, potato chips inside. I ate my way through the process. Lonely no more that signature soulful falsetto earned him another honor. Do we need some theme music im doing bond. Im doing the theme change of bond. A year ago people were discovering who you were and now you are writing the music to the james bond theme song. Thats incredible. Yeah. Even saying it now it feels very weird to me to be able to do it. Been a dream of mine for a long time. A dream come true writing and recording the coveted song to the new James Bond Film spectre. Can you tell us a little bit how it fits the film . I just wanted to write love songs, classic. And timeless. You were a little coy with it because you denied reports. Nothing to do with it, right . Yeah. I tried my best. You were doing your ultimate james bond. I tried my best. If you look at the videos you can see im a very good liar. His music is honest, soulful and raw and continues to top billboard charts around the globe selling 14 million singles in the u. S. Alone. What do you think i want is about your music thats resonating. I decided not think about it. Cant think about it. Thats when the music is going to lose its soul. Maybe thats the key, soul. And sam smith hard at work on his second album which he says will be broader and more honest than the first. The first was so honest. Spectre opens october 6th. Well hear his song in the coming weeks. We watched the voice and the relationship the voice can have in the beginning stages. They dont come that often. When they do they are special. All right. Youre carrying the 9 00. Coming up Live Performance good morning, everyone. 8 57. Looking inbound side of the lincoln tunnel on a tuesday morning. September 8th. Im darlene rodriguez. Again, a live look at the inbound approach to the lincoln tunnel. Drivers facing a delay of near lir 90 minutes due to an earlier accident. In the news this morning, Police Searching for the gunman who critically injured a legal aid to Governor Cuomo hours before the west indian parade. Shot in the head walking with his brother at yesterdays jay jouvert festival. A fourth person stabbed and later died at the hospital. A check of weather today. Hot, humid, high 93 degrees. Tonight, muggy, 75. Tomorrow, humid. 90 is the high. Well be back in a half hour with more news. See you then. This morning on todays take kevin bacon, his new movie, his boston accent and his anniversary. And attempt to set a Guinness World record. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Tuesday morning tuesday, september 8, 2015. Sum certificate over. Not technically but lets be who nest its over. Good morning. Good morning. I love gwenste empb tmpb gwen stefani. This is how you get it started. I love it. Three models. Ambush makeover. Doing some remodeling. I hope you like it. Its brighter, whiter, the orange room has been transformed into a genius bar at an apple store. Do we have to get an appointment . Yes. I love the exposed brick. Yep. We should do a segment on how do you that. Thats not a real wall. Its a secret. Take brick and paint it white. Faux brick. No, seriously. If youre redoing like a basement or something thats a cool look if you dont have an exposed brick behind it. I like that. Property brothers on that. I think the studio looks great. I love it. Were all very happy. Lets talk about president obamas latest gig are we calling this. A gig . Yes. With bear grylls. Exclusive first look at the president s adventure on a special episode of running wild with bear grylls. The president taped it while visiting alaska last week. Check it out. What have we got . Alaska is a land of bear and salmon. We havent got bear. Oh, look at this. Look at this. This is for real. I found this on the river bank, okay. So dont freak out too much. This was half eaten by a bear. Why wouldnt the bear finish this sucker. It looks like a nice piece of fish. All the fat content, bit of the egg, skin, brain. A lot of fish in the river that they leave them because they want the high dense it is calorieic value. A bear chewed on this. Yes. Well cook it up. Out this bloody carcass of half eaten salmon. I heard a little sizzle there. Yeah. I think a piece of salmon, that will work just fine. It would have been nice if we had a cracker to go with it. Try a little bit of it. Lets try that. Thats tasty. Thats proper alaskan salmon for you. Bear is a mediocre cook but the fact that we ate something recognizable was encouraging. Now the fact that he told me this was a left over fish from a bear i dont know if that was necessary. Company have just left that out. The president ate some alaskan salmon left over by a bear. We were complaining. When you went on the show you had to eat a squirrel. He gets sushi. That would have cost you 20 bucks in new york city. What he said was a squirrel that had been eaten by a bird and i had to like i had to gut it. The president had a knife. You had to put a stick through it. Im waiting to hear back. I sent bear a note. Congratulations on having the president but seriously . Seriously i had to eat a funky squirrel. Months wrapped. There were flies all over the squirrel. Im not complaining. Its all for a great cause to bring attention to a beautiful part of ur country and conservation but yeah. I was impressed the president ate the food because when we talked last week we thought he would stroll through the woods and chat. On the internet i dont know if its true or not but they claim he eats salmon pretty much every day. But the president s lunch consists of salmon every day. On the menu already. Right. Its what for dinner. Wonder if bear pulled identity out it out of his backpack. The episode airs in the fall. Speak of a clip you got to see. Probably wont happen to you but it is one of those things that makes you say to yourself what would i do in this situation . So theres an elephant. An he elephant decided to join a group of tourists for breakfast. They were told to stay very still. If you find yourself in this situation you dont move. You dont play dead. Just dont move. They moved. One of the members of the group wrote to clarify nobody was feefding the elephant and nobody threw anything. This is their home. We were lucky to walk away from this. Had they perhaps offered him a better meal, peanuts. You can see there are people around the table that could have probably pushed the relevant away. It came ever so close to the one guy. Yeah. What they tell you when you look at bears remain still. Make yourself bigger. Thats when you run. Dont run. Get out of here. Thats what adam miller was saying. Would you be able to execute what you were taught . No. It would go out the window. Seeing his eyes on fire right on me. Okay. For those of you with kids, theres a new survey. What do you think is the best age or maybe worst ages for your kids. You have two of them. I have 6 and 8 are really good right now. I love this age. Josh is turning 7 tomorrow. There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. I cant remember my kids names. The other one. Josh has a birthday coming up later. Hell be 12. I do think this is a sweetspot. Theres a new survey from the uk, of course, and it surveyed about 2,000 parents and they found the best age of kids was the age of 5 which i think is about right. Thats when they start being like real people. Can you have a conversation. They can respond. They can communicate properly. Most difficult ages 10 to 12, perhaps the hormones. I think the hormones start to kick in. I think its both. We have leila who is 5, an 8yearold, a 16yearold and a 19yearold and they are like my kids i notice a difference after age 5 in that they all started to get their own friends. They go off to school and now you won believe what amanda did. Oh, amy is my best friend now. Im like what about me . You used to call me every day. 10 to 12 drama starts. The girls experience attraction to boys. Dont sleep on a 3yearold. They are the worst people alive. Why do you think that . 3yearold. What do they do. The terrible 2s, you turn 3 you are so much worse than last year. Because they can communicate more. They are more independent. They learned how to really be their own person. What is a tip to surviving a 3yearold . Wait until they turn 4. Then at 5 00 they will be sweet. Know in 12 months ill like you again. Right now im just feeding you and giving you shelter. Extra hours at the office. In this world with everybody having a representative theres a 3yearold union right now that represents 3yearolds ready to come for us on twitter. Thats funny. Something happening with puppies. Heres what happens when a puppy goes headtohead its a puppy takes that on a minion and everyone you have to see it. What happens . There you go. You have to hang around for the build up i got you. That was totally worth it. That was funny. So al left early. Dillon is in the building. I love it wasnt good until the puppy got socked back. Theres a 3yearold in all of us. We have a cold front draped across the middle of the country. Very slow moving. Good news for places south and east where temperatures have been above average if youre not quite ready to let go of summer just yet. Well be approaching some records. New york city the record is 93 degrees. We should get up to 94. Today was the 61st day of temperatures above 80 degrees. Back behind the front is much more falllike. Rapid city should be in the mid70s. Mid70s through iowa. This cold front will trig ear couple of showers and storms some could produce heavier rainfall and when we get the heavier rain we could end up with two inches. In the northeast one to two inches as well. Mu were turning up the heat again today, amy. Record highs. 93 the forecast high. The record for this date pap strong southerly breeze along the shorelines may cool you down into the 80s. Plenty of sunshine throughout the day. Clear skies tonight. Muggy, 75 overnight low. About it. A few 60s in the suburbs. Hot, muggy tomorrow. Up around 90. Mix in a few more clouds in the afternoon. 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Heighty bulger is an excon vibt and his parole category is supervised release status that is required to be withdrawn otherwise were in violation of regulations. So we violate or withdraw. We dont want to blow this chance. Its jimmy and not whitey. What makes you so sure hes going to be a reliable source. Jimmy is part of billy and me and thats a bond that doesnt get broken. Oh, kevin is with us. I love it this is ripped from the headlines. This trial was playing out, the conclusion of Whitey Bulger just as you guys were preparing the film. Its cool. It was an amazing story. And, you know, i think that scott cooper the director did a great job, delivering this, you know, as you said ripped from the headlines story. We were talking about the intersection of the fbi and Whitey Bulger and you play the fbi special agent in charge. Sometimes that intersection was a criminal relationship. Can you explain that . I think the fbi had a real agenda, kind of based on partly on things like the godfather to go after the Italian Mafia when we thought about the mafia crime. This was a guy{r who was operating kind of in the irish mob and so the fbi made a deal with whitey to kind of look the other way if he would give them information on the italians. And i play a character who is hes kind of a combination, one of the few characters in the movie whose not an actual guy, a combination of a lot of guys that were head of the Fbi Field Office at the time, and he sort of the voice of reason in a way in terms of the fbi. And this loose canon played by joe edgerton who is taking matters in his own hands and im the guy wait hang on, are you sure this will work. A phenomenal case. Johnny depp is unrecognizable as whitey buller. S on core worthy performance. You joke you can now shut down your six degree i know. A lot of people in this movie, worked with a lot of people p. M. It just blew up. You go to boston or that area everyone knew and knows about Whitey Bulger, the legend that was the infamy that came along with it. How much did you know growing up in philly about whitey bull zbher i didnt know anything when i was a kid in philly. When we did mystic river, i knew a guy who told me the story. He was thinking that he was basically saying this would make a great movie and started to tell me the story. This was before whitey was found in santa monica. I was kind of familiar with it. And it is a its a great story. One of the thing interesting about it is you see a lot of times the parallels with these gangsters. Ive been watching that show about pablo escobar. Same kind of robin hood they are giving back to the community and a lot of support amongst the people for these guys a lot of times. Absolutely. Kevin bacon, fascinating. Such a great film. Black mass hits theaters on friday september 18th. Coming up next will he break his own Guinness World record. 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The sixth sense dominated the box office. Earning six Academy Award nominations including best picture, best director and best original screenplay. Hes teemd up with major stars like mel gibson for signs. Joakim phoenix for the village and his films have made more than 2 billion worldwide. He has taken to turns v producing the hit drama wayward pines. Now back to the big screen alongside jason blum who produced whiplash and para paranormal activity. Their new film the visit hits theaters this week. Would you mind getting inside the oven to clean it. Whats wrong with you guys . It freaks me out. M. Night shyamalan. Kids going grandmas house. A nice interesting visit. Grandparents weekend this weekend. Wow. Oh, my gosh. Night, for you this is going back to your roots. Was it fun to getting back to what you do best . I write everything, and basically its the right stuff that means something to you. For eight, nine years my kids were really young so i made a lot of family oriented stuff. When i first started i wrote stewart little and sixth sense in the same year. Now they are older and appropriate to scare them. By sending them to grandmas house. My daughter may ruin my business. Where do these ideas come from . Were joking about it. You got children with the sixth sense. Where do your ideas come from . It has to connect to something. Some character that i see or some moment that theres a drawing from an artist named andrew wyatt, and there was an old lady in a rocking chair facing a wall. And i just go why is she facing the wall. Why would you face your rocking chair at the wall. That started a whole the scene. Thats amazing. The inspiration for that. Jason, what about you, paranormal activity comes from anywhere . The visit is like this. Whats scary to people is whats familiar and real. All of our movies are grounded in whats relatable. Do you guys scare easily like in real life do you go to horror movies and get freaked out . I do. I dont. Do you see it coming . 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Coming up on the today show with kathie lee and hoda, tasty dinner recipe for you and your family, and another local update in 30 minutes. Meantime, try to stay cool as you get back to school. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello everyone and by that we mean you. So glad youre joining us for boozeday tuesday, its september 8. I know you had a wonderful Holiday Weekend, hoda did. This is Justin Bieber. This is the song he talked about releasing crying during vmas. What do you mean . What do you mean . Well, Justin Bieber showed up and surprised some fans unexpectedly. Well talk about that later in the program. All righty, and we were at the tennis yesterday at the u. S. Open. A beautiful hot day. We saw Gladys Knight in the audience. She was there. We waved to her. Apparently shes like the worlds greatest tennis fan. She was sitting a little bit away from us. The matches were great. I cant remember one person. We dont remember who was playing. I didnt know any of their names. But you dont to. You watch people compete at that level and thank you to everybody there at the u. S. T. A. They were so nice. Harriet especially. She was so sweet and took great care of us. She took us right down to the very baseline. We were on the court. We were practically playing and it was a lot of fun. I went earlier with my mom a couple of days before and my friend mary and they have a big tennis racket so we picked it up. Of course. I want to give a shout out to hannah and ellie. Its their first day of school today. You have to get the school out fit and the backpacks. The whole thing. So to all the kids having their first day of school, we hope that you have fun. Hope they are watching. Yes, exactly. Then you ran into a familiar face. I didnt know who it was at first. Okay. Heres the thing. Ive started having the worst hot flashes ever in the last ten days. Its gross. Its really, really bad. Remember at the open . It was 93 degrees. I was dripping. So i was on a mission to go to whole foods yesterday and get your cohosh . Black cohosh, its an herb. So i decided to get a juice and whos there . Steven tyler. Then he said i need to get cream for my face. I said theres a whole foods right down the street. So we walked together down to whole foods. He looks great. He looked like a child